Brewing Green Tea
How to brewing Green Tea
Green tea is best served in a colorless glass. Place three grams of preminum-grade green tea leaves in glass, and pour in 80-degree-Celsius water, first to only a fourth of the desired amout. Allow the leaves to sleep for some 20 to 40 seconds, so that they unfurl little by little and inner substances slowly seep out. After that, lift the teapot high above the glass, and pour more water into it three times. The leaves will then swirl up in the current, and through the transparent glass one will be able see the leaves suspended in the water, sinking and dancing in a graceful manner. Then, green tea with airy freshness is ready to drink.
From above, we can see that there are two important thing when brew green teas:
1. use only 3 grams for 150cc water, while we usually use 8 grams for 150cc water when brewing Oolong teas.
2. the water should be about 80-degree for bud green tea(like LongJing, Biluo Chu) , and a little higer water for leaf green teas.