Tea And More
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#ChristmasOrnaments Beautiful hand painted Christmas glass balls, made in Poland. The Biggest Selection of European Christmas Glass Balls in Canada. Beautiful hand painted Christmas glass balls, made in Poland, Mouth Blown. - See more at: http://polskiebombki.ca/index_en.html

#TeaBrewingGuide .We often hear from our first-time customers: "I don't like green tea, because it's bitter." That's why we cannot stress enough the importance of proper water temperature for preparing a perfect tea cup. http://www.teaandmore.ca/tea-brewing-guide If the water temperature is too high, the tea will taste bitter because more of the tannins will be released into the cup. Also, delicate aroma compounds will be driven off and lost. If the temperature is too low, proper extraction cannot occur, and the tea will taste flat. Simple clock/timer will be of great help or if you have anywhere from $100 to $300 you can purchase electric tea kettle with presets appropriate for different tea types.

#RoyKirkham #FineBoneChina #TeaMugs Roy Kirkham Fine Bone China Cup an Saucer, oversized 450ml. We carry large selection of these beautiful cups with different designs. They are made in England by Roy Kirkham. http://www.roykirkham.co.uk/

#WesternStyleSteeping Western Style Steeping (Single Steeping) - The tea in question is usually black tea, which is steeped for three to five minutes, allowing the water to penetrate into the core of the leaf, thereby breaking down the flavour components and extracting all the flavourful goodness from the leaf in one steeping. Western style teapots often hold more tea than will be consumed in the first serving. Therefore, the tea liquor must be decanted from the teapot or the... tea leaves must be removed from the teapot to avoid oversteeping. There is overwhelming selection of teapots with infusers for that purpose, one of them here: http://www.teaandmore.ca/tea-access//eva-teapot-with-spout Understandably, loose leaf tea initially may seem to lack the convenience of tea bags, but tea enthusiasts know that in addition to being the key to enjoying premium teas, loose leaf tea has the benefit of being a more ecologically sound method of tea steeping (no individual tea bag envelopes, bags, and strings or extra packaging to toss away). See more

#AsianStyleSteeping Multiple Steepings (Asian-Style Steeping). In China small unglazed clay teapots or porcelain gaiwans (thin-walled, porcelain tea-drinking cups comprised of three piecesa lid, the cup, and a saucer) are the vessels of choice for steeping all classes of tea. Likewise, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese tea drinkers use small unglazed clay or ceramic teapots for steeping green, oolong, and Puerh teas. The average capacity of these teapots is four to six ounces ...(100-180ml), but pots can hold as little as two ounces (60ml) or as much as ten ounces (300ml). The tea liquor is always decanted from the teapot directly into teacups or into a small pitcher and never left to sit in the teapot. Tea is always drunk plain. Small size teapots allow tea enthusiasts to enjoy multiple steepings of the tea, using short infusions of less than one minute to just over one minute. In order for this process to work correctly, the measurements must be in opposition to those used in Western-style tea steepings. Essentially, the teapot or gaiwan is filled to approximately one-fourth to one-half capacity with tea and the remainder of the space is filled with water. During each steeping, the water penetrates into the leaf a little more until eventually the water reaches the core of the leaf. Each infusion presents another nuance of flavour, giving the tea drinker slightly different variations in flavour to savor over the course of several infusions. See more

#WholeLeafTea #PremiumTea #LooseLeafTea Whole leaf premium tea should have a beautiful, artistic appearance and bear no resemblance to the cut-tear-curl (CTC) or broken leaves used to fill standard tea bags. All tea is graded by size and premium tea should be comprised of whole leaf that is clean and consistent in size. In order for tea to produce the best flavour when steeped, it must be graded well. If tea has undergone rough handling, and the leaves become crushed before i...t is sold, the flavour will suffer. Tea that contains discernible amounts of stems or other bits of foreign matter, broken leaf, or accumulated bits of tea dust is not premium tea and should not be purchased. During the preparation of tea leaves the smallest particles are known as tea dust, with the next grade up being known as fannings (the tea that remains after all the other market grades of tea have been sieved). See more