Preparation Of Tea - Bartscher Samovar 3L Instruction Manual

6.4 Preparation of tea

There are teas and teas. In the strict sense, the term tea describes a beverage made by
steeping the leaves of Camellia sinensis in boiling water. There is black and green tea.
Hot water can however also be poured over leaves of other plants or pieces of fruit.
Therefore preparation of tea is not always the same. In order to preserve the flavour and
beneficial ingredients, infusions and teas are prepared with hot or boiling water and left
to steep for shorter or longer periods. Green tea is for example best prepared with water
at a temperature of 85 °C. In any case, always follow the instructions on the packaging.
Black tea
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Place the supplied tea strainer inside the tea pot.
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Fill the tea strainer with loose leaf tea (approx. one teaspoon per cup) or place a
tea bag directly into the tea pot (approx. 1 tea bag per 1 - 2 cups).
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Place the lid on the tank and put the teapot on it. This pre-heats the teapot
at the same time.
WARNING! Burn hazard!
Place the teapot on to the lid in such way that the
escaping steam does heat up the handle.
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Boil the water.
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Remove the teapot from the tank.
WARNING! Burn hazard!
Hot steam will escape! A small amount of condensed
water may also drip from the base of the teapot.
Use the cloth for holding hot pots!
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Now pour boiling water over the tea from the tap.
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Fill max. 1 l into the teapot.
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Replace the teapot with the tea concentrate on the water tank. The steam rising in
the water tank keeps the tea in the teapot at precisely the right temperature required
for brewing.
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