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How to steep black tea
Black tea Black tea is a wonderful tea for beginners and experts of loose leaf tea. It is easy to steep, but offers lots of variations and complexity! As a general rule - 2tbls of tea for a standard size cup, 3tbls for a large cup. You can adjust to your taste preferences. If you like a strong cup of tea, I recommend adding more steep instead of steeping longer! As steeping longer brings out more bitter tannins. When steeping tea, especially a good quality looseleaf tea - use a lower than boiling temperature water. I usually use 195F for black...
How to brew Lemon Chiffon Cake
Lemon Chiffon Cake (Green tea) Cup size 12oz/350ml 16oz/500ml Tea amount 1 TBLs 1.5TBLs Temperature 175°F/ 80°C Steep Time 1 minute We think you will also enjoy: Wildflower x Honey Raspberry Meringue
How to Brew - Seaglass
Sea glass(Green tea) Cup size 12oz/350ml 16oz/500ml Tea amount 1 TBLs 1.5TBLs Temperature 175°F/ 80°C Steep Time 1 minute We think you will also enjoy: Wildflower x Honey Lemon Chiffon Cake
Benefits of Green tea
- polyphenol antioxidants - EGCG.- improves brain function- helps against bad breath I feel better drinking green tea than any other caffeinated beverage - it might have something to do with the fact it contains L-theanine - which is supposed to reduce anxiety and improve brain function!Green tea also contains lots of anti-oxidants, tied to health care benefits such as: protecting against free-radicals, anti-aging, lower risk of some cancers, helps against brain aging. An interesting and unexpected benefit - it helps against bad breath. Peppermint tea helps bad breath temporarily - by giving the mouth a fresh taste; however green...
The Korean Beauty Secret- Omija
I spent six years living in South Korea, which was not nearly long enough. As you can imagine, the food was beyond delicious. I could eat bowls of Dolsot Bibimbap. If you ever visit, take a stroll around Insadong, it's an area in Seoul famous for traditional goods, and restaurants, and tea shops! The tea shops are quite possibly my favorite (Although the Buddist restaurants are a very close second). They grow tea in Korea, so the tea at tea shops are of amazing quality. It is the traditional drinks that attract me to the tea shops. There are two...