Additionally There are thousands of different teas sold through quality local retailers and places such as Adagio. I get quite a bit of my tea from Adagio. My love for tea increases every day and the vast variety out there can keep one entertained for a lifetime.
The tea I am brewing today is a green tea from Adagio named 'green pekoe'. It's a leafy green tea from China with a sweet aroma and a darkish almost furry complexion. I received it as part of a green tea sampler pack to find the perfect green tea. Amazon has the sampler kit here
. As I am writing this the kit is sold out.
Now while tea brewing is definitely a 'Zen' activity, it also benefits from precision and proper preparation. For example: different teas like different temperatures. This also means that they might really not like other temperatures. For example Japanese green teas are notoriously fragile and require a maximum of care. How seriously do I take brewing my tea? Well it asks for 180 degrees F for the green pekoe.
It is hard to hit the exact temperature for your water with almost any method, in my experience even the temperature controlled kettles vary widely from use to use. This is why it is an absolute must to have a kitchen thermometer. There are very few things I do in the kitchen that don't see the use of a thermometer.
The perfect way to brew tea is in a properly preheated cast iron tea kettle. I don't have one so for me the 16oz IngenuiTEA
from Adagio will have to do. It's given me hundreds of cups of tea by now. The tea produced is always as expected, it is easy to clean and I am not generally scared of plastics. The leaves have plenty of space to expand. This is not as important with a lot of the greens as it is with say gunpowder tea. It also is a snap to fill a glass. All you do is put it on top, it drops the liquid in the cup and you are done.
Verdict: green pekoe
It has a beautiful light finishing color, very mellow flavor... bit of nuttiness to the finish. no bitterness. It had a nice pick me up too.
The Benefits of Green Tea
Green Tea has many tangible benefits. Luckily you don't have to be hippy to buy into most of the benefits. It is a good source of anti-oxidants and caffeine. The best aspect of tea in general is that it is more a mellow pick me up when compared to coffee. It doesn't spike with the immediate caffeine shock like coffee does but rather tea is absorbed in a uniform curve that allows for a more controlled pick me up and less of a crash. I like coffee but tea is in almost every way superior... just doesn't make as good a tiramisu. [more]
Green Tea has many tangible benefits. Luckily you don't have to be hippy to buy into most of the benefits. It is a good source of anti-oxidants and caffeine. The best aspect of tea in general is that it is more a mellow pick me up when compared to coffee. It doesn't spike with the immediate caffeine shock like coffee does but rather tea is absorbed in a uniform curve that allows for a more controlled pick me up and less of a crash. I like coffee but tea is in almost every way superior... just doesn't make as good a tiramisu. [more]
The tea I am brewing today is a green tea from Adagio named 'green pekoe'. It's a leafy green tea from China with a sweet aroma and a darkish almost furry complexion. I received it as part of a green tea sampler pack to find the perfect green tea. Amazon has the sampler kit here
. As I am writing this the kit is sold out.Now while tea brewing is definitely a 'Zen' activity, it also benefits from precision and proper preparation. For example: different teas like different temperatures. This also means that they might really not like other temperatures. For example Japanese green teas are notoriously fragile and require a maximum of care. How seriously do I take brewing my tea? Well it asks for 180 degrees F for the green pekoe.
from Adagio will have to do. It's given me hundreds of cups of tea by now. The tea produced is always as expected, it is easy to clean and I am not generally scared of plastics. The leaves have plenty of space to expand. This is not as important with a lot of the greens as it is with say gunpowder tea. It also is a snap to fill a glass. All you do is put it on top, it drops the liquid in the cup and you are done.
Verdict: green pekoe
It has a beautiful light finishing color, very mellow flavor... bit of nuttiness to the finish. no bitterness. It had a nice pick me up too.
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