How to choose delicious and quality tea

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

Almost everyone drinks tea: someone likes the taste, someone believes in useful properties, it invigorates someone, and, on the contrary, relaxes someone.

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It is not a problem to buy it nowadays - it is more difficult to choose which one and where to make a purchase. Any store, from the nearest grocery store to a hypermarket, offers at least 5-7 varieties.

We definitely do not recommend buying green tea there - its taste deteriorates greatly over time, which means that it is highly likely that its aroma and taste have deteriorated significantly during packaging, delivery and sale. Red tea in the Chinese classification (what we usually call black) and black (pu-erh tea) are less susceptible to deterioration due to long-term storage, so if there are no other options, buy them in the supermarket.

Sachet or loose

High-quality tea can be in any package, the main thing is how to brew it. Neither one nor the other is recommended to "overexpose" in a cup, or in a teapot. With prolonged infusion, any variety will give a lot of bitterness and there will be no talk about any nuances of taste.

Experts recommend brewing tea in a teapot, a teapot or a special strainer, and, having insisted the brew for the allotted time, pour it into a cup (or remove the infusion container, respectively) - this way you will not overexpose the drink and will be able to enjoy its organoleptic properties as much as possible.

If the grade is of high quality, the brew can be poured and drained several times - specialists call this "spills". The average number of spills of good tea reaches 10.

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What to look for in specialized stores

In fact, in any shopping center now there is a tea shop or kiosk where you can smell tea and even taste it. Of course, we recommend buying tea in such places. However, it is not very good if the store sells tea, coffee, sweets, flavored teas at the same time - tea, especially green tea, instantly absorbs all odors, which means that the proximity to other strong-smelling products will spoil its natural taste.

If tea is stored on the counter in a glass jar, this should also alert you - its properties deteriorate under the influence of sunlight. Ideal storage for it is in a tightly closed, light-tight jar, in a cool and dry place.

Very often in the assortment of stores there are flavored teas. Of course, there are exceptions to the rules among them, but most often for the manufacture of these varieties, raw materials are used of not very high quality and chemical flavors to enhance the smell. This even applies to such well-known varieties as jasmine, Earl Gray and milk oolong. Of course, there are their natural counterparts, but, as a rule, the cost of these varieties is not less than 800-1000 rubles per 100 grams.

We advise you to buy natural tea additives separately - jasmine, peach or tea rose flowers, and add them to the tea leaves to your liking.

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There is a huge number of tea varieties (more than 1,500 thousand), which means that when buying, it is important and necessary to be guided, first of all, by your own taste and preferences.

In every period of life, time of the year or life situation, the same variety will "sound" differently to you. In addition, tea is a drink closely associated with Chinese philosophy, it teaches you to listen to yourself, helps to organize your living space and state of mind. Enjoy your tea!

Thank you for your help in preparing the material of the experts of the company "Trading House Sergeev and Co".