Around the World many civilizations have different ways of preparing and serving the tea. Some nations took the preparation of tea and made an art of it, such example are the Japanese that have Cha-no-yu.
When preparing a tea you have to take into account many things. Starting the water, then the bole in which you will prepare the tea and finally you must note that different sortiments of tea must be prepared differently. For example the black tea is the easiest to prepare because it needs a high temperature near to the boiling point 95-100* celsius unlike the green tea wich needs a temperature of 80-90* celsius. To get to the optimum temperature after you’ve boiled the water, leave it 3-4 minutes and it will get to about 80-90 degrees celsius. If you want to cool it till it reaches 75 degrees celsius you must leave it another 15 minutes.
Also, the infusion time differs from tea to tea. For strong sortiment it is enough 1 or 2 minutes while in lighter teas you need 4 to 5 minutes. Also if you add more tea the infusion time shortens. For chinese tea sortiments a higher temperature will input a shorter infuse time.
Also, besides all of this there are two more important elements when taking into account tea. The quality of the water and the kettle. You must have good quality water to get a great tea, because the water and its hardness changes the taste and quality of the tea. Also, the kettle is very important. There are people who use different kettles for different sortiments of tea. They don’t make black tea in a green tea kettle because it can change its taste.
In the future I will explain some methods for home use, so that are simple to use and some complex methods for those of you who like to make a passion from drinking good tea.