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The best way to make tea is to use an electric kettle to boil the water. The advantage of using a kettle is that the water will be actually boiling when you pour it over the tea, either in a cup or in a teapot. This helps to extract the most flavor from the tea, and it reduces the length of time you need to brew the tea. The longer you brew, the more bitter tasting tannin will be dissolved. An electric kettle is found in almost every home in Europe for this reason. Heating water in the microwave is slower, more dangerous and produces inferior tea. This is why we sell hundreds of electric kettles every month.
You will also get better results using loose tea in a teapot, rather than teabags. Loose tea is not ground as fine as the tea in tea bags, as it has more room to circulate in the pot. The finer the tea is ground, the more bitter tannin is released. Use a tea strainer to avoid getting tea leaves in your cup.
Of course you also need to use good quality tea. We suggest our own EnglishTeaStore.com brand, which offers a gourmet taste, a 50% larger teabag, and at supermarket prices!
Visit our Tea Blog today for more tips on making your tea taste better!
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