Let's be clear, tea is the perfect drink to get you going on your day. If you're feeling sick, drink tea. If you're going through a breakup, drink tea. If it's a sunny day, drink tea. If you want to lounge around the house, drink tea. Just bring tea to every occasion. While drinking tea the end goal, we have to talk about the most important step to get us there, steeping.
What is steeping you may ask? It's the process of extracting the flavor and health-promoting compounds from the solids used to make tea. To get the best cup of tea, we have to steep!
If you notice, different teas adhere to different steeping times. This is because some teas, like green and oolong, come from Camellia Sinensis plants, which depending on how it dried and oxidized, determine the strength and color of the tea.
How to make the perfect cup of tea? It all comes down to the temperature of the water, the amount of water, and the length of steeping time. If you steep the tea under the time frame of steeping, you might not get the full health benefits and antioxidants of the tea. If you steep too long, it will change the taste and might be too strong.
We're rooting for you! You got this! If you're nervous at this point, go to the shop section and under the description, we will have the appropriate temperatures and steeping time for each tea.
ENJOY!