Measuring Tea & Water in Brewing Tea

Video Transcript

"Ok, now let's talk about measuring. Now, you can adjust how much tea you are adding to your water in your teapot or your cup based on your own tastes, as you can adjust the steep time as well, but it's always good to have a foundation and have a very consistent measurement that you start with. So, a cup is a cup, right? When we're talking about a cup, we mean a cup as in measurement, ok? So, a measuring cup. You might have different sized tea cups and like these really small ones out on the table or these two different versions of a larger tea cup. So, if you're drinking out of the same cup pretty regularly, get familiar with how full how it has to be when it's one cup so that you can have a good gauge for a base measurement for your tea before you start adjusting it. Now, another important tool to have in measuring is a teaspoon, and here I have, you know, a teaspoon that would be used in measuring for cooking and here I have a teaspoon that you would find on your table at your house. Now, it's not just a clever name, it's a teaspoon because one teaspoon of loose tea happens to be just the right amount for one cup of tea, ok? So, if you're just making a cup using a diffusing ball or your loose leaf tea bag, go ahead and use one of these. If you're using a French press, or a teapot, you're going to want to calculate how many teaspoons of loose tea you'll need for the number of cups you'll be brewing."