In for a penny, in for a pound
Decided to try Green Tea, so I bought this box of 100 bags.
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I have never had a cup of coffee.
I started green tea a while back as well. I was inspired to do so after visiting a tea leaf farm in Portugal. A short lil history lesson. Green tea and black tea are the same tea leaves. Black tea turns black by being allowed to oxidize vs green tea not being allowed to do so.
@Kheldar , you're right on the money re: temperature. Green tea should be heated to 170° f. Beyond that it begins to release bitter compounds and destroys any of the health benefits.
I have and instant read thermometer for cooking so that works great for getting the water to the proper temperature. Then steep for three minutes.
Honey is not a bad to add but you want to use raw, unfiltered honey. Here's my ritual in the morning.
Heat 1 coffee cup of water in a sauce pan at medium while prepping the rest of my ingredients. I use loose tea so it takes 11 seconds to put a teaspoon or so into my tea infuser. Hang that in the cup then pull out the rest of my ingredients.
Two or three thin slices of ginger. Add them to the cup. Turn up the heat on the stove use the thermometer to get to 170°.
Pour hot water into your cup. Steep 3 minutes then remover tea infuser and ginger. Now comes the good stuff. Add honey, then I add a small amount of cayenne pepper, about an 1/8 teaspoon of turmeric powder, a couple good grinds of black pepper.Squeeze in the juice of half a fresh lemon.
Stir, enjoy.
It may sound like a bit of work but it has become my morning ritual
Uncle Google can expand on the benefits of those specific ingredients if you are curious.
Wow. That is quite the ritual, but it is amazing how rituals becomes therapeutic once they set in...I had similar ones with coffee beans and grinding and then pour over.
I purchased a new kettle for my venture into the tea world though — I don't have a stove. But I'm hearing that the temp settings may be off as far a green tea goes.
The green tea setting is 180, white tea is 170. So you suggest the white tea setting for green tea?
Also, you don't hve a stove? This statement intrigues me. if you don't mind sharing, why?
Do you have another appliance that you cook with? Grillm Blackstone? other?
I rent a basement 'apartment' in a 180 year old rural property. There's one sink, in the washroom — which is more awkward than the no stove. It came with a bar fridge that I upgraded pretty much right way. I have a Kitchenaid Countertop Oven, an air fryer, a bread maker, a flat griddle, a rice maker that I use more for boiling spaghetti (takes a looong time) and heating up soup. At one point I had a single countertop burner, but it needed special pots/pans so I got rid of it... I make do :)
Got it. Thanks for the insight. You had an induction burner. They work great and heat up very quickly but you do need ferromagnetic pans for them to work.
I had a burner like that and liked it so much I upgraded my main stove to an induction model.
As you can imagine, we're pushing the electrical panel in this old place as it is...long overdue for an upgrade, which is coming 😁
I kind of assumed everyone knows about matcha just because it's everywhere in asian culture and community but does matcha have the same heart benefits?
You may like it more than plain green tea.
Also I suggest getting tea snacks lol
What is match? Another kind of tea?
And what are tea snacks? You mean biscuits? 😅
Matcha is the trendiest drink in asia right now (and has been for a few years haha). It's grounded up tea powder from Japan.
Matcha lattes are one of my current favorite ways of drinking them. It's an earthy bitter tea flavor alone.
Yea biscuits is one of them hahah. We have a lot of different tea snacks since tea is such a big part of our culture.
I kinda cheated with my first go, added some honey. But I'll have it again, so we'll see if I can make it long term — fingers crossed :)
With green tea the heating temperature of the water make a great difference.
From Memory it's 70-80C° (158-176F°). Infuse leaf for 2 minutes
How do I do that? Get a thermometer? My kettle boils, that’s it…no temperature setting
Ideally with a kettle that can heat to a determined temperature, a thermometer can do the job you can stop the kettle before the boiling point. too much oxygen leave the water on boiling point and that degrade the taste of tea and makes it bitter.
I took you advice and upgraded my kettle. It's only been one day but, so far, I'm loving it!
I'm happy you love it, you'll have a much better tea (healthier and tastier)
Yes, tastes way since I stopped pouring boiling water over the tea bag. Now I know why I always thought green tea was so bitter.
Thank you
Ah ok, thanks. Didn’t know they had kettles like that, I take a look as I could do with a new one anyway
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