This is Your Cup of Tea

Like tea? Love it? Or maybe you just need a "pick me up" that is slightly healthier for you than the high doses of caffeine given to you from ordinary coffee? It can be great, but also a difficult task to master. So, if complicated isn’t really your cup of tea, I’m here to help.



The process:

Step one:

To begin, you must select your favourite flavour of tea. Some beneficial flavours include: Green tea (skin,shrinks fat), Chai tea (improves digestion), or even Peppermint tea (bad breath, reduces pain). If your tea is prepackaged, you can move on to the next step. If you use dry tea leaves, then extra steps must be taken.



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Step two: 

Next, you need to prepare your water. If you are a “hot tea” drinker, then boiling your water before hand is the way to go. You can use a kettle, or even just a regular pot (though precautions must be taken as this is a more dangerous method). Fill your kettle or pot with desired amount of water and place on stove. Set on High for 10 minutes (times may vary depending on type of stove). Once it boils, allow your water to simmer for a few minutes.



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Step three: 

After that is complete, you can begin the ending processes of your tea. Grab your favourite mug, with tea bag inside and set aside as you will need it in this step. Take your kettle/pot (use oven mitts or cloth for safety as object will be hot), pour the water from inside into your selected mug.



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Step four: 

Finally, you should allow your tea some time to cool before drinking as you may burn yourself. Once that is complete, and your tea has steeped, you may enjoy your delicious, fresh cup of tea!



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Tea can be a very beneficial drink to many. It is a healthy alternative to other caffeinated drinks; diet friendly; an antioxidant. There can be safety issues in this process, involving burn risks, as well, if you have an allergy to most teas, this may not be for you.



Extras:
For dry tea leaves:


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Tea Bag/Filter Method: 

You can purchase empty tea bags/tea filters at many locations, (i.e. Teavana, David’s Tea, Walmart). Majority of the time, there will be a opening where you can easily pour your leaves in, (for subtle flavour add leaves sparsely; for more intense flavour add plenty). Once your tea is in, you can tighten the sac, or place on the cover, and use as usual.


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Steeping Method: 

If you are more the type to allow your tea to steep for several minutes before drinking; removing the bag/leaves, then a Perfectea Maker is what you want, (purchased at Teavana). You simply place your leaves inside, pour boiling or cold water (depending on the type of tea you want) over top; close the lid; then, after several minutes you can place the Perfectea Maker above your cup, and set it there. The internal filter holds back the leaves as the bottom of the object allows the tea to pass through, into the cup.



For Iced Tea:
Follow the above steps, only pouring water over top of ice, placed in your glass, rather than not.

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For more information visit:
http://www.teavana.com/
https://www.davidstea.com/
http://www.itoen.com/preparing-tea