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The people of China have been drinking tea for more than 5,000
years and have learned a significant amount about loose leaf
tea during that time.
The Chinese perfected processing of the Camellia sinensis plant
and the development of different types of tea. The also
developed the proper infusion methods that guarantee a perfect
cup of tea.
Today, many Chinese and other tea drinkers throughout the tea
drinking world, utilize multiple infusion of whole tea leafs as
a quality, cost effective way to enjoy tea. The concept of
multiple infusions means that high quality whole leaf tea is
infused with pure water more than once but the resulting tea
drink does not loose any flavor or body.
It is truly an economical way to enjoy a quality tea experience
and multiple infusions reduce the cost of high quality loose
leaf tea dramatically.
What is Required for Multiple Tea Infusions?
Multiple infusions of any quality require high quality whole
leaf tea and pure water.
High Quality Tea:
Whole leaf tea that is raised by a premier tea garden and
properly plucked at the most opportune time is a minimum
requirement for multiple infusions. After plucking, the tea
must be processed by the time honored orthodox method where the
integrity of the leaf is maintained.
Teas processed by the mechanized CTC (cut, tear, curl) method
used in most tea bags will not support quality multiple
infusions. It is impossible to produce multiple infusions from
most tea bags or low quality loose leaf tea without suffering
significant degrading of taste and body.
Pure Water:
Most tap or well water sources today contain contaminants that
not only ruin the taste of quality loose leaf tea but are also
harmful to your long term health. Many bottled waters are also
unfit to produce a quality cup of tea.
When selecting a water to brew tea, try purified water produced
by the distillation/oxygenation method that produces purified
water with a light fresh taste.
Conclusion:
If you enjoy a fine cup of tea and want to get the best value
when you purchase tea, look for tea made with the highest
quality leaves that are plucked and processed in the orthodox
way, This will offer you multiple infusions of your favorite
tea and significantly reduce the cost.
Add purified water and your tea drinking satisfaction will be
guaranteed. After 5,000 years the Chinese tea drinkers cannot
be wrong!
About The Author: Jon Stout is Chairman of the Golden Moon Tea
Company. For more information about tea, white tea and
wholesale tea go to http://www.goldenmoontea.com
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