Video: Water Temperature to Brew Tea

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The water temperature to brew tea varies depending on the type of tea. Learn about the different tea water temperatures with tips from a tea lounge owner in this free tea brewing video.

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Now you have to type the right type of water, you know, how much water to put in? How hot should your water be? If you were making a black tea, boiling water is recommended. If you are making a green tea or an oolong, make sure the water temperature is a little bit low boiling, 175/185 is recommended. You're making a white tea, 165 is good. For herbal tea such as ginger, peppermint, chamomile, boiling water is recommended as well. Now, there are tricks to manipulating the flavor of tea. If you like green tea a bit stronger, you; a. can put more tea leaves in or b. increase the temperature by a little bit, and c. you can increase the brewing time. Instead of three minutes, you can leave four to five minutes. Okay. Also what's important, the thermometer. Not all of us have thermometer lying around in the house if we don't enjoy cooking. But it's very important. For five dollars, you can pick one up and make the perfect cup of green tea or white or oolong. But they also have in the market, a tea kettle that lets you tell the kettle what temperature to stop boiling the water. I mark it at 175, my kettle would stop at 175, so I just pour it into my hot, my green tea and I’m ready to go.