Brewing Tea | Teaosophy

Brewing the perfect cup of tea is much like cooking. Its creation is both an art and a science, and with a little practice you can learn to brew a cup just as you like it.

The quality of the water you use to brew your tea will have a considerable effect on the resulting cup. For this reason we recommend using bottled spring water or purified (but not distilled) water for your tea. If the tap water in your area is palatable, you may also use that so long as it is freshly drawn. Always use cold water and never boil the same water twice. Previously boiled water has lost most of its oxygen, making the water and consequently your tea taste flat. The higher oxygen content of fresh water allows more liquor to be extracted from the leaves, thus resulting in a more flavorful cup.

Bring the water to just under a gentle boil and pour over the pod. Cover the cup and brew for 3-5 minutes depending on your taste. Because Teaosophy only offers high quality leaf tea in its pods, you can control the strength of your tea using time. With traditional tea bags that contain dust tea or fannings, this isn't always possible.

If caffeine is a concern, you can eliminate 97% of the caffeine if you brew the pod once, discard the liquor, and then brew the pod a second time and drink the resulting infusion. Higher water temperature and longer brewing time yield a more caffeinated cup.

If you like, you can customize your cup by adding sugar, a drop of milk, or a squeeze of orange or lemon. For recommendations that compliment your favorite tea, click here Kerala, Assam, Ceylon, Nilgiri, Darjeeling.