For a good cup of tea, do you know how much water is needed to brew the right strength, and how much temperature can bring out the flavor of the tea leaves? Today, I would like to introduce you to the brewing techniques of different tea bags and tea leaves.
Types of the tea bag and tea leaves
In the market, you will often see different shapes of small tea bags, the common ones are round, square single chamber tea bag, square double chamber tea bag and triangular (also called pyramid shape). We commonly see more square shaped tea bags, with a weight range of 2-5g. Tea bags are available in sizes of 2g, 2.5g, 3g, 3.5g and 5g, and in the case of the more concentrated black tea (Puerh Tea), the weight of the bag is in the range of 2-3g.
Some of the more common tea leaves in tea bags are Green Tea, Yellow Tea, White Tea, Oolong Tea, and Black Tea (Puerh Tea). Due to their different characteristics and aroma, people make them into tea bags, which are convenient to carry and brew, and can make tea brewing a daily process.
For tea bags, the gram weight and steeping time depend on the type of tea. Below is the general most people bag tea time, you can refer to, together with your own preferences, you can brew tea belongs to your own tea.
Tea Leaves | Water degree | Making Time | Brewing Times | Tea Ware Recommendations |
| Green Tea | Premium Green Tea: 75-80 degrees Celsius Popular green tea 90 degrees | 3-4 minutes | 3 brews | Glass cups, glass bowls and porcelain pots |
| Yellow tea | 70 degrees | 3-4 minutes | 1-2 brews | Glass cups |
| White tea | 70-100 degrees Celsius, old white tea should be high temperature boiling water brewing | 3-4 minutes | 4、6 brews | Glass cups |
| Oolong tea | 95-100 degrees Celsius, for example, Taiwan tea is soft technique oolong, tenderness is good: the temperature is 90 degrees Celsius. Medium-fermented oolong tea 90-100℃, heavy fermentation oolong system 100℃ | 30 seconds ~ 1 minute. Spherical, hemispherical oolong tea 40 seconds ~ 1 minute, strip tea 30 seconds | 4-10brews | Purple clay pots, gai bowls |
| Red tea | 90 degrees | 2-3 minutes | 3-5brews | Porcelain lid, glass cups |
| Black tea | 100 degrees | 15 seconds, | steeping time | covered bowl,purple clay pot. |
| Herbal tea | 85-90 degrees | 2-3 minutes | 3,4 steeps | Covered bowl, porcelain pot, glass cups |
Other Tips
Black tea: Tea bags weighing 2-3 grams, brewed in 150 ml of water, can be brewed 3-4 times in a row, the steeping time of black tea is usually controlled in 3-5 minutes, so that the color of the tea is bright red and the taste is mellow.
Iced tea and brewed tea
The biggest difference between Cold brew(Iced tea) and brewed tea is the temperature at which you drink it. Cold brew tea is perfect for summer and is a method of extracting the contents of the tea leaves by steeping them at a low temperature for a long period of time. Unlike traditional hot brewed tea, it uses cold water for steeping
Cold water steeping can reduce bitterness and astringency and make the tea soup more refreshing.
Generally, the tea leaves used in cold brewing are green tea, white tea, yellow tea, black tea, oolong tea and other teas with a low degree of fermentation. The ratio of tea leaves to water is 10g:500ml, put the tea leaves into a container, pour in cold water, make sure the temperature of the water is below room temperature, and then place it in the refrigerator for more than 6 hours, when you need to drink it, you can leave it for some time in advance, so that the tea is warmed up, the taste is the best.
It is important to control the steeping time and temperature during the preparation of cold brew tea to ensure the best taste and flavor.
How to make tea with tea bags
The manufacturing process of tea bags, inner and outer packaging are made by the same automatic tea bag packing machine. Starting from the quantitative grams of the beginning, in the next tea at the same time can be non-woven fabric and fine line pressed together to form a tea bag, and then through the principle of vertical packaging machine, rolled film into a bag, and at the same time inside and outside the packaging, we also called inner and outer tea bag packing machine.
Of course, there are also manufacturers like double chamber tea bag packing machine, its principle is to add more processes on the basis of single chamber machine, the price will be a little more expensive than single chamber.
Tea Bag Size
There are many common tea bag sizes, such as 5x7cm, 6x8cm, 7x9cm, 8x10cm, 10x12cm, etc. The decision of the size of the tea bag is not determined by the public, but according to the type of tea and packaging needs. Let me give you an example may you deepen your understanding.
For example you need packaging size small tea bag , suitable for loading a small amount of tea, suitable for some consumers to buy and carry, while the size of the larger tea bag is suitable for loading more tea, suitable for families or long-term drinking consumers. When you are a manufacturer of tea, you if you want to buy an automatic tea bag packing machine, you need to think about who your consumer base is so that it will be a quick way to decide on one of the sizes of your tea bag.
To Summarize
In life we come into contact with a lot of different kinds of tea bags, we have mastered the characteristics of each type of tea, the brewing time and the concentration that we prefer, it is not a difficult task to make a cup of tea by yourself.
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