What's the best way to prepare this tea,how many tsp,per 1 cup of boiling water?How to you store this tea,to keep it staying fresh?
1877967
I use medium tea bags, 2 tablespoons of tea and 12oz cup of boiling water I let it steep for 15 minutes and enjoy. This tea stays very fresh inside a ziplock plastic bag and the original brown bag it arrived in. Hope this helps.
1877968
Hi MaeI'm no expert but I just dump 1 teaspoon of tea for a cup...steep for 3 to 4 minutes...small splash of milk...bit of honey..et voila...not bad without the milk as well
1877969
Seems like everyone else answered the steeping question. As for storage, I keep mine sealed in the bag and it stays fresh.
1877970
Hi Mae I'm no expert but I just dump 1 teaspoon of tea for a cup...steep for 3 to 4 minutes...small splash of milk...bit of honey..et voila...not bad without the milk as well
1877971
It can be made by the cup in a strainer, a little less than one half of the ball per large mug (10 oz or more), rolling boil water is best to get the flavor out, let steep several minutes, stirring occasionally. I prefer to make a pot of tea with central strainer, about 4 TBS, and let it cool to room temperature. I mix this one with other teas and herbs and mulling spices. It brews well with stevia as sweetener, blends well, and keeps perfectly in a lidded jar.
1247751
Oh gosh. If you're just using it to brew a cup or 2 a day, it will last FOREVER!! I'm not kidding.Store it in a cool dry place and you may actually never run out. Incidentally, it is really delicious, but I drink it as iced tea.
1525267
A little bit of loose tea can easily make one cup. Pay attention to home much boiling water you add.
1326074
I store my chamomile in a tight glass canning jar within easy reach for daily use. I store the balance of the tea in my freezer in the bag it came in. Have had no problems here in Florida keeping it fresh this way. Barbara
778040
This works equally well as a tea pot, you just measure your fresh loose leaf tea and place it in the container, pour in the hot, not quite boiling water wait a minute or so and apply the press. Makes wonderful tea. Haven't used tea bags at this time but it would probably work well also.
1572667
Oh, super fast boiling time....First time, boil and toss the water. Do that a couple times. Then you are good to go.
2165969
I use 1tsp. When I'm making just a normal cup a tea or coffee, 1lb lasts me a really good while, if I'm not making pitchers of iced tea like in the summer time. I'm a frequent tea drinker, probably a good 3-5 cups a day and I feel it lasts me a good amount of time probably because the sugar are rock chunks I feel you get out of it, if that makes sense?
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The reason you are not supposed to heat it over the stove is because you should not be steeping your tea in boiling water. The pot it for steeping, not cooking, and if you want to make several batches of tea with good leaves (like you should be able to), you don't want to pour water in, boil it and then reheat the leave over and over and over again when they should stay warm. This is not good for the tea.
2178301
I use 3 family size tea bags. I heat the tea bags to boiling in a medium pot, then take off heat immediately, pour into pitcher, and add cold water and sugar to taste.
573848
For every quart of water I add 1 oz. of the tea. I make this tea for my friend and myself. I use 3 quarts of water and 3 ounces of tea. I bring the 3 qts of water to a boil, add the 3 oz of tea and boil 10 minutes, remove from burner and let sit overnight for 24 hours and then bring to a boil again and boil for 10 more minutes, strain and add to the quart jars. I replaced the metal lids with white plastic ones that you can buy at Walmart. Hope this helps.
1746077
I just steep the leaves. If you like weaker tea- 1 minute and if you like stronger tea- 3-4 minutes. I would think boiling the leaves would make the tea very bitter- have not heard of this method.
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Hi...the answer depends on how strong you like your tea. It's very concentrated--I never use more than a teaspoon per cup. A little goes a long way. If you like your tea stronger, you'll use more. I bought two packages of this tea in October and am only halfway through the second one--and I've made at least one cup a day, every day, sometimes more. This is a very good product and I'll be buying more when the last package runs out.
370803
Use deep pot, put purified water and tea, boil then low heat 10-12minutes. Take pot from heat and let it stay 12 hours and heat again until the surface move.Use cloth for strain. Keep in ref.
694896
Did you ever figure out how much to use? I am going to be making a half gallon of green tea as well.
774034
I never thought to do this so I tried it last night, using the cold water that came out of my refrigerator filter. I used two of the tea bags and a large 8 cup Pyrex measuring cup. I poured the water over the tea bags and the water remained clear. When I woke up 7 hours later, the water was the usual tea color but a weaker shade. When I tasted it, it tasted weaker too. So I would say this does not work well. I usually let the tea steep for several hours after pouring boiling water over the tea bags but now I am thinking that simply hot water will do. But not cold water....
1918726
I added a cranberry tea to mine saw it on you tube. I boiled the tea and used that water to mix it. Hope this help.
684242
I have loose leaf tea from other places who recommend storing the unused portion in the freezer. I keep another portion stored in a glass jar in my pantry and refill that from the freezer stash when it runs out. I had mine for almost two years now and still tastes great!