Art of Making Tea

1. Pre-heat the teapot, rinsing with warm water.
2. Place a teaspoon of tea per cup in the strainer and let it stand for a few moments, allowing the steam to begin developing the leaf's aroma.
3. Pour simmering water on the tea so that all the leaves are covered.
4. Let the tea steep
   
   • About 2 minutes for fanning's
   • About 3 minutes for broken leaf teas
   • About 5 minutes for whole leaf teas
   • Barely 3 minutes do the first flush Darjeeling
5. It is important to remove the strainer or filter with the leaves
6. The tea must then be stirred and finally poured.
7. Teas from great tea gardens should not be drunk too hot; let them stand a few moments after steeping so that the palate can better appreciate the subtle tea fragrances.

White and Green teas :

1. Pre-heat the teapot
2. Place the appropriate amount of tea per person or cup. Let the tea leaves stand for a few moments to allow the steam to begin developing the aroma..
3. Let the tea steep :
   
   • For green tea, 1 to 3 minutes
   • For the white tea Yin Zhen, 15 minutes
   • For the white teas Pain Mu Tan, 7 minutes
4. Remove the tea leaves, stir and serve.

Tea	Amount of Tea	Water Temperature	Amount of water*	Steeping Time
White Tea	1.5 tsp	160 - 170° F	8 oz	3 min.
Japanese Green Tea	1.5 tsp	170 - 180° F	8 oz	3 min.
Green Tea	1.5 tsp	175 - 185 ° F	8 oz	3 min.
Oolong Tea	1.5 tsp	170 - 185° F	8 oz	4 min.
Herbal Tea	1.5 tsp	208° F	8 oz	7 min.
Darjeeling First Flush	1.5 tsp	194° F	8 oz	2 to 3 min.
Whole leaf Black Tea	1.5 tsp	203° F	8 oz	3 min.
Broken leaf Black Tea, BOP	1.5 tsp	203° F	8 oz	2 to 3 min.
Black Tea in Fannings, BOPF	1.5 tsp	203° F	8 oz	2 min.
Flavored Black Tea	1.5 tsp	203° F	8 oz	3 min.
Flavored Green Tea	1.5 tsp	194° F	8 oz	3 min.