Gourmet Tea: Flavored Tea, Amaretto Tea, Earl Grey Tea, Chocolate Tea, Chai Tea

Hot tea brewing method:
Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 tsp. of tea for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the teapot. Cover and let steep for according time or taste (the longer the steeping time the stronger the tea). Even though milk and a dash of sugar help enhance the flavor character on these teas, it is perfectly acceptable to consume the tea ‘straight-up’.Due to the variety of and blends of black tea used, brewing times may vary.

Iced Tea:
(to make 1 liter/quart): Place 6 teaspoons of tea into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea. Steep for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into your serving pitcher straining the leaves. Add ice and top-up the pitcher with cold water. Garnish and sweeten to taste. [A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced tea is to double the strength of hot tea since it will be poured over ice and diluted with cold water]. Please note that this tea may tend to go cloudy or ‘milky’ when poured over ice; a perfectly normal characteristic of some high quality black teas and nothing to worry about!

Gourmet Flavored Black Tea

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