Tips
for making a tasty
natural leaf tea
Allow the hot water to cool off and pour it into the cup.
Allow the hot water to cool to about 90ºC for medium quality
tea leaves or to 70ºC for first grade tea leaves.
It is said that pouring boiling water from a tea kettle to
the teapot may reduce the temperature of the hot water by
about 10ºC.
For regular natural leaf teas, pour hot water from the pot
into each teacup and after a while pour the hot water of each
teacup into the pot. The length of time you let tea leaves
to steep depends on the grade of the tea leaves you are using.
Let regular tea leaves steep for about 30 seconds and higher-grade
leaves for about 60 seconds. The trick to brewing a tasty
tea is to pour the steeped tea out to the very last drop.
Use two grams of tea leaves per serving or two tablespoons
of tea leaves for five guests. Restrict the temperature of
the water somewhat for higher-grade tea leaves. Use 80 ml
of hot water for regular tea and 50 ml for higher-grade tea.
For the second cup of tea, increase the water temperature
somewhat, allow the filled pot to sit for about 10 seconds
and then pour the tea into each teacup. The first brewing
is the sweetest, while the second is sharper.
Tasty tea leaves an airy, mellow sweetness in your mouth.
Brew tasty tea and enjoy the inherent flavor and aroma.
Insisting on the word "brew
(a pot of tea)", the editor determined to
describe the behavior of making a cup of tea as to "brew
a pot of tea".
In Japanese used in newspapers or magazines, this behavior
is written as 
or  in Hiragana,
and we seldom see it expressed as  .
The reason why is that this character is not designated for
everyday use.
What behavior does the phrase "make
a pot of tea" describe? more...
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