Loose Tea
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Loose tea gives a better taste compared to tea bags and so is the ideal way to enjoy tea for those people who prefer quality to quantity. Why not discover which loose teas you like?
Knowing which loose tea to try can be difficult if you’ve only ever drunk tea made from tea bags before. Where should you start with loose tea?
Green teas is a popular choice of loose tea. It has many health benefits and is mentioned frequently in the media. What about the other sorts of loose teas?
Loose teas such as Black Teas (for example English Breakfast Tea and Earl Grey Tea) are always popular. They are invigorating and a great tea to start the day. These loose teas can also help to aid digestion when drunk after a meal.
Puerh loose teas are aged for many years to give a unique flavour and mellow taste. Puerh teas can be drunk to help metabolise fats for weight loss purposes, and this sort of tea is classed almost as a medicine in China.
White Teas, such as Pai Mu Tan, look like white wine and usually have a fruit or nut taste. This white loose tea is made by drying the freshly harvested tea leaves and buds.
Herbal Infusions can also be beneficial to health but are not strictly loose teas. Herbal Mint tea is a well known cure for upset stomachs. South African Rooibos tea can help you to relax, thanks to its calming effect, and is a great introduction to loose tea.
Loose tea such as green tea and black tea provide many health benefits such as helping to fight cancer and helping to reduce the risk of heart disease, strokes and diabetes.
Once you have found a loose tea you like, you need to follow the instructions to ensure that you make it properly. Because different loose tea needs different brewing times and water temperatures, getting the brewing process right is vital. Getting it wrong can ruin the taste, and stop you from enjoying your loose tea. When cooking, you would follow a recipe or read the instructions, and the same can be applied to brewing loose tea.
Loose tea can be compared to wine for teas from different countries taste different for all the same reasons that wines taste different. Loose teas are available from the leading tea producing countries including India, China, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Japan. Each country and style of loose tea has its own distinctive flavours and tastes. Why not discover teas from different countries?
Loose tea may take a little longer to make than when using tea bags, but the results are worth it. Loose tea made properly provides you with a much better tasting tea. You will soon become a connoisseur of loose tea, and appreciate the taste and flavour of the many different sorts of loose tea available.
As you try more types of loose tea, and learn more about them, you’ll probably want to try different sorts of loose tea for different times of day or for different occasions, such as first thing in the morning, and in the evening after a meal.
Why not try loose teas today and make them in the Tea Machine from Fine T?
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