Recipes
Japanese Tea
Making Japanese Green Tea
Step 1
Prepare a teapot and teacup and warm them up.
Step 2
Throw away the water from the already-warmed-up teapot. Insert a calculated amount of tea leaves. (2~3 g for each person).
Step 3
Instil how water with temperature ranging from 60 to 80 degree Celsius and leave it like that for 1~2 minutes.
Step 4
Throw away the water from teacups. Pour the tea from the teapot with the concentration distributed evenly into every cup. Make sure not to leave a single drop inside the teapot. From the 2nd brew of tea, the quality gets better than the 1st brew and it takes a shorter time.
Making High Quality Green Tea
Step 1
Pour boiling water into cooled hot water. Instil hot water also into teapot and teacups to warm them up.
Step 2
Throw away the water from the already-warm teapot and insert a calculated amount of tea leaves (4 g or each).
Step 3
When enjoying the wonderful scent from the tea-smelling cup, drink the tea from normal teacups.
Step 4
Throw away the water from teacups. Instil the tea from the teapot with the concentration distributed evenly into every cup. Make sure not to leave a single drop left. Instil the 2nd brew of tea into cooled hot water. (From the 2nd brew onward, the tea gets better.
Making Thin Tea
Step 1
Prepare a teapot in advance. Instil hot water into the teacups to warm them up.
Step 2
Throw away the water and put tea leaves into the teapot.
Step 3
Instil hot water again and leave it steaming for 1~2 minutes. In the case of making Chinese black tea, throw away the water used for the 1st time to wash the tea wares.
Step 4
Pour the tea into each cup with even amount.
Making Cold Tea
Step 1
Insert the number of tea leaves according to how many guests you have.
Step 2
Instil cooled mineral water (or clean water) and wait until the tea leaves open by themselves.
Step 3
Instil it into a glass with ice in it. Use a sieve if the tea leaves are in danger of falling into the cup. (The Japanese green tea, deep-steamed, is most suitable for this method. Also, tea bags are very fitting for this method.).
