Bodum Cofee Grinder manual Bag tea bags for good

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Bag tea bags for good.

BODUM felt flattered when the British Tea Council asked them to develop a new way of brewing tea. They decided to forget all they thought they knew about tea and start fresh.

First they set out to learn all there is to know about tea

–from its history in different cultures and the various ways of preparing tea to today’s habits in tea consump- tion and preparation. Soon their goal became clear: they wanted nothing less than to develop a new way of tea brewing that would, on the one hand, respect the deli- cate nature of tea and bring its richest flavors to full bloom, and on the other, be even easier to use than tea bags – the fast-food version of tea that no real tea lover would be caught dead with. It was a lofty goal and the success of the tea press certainly shows that they

reached it. BODUM did for tea what they had already done for coffee: they devel- oped a surprisingly simple brewing sys- tem that would give any tea the optimal time and space to release its rich flavor bouquet and the plunger to interrupt that process at the preferred time with one lit- tle push. The most important lesson they learned was that tea needs space to develop – hence the spacious strainers in all the BODUM tea presses. Tea leaves can swirl and float freely and go about their business of releasing their stimulat- ing or soothing qualities depending on the preferred choice of tea. After four or five minutes the push of the plunger encapsulates the pressed tea leaves at the

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The Art of Tea Making

Start with very clean utensils. The widely shared belief that brown coating in a tea pot makes better tasting tea is a myth.

Put fresh, cold water to boil.

Cold water contains more oxygen which gives the tea its full flavor.

Do not overfill the strainer.

Tea leaves need room to swirl freely.

dead end of the strainer and the brewing process is stopped. Just like that – with- out making a drippy mess on the count- er or the new tablecloth. No wonder it was a piece of cake to convert tea bag users to the tea press. More flavor for less work – that was a concept even people in today’s fast lane could sign up for.

Little Tea History

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Add 1 tsp for the pot and 1 additional teaspoon per cup of tea.

Do not overboil the water, the oxygen will be boiled off.

Pour the water over the tea

as soon as the water starts to boil.

Let the tea draw for about 5 minutes (varies for different teas and tastes).

According to Chinese mythology the first cup of tea was made in 2737 BC.

The Chinese Emperor, Shen Nung, scholar and herbalist, was sitting beneath a tree while his servant boiled drinking water. A leaf from the tree dropped into the water and Shen Nung decided to try the brew. The tree was a wild tea tree.

From the beginning tea has been known as a healthy and refreshing drink, and it was spread throughout China and Japan by the movement of Buddhist priests.

In Japan the tea ceremony is considered to be the purifying bath of the six senses.

In 1644 tea is recorded in England for the first time. Sailors from the Far East brought back packets of tea as presents which led to its introduction into London’s coffee houses. In North America drinking coffee instead of tea became the patriotic thing to do after England levied a tax on tea shipped to its colonies. On December 16, 1773, fifty men dis- guised themselves as Indians and boarded ships owned by the British East India compa- ny. They smashed open 342 crates of tea and threw them into the Boston Harbor. This became known as the Boston Tea Party and ultimately led to the American Revolution.

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