Beem Pyramid A4 User Manual page 25

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Serving suggestions
Brewing tea according to the oriental
"Samovar principle"
Tea is not just tea. Strictly speaking, tea is
only a water infusion of the tea plant ca-
mellia sinensis. This infusion can be black
or green tea. A distinction must be made
between this and tea-like products such as
the so-called herbal and fruit teas.
Therefore, brewing tea is not always just
brewing tea. In order to preserve valuable
ingredients and the taste, teas are brewed
with water at different temperatures and
allowed to steep for different lengths of
time. For example, green tea is prefer-
ably brewed with water heated to 85° C.
In every case, the brewing instructions on
the packaging should be observed.
Black tea
To brew black tea, proceed as follows:
Fill the water tank with water.
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Fill the teapot with tea leaves (approx.
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one teaspoon per cup) or tea bags (1
tea bag for approx. 1 – 2 cups).
Close the lid of the water tank and
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subsequently put the teapot on top of
it. The teapot is then warmed up at
the same time.
Boil the water in the water tank (see
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section Heating the water, page 22).
Take the teapot off the water tank.
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NOTE
► Condensation may drip off the bot-
tom of the teapot.
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Pour boiling water from the water tank
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over the tea.
NOTE
► The more tea leaves or tea bags and
the less water you fill into the teapot,
the stronger the tea concentrate will
be (professionals enjoy an infusion
with precisely 2.86 g of tea per cup).
It is preferable to use slightly more
tea so that a real concentrate is
produced in the teapot.
Place the teapot with the tea con-
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centrate on the water tank again.
The steam rising from the water tank
keeps the tea in the teapot at exactly
the temperature it needs to "steep".
After the desired steeping time, serve
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the tea from the teapot.
Pour the tea concentrate from the
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teapot into your glass and top up with
water from the water tank. This allows
you to adjust the strength and taste of
your tea.
You can leave the teapot standing on
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the water tank while the appliance is
in operation so that you can add hot
tea and hot water at any time.
Move the rotary knob to intermittent
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boiling so that the water remains
hot but does not constantly boil. The
indicator lamp (12) switches on and
off in line with the thermostat cycle.
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