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Should You Put Baking Soda in Tea or Not? Is It a Myth?

teasenz — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:55:37 +0000

Sweet tea should be simple: just water, ice, tea bags, sugar, and maybe a squeeze of lemon or lime. Boil the water, brew the tea, stir in the sugar, and pour it over ice. But as with many simple recipes, especially in Southern cooking, there are lots of little tweaks that can elevate a drink from just okay to amazing. One trick? Adding a pinch of baking soda to your sweet tea. Sounds weird? Pointless? Or maybe genius? It’s all about the science and your brewing technique. We usually think these tips are kind of useless; after all, many of us grew up enjoying sweet tea with no special tricks, and it turned out just fine. But there are some solid theories about why baking soda might enhance iced tea, so we dug a little […]

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10 Most Popular Chinese Teas You Must Try

teasenz — Tue, 25 May 2021 13:48:49 +0000

For a starting tea drinker who’s about to explore Chinese teas, the hundreds of kinds of teas in China can be overwhelming. In this article, we’ll introduce the 10 most popular Chinese teas. These will be a great starting point for your tea journey as the below teas will also cover all the 6 main types of tea (white, green, black etc). 1. Long Jing 龙井 (West Lake Dragon Well) Without a single doubt, Longjing (Dragon Well) green tea is the most popular and well known tea in China. Original Longjing is produced in the West Lake region south of Hangzhou. An authentic Longjing tea comes from one of the 5 legendary longjing villages. That said, don’t write off Dragon Well teas that are produced in other regions in China. Due to the popularity of […]

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Why Does My Tea Taste Metallic?

teasenz — Wed, 15 May 2019 11:28:15 +0000

For frequent tea drinkers, it’s not uncommon, to have experienced a ‘metallic’ taste in the mouth, right after drinking tea. “Is the tea polluted?” may be the first question that comes to mind. Luckily, that’s unlikely the case. In this post, we’ll look into the different causes that makes a tea taste metallic. Stale tea Metallic flavors are most often caused by stale tea. This doesn’t mean tea isn’t consumable anymore, but the flavor and aroma are simply gone. Most often this may happen with green tea. The reason is that green tea still contain water relative other types. When it’s stored too hot or humid, the water content will cause the tea to oxidize faster. As a result, the tea tastes metallic or stale. Black teas and light oolong teas can also become stale, […]

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Pairing Cakes with Tea

teasenz — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:38:23 +0000

If you love tea, and you want to know what food goes well with tea, you simply can’t miss out on delicious cakes. Yet, every cake is different and depending on the taste profile, you’ll want to pair with the right tea. For tea and dessert pairings purposes, cakes can be divided into 3 types: fruity, chocolate, and cheese cakes. Fruit cakes and tea pairing Fruity desserts such as strawberry cakes one of the most popular types of cakes, but pairing them with tea isn’t always easy. A strong black tea easily flushes way the fruitiness, which isn’t the effect you want. A way more compatible tea is white tea. Young loose leaf white teas have flowery and fruity notes. The flowery aroma perfectly complements the strawberry and lemon cakes. If the fruity cake is […]

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I Found Bugs In My Tea!

Sonia — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:53:14 +0000

Finding small bugs or even beetles in your tea is disgusting! Yet it might not be a big deal. Tea is a natural product. No matter what quality control a company has in place, there’s always a change that bugs get into the tea. At least, you know there where no pesticides used to chase them away. There’s generally no reason for worry about whether the tea is still good to drink. Simply remove the insects and continue to brew your tea. However, sometimes bugs can appear after the tea is processed and packed, which often happens with pu erh tea cakes. White Bugs In Compressed Tea, Now What? Imagine that you have friends over, and you are about to drink some fine pu erh tea together. Sound nice, isn’t it? You get the tea […]

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Pu Erh Tea Mountains Map!

teasenz — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 04:22:33 +0000

Ever wondered where all these ancients pu erh mountains are located? Check out the below map of China’s Yunnan province:

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Dragon Well Tea Legends Reveiled

teasenz — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 01:24:02 +0000

Dragon Well tea is the most famous of Chinese green tea that is known for its wonderful taste and amazingly fine quality. It is also a tea with a long history with its production dating back 1,500 years ago. According Cha-Jing (the world’s first tea book written by Lu Yu), it was recorded as early as Song Dynasty. Two fascinating legends have been passed down through generations and they are definitely worth to read to make your experience of this drinking Dragon Well tea even better. Legend of Dragon Well Long ago, a tea elf had 8 teacups and always used them to brew teas for his guests in fairyland. One day many gods came and visited his home, the elf was panicking and dropped one cup to the human world. The god Dongbing helped him […]

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8 Inspiring Ideas for Your Tea Business or Startup

teasenz — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:00:31 +0000

Starting any business is hard, and you can’t get away from this challenging even if you’re in the booming tea business. Are you in the process of starting your own tea business now, or are you facing difficulties with your current business? Don’t give up yet. Read these inspirational quotes, even if you’ve failed many times, you’ll have the motivation to bounce right back: Start with a good product. It really doesn’t matter how good your marketing is, if you’re not offering unique teas and teaware that people will love, it’s not gonna work out in the long term. Think user experience. Is your online tea store easy to use? Do your customers know how to steep your tea, and do you offer the right teaware for that? How do customers experience your service and the interior […]

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Herbal Tea Ice Cubes (T-Cubes)

teasenz — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:48:10 +0000

Have some summer fun by freezing beautiful herbs and flowers in ice cubes (a.k.a. T-Cubes)! Great to cool your drinks and add some additional flavor and aroma to it. Try it out ourself! We can highly recommend the following herbs: Pink Rose flowers Chinese Chrysanthemum tea Goji berries Jujube / Chinese date

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Is Tea Gluten Free?

teasenz — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:12:44 +0000

Millions of people worldwide suffer from gluten intolerance. As tea is known to be second most consumed beverage, it’s good to know whether it fits in your gluten free diet. So does tea have gluten? Luckily all teas made from the Camellia Sinensis tea plant are gluten free. So the general answer is: No. If you’re just following a gluten free diet for general health or following the footsteps of Novac Djokovic’ diet for physical performance, then you’re probably ok with this answer. However, if you’re allergic to wheat then you’ll need some more details. Tea versus Tisane What we first need to make clear is that with ‘tea’ we only mean a steeped beverage from the Camellia Sinenses tea plant. Any other infused drinks from other ingredients should correctly be referred to as a ’tisane’ […]

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