The five misunderstandings of tea brewing, see if you have

Tea is the national drink of China. It is known as the king of “comfort drink” and is now popular in the world. However, tea should be scientifically brewed and properly consumed in order to achieve the purpose of health care. Recently, some small materials have been compiled, and the common mistakes and correct brewing methods of “five” in tea brewing are shared with friends.

Misunderstanding 1: Tea with boiling water

Not all teas are suitable for brewing with boiling water. For example, brewing green tea with boiling boiling water or white silver needles and white peony in white tea will destroy many nutrients such as vitamin C and P. In addition, if the water temperature is too high, the green tea leaves or tea buds are easy to be cooked, become black tea, lose the original tea fragrance and taste; and also dissolve too much citric acid and other substances, so that the tea soup has a bitter taste.

Therefore, brewing green tea or white tea in white silver needles, white peony, water temperature should be controlled at 85 to 90 ° C, the tea is tenderer, greener, the lower the brewing water temperature. The brewing water temperature of yellow tea is also preferably around 90 °C.

Of course, like Gongcha and Shoumei in black tea, black tea, oolong tea (green tea), white tea, can be brewed with boiling water.

Myth 2: Making tea with a mug

Tea is brewed in a thermos cup, and the tea is kept at a high temperature for a long time. A part of the aromatic oil in the tea leaves, so that the scent reduces the leaching of citric acid and theophylline too much, and has a bitter taste and thus also loses some nutrients.

The correct way is to use ceramic pots and cups when making tea, so that the tea and taste of the tea leaves are kept at their best.

Misunderstanding 3: Getting used to brewing tea

Soak a cup of moderately concentrated tea, usually only about 3-6 grams of tea (Dahongpao) about 8 grams, but some people like to soak tea, in fact, drinking tea is not healthy.

Because the tea is too concentrated to extract too much caffeine and tannic acid, it is too irritating to the gastrointestinal tract. Ordinary tea leaves (except red, green broken tea and instant tea) are brewed for about three times.

Misunderstanding 4: Soaking tea for a long time

In general, long-term tea (called "sit cup"), tea will have a bitter taste, placed in a thermos bottle or stove for a long time to boil tea, but also susceptible to chemical changes. Therefore, the tea should be properly soaked. Generally, it is best to drink within 1 minute of soaking. The first few shots can be discharged in just a few seconds, because 80% of the caffeine and 60% of other soluble substances have been soaked.

Myth 5: Throw away the soaked tea leaves

Most people like to throw away used tea after they have had tea. In fact, this method is not economical. Some experts say that tea can be properly chewed because it contains more carotene, crude fiber and other nutrients. .