Chinese Green Tea

benreb (e2 Member)

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21 Feb 2012 - 7:30 PM

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Hi All, Been given a box of the above by a client, apparently expensive stuff and been told it's very good for you, but what the hell do I do with it, Hmmm I know make a cup tea, put a spoonful in a cup and let it brew, is it supposed to taste like pond water, Pete

779HOB

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21 Feb 2012 - 7:45 PM

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I love it, in fact have a cup in front of me now. Don't over brew it.

Andy_Cundell

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21 Feb 2012 - 7:50 PM

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I find if you add a sugar or 'pip' it enhances the flavour............and don't add milk!

mikehit (e2 Member)

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21 Feb 2012 - 8:24 PM

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I put a small pinch of leaves in a mug of hot water and don't bother straining it. By the time I am getting to the end I find it still tastes really good.
Chinese green tea is far less tannic than Indian tea so you can brew it longer without it developing that 'toungue coating' feeling.

Interstingly, the Chinese rate a good tea by its taste after the fourth or fifth infusion (that is, brew it, drink the tea then add more water etc) but unless you have a groups of friends round it is unlikely you may experience this!

cats_123 (e2 Member)

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21 Feb 2012 - 10:15 PM

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Green tea is generally the first pickings from the bush...we tend to drink black tea in this country which has been dried/processed many times. In fact most UK teabags contain dust that is swept off the floor.

It's an acquired taste and has lots of anti-oxidants....I prefer Rooibos (a South African tea made from a Red Bush variety).

Wiki has some good advice on how to steep the tea

RogBrown (e2 Member)

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22 Feb 2012 - 9:43 AM

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Earl Grey for me.

simont

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22 Feb 2012 - 4:37 PM

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Yorkshire tea, but it must be kept in a brown paper bag so no-one knows it's Yorkshire