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Lyons Master Tea Taster Tells How to Make the Perfect Cup

Lyons Master Tea Taster Nick Bunston offers these tips on making the perfect cup of tea.   When trying these tips, it is best to use Lyons Gold Tea.

Run your fresh water tap for about 15 seconds before you fill a kettle.
Ensure the kettle is empty
Fill kettle with freshly drawn tap water which will be full [...]

Best Water Temperature for Your Tea

Here is a Tea Test.
Should you make sure to fully boil the water for all types of tea?
No.
Different types of tea require the water to be at different temperatures.
Black Tea – Water should be at a rolling boil
Green Tea – Water should be about 160 degrees (bubbles begin to come to the top)
White Tea – [...]

Drink Loose Tea? Do You Need a Strainer or Infuser

Both tea strainers and tea infusers are used with loose tea. How you use loose tea determines if a tea strainer or tea infuser is best.
Tea strainers are best when using a teapot. With tea strainers, loose tea is placed directly in the teapot. Then, the tea strainer catches tea leaves [...]

Tips for Buying Tea

If you are shopping for an imported brand of tea (such as Barrys, Lyons, PG Tips, etc), here are some tips.
First, look for a “Best By” date for the tea you are buying. Most brands put a “Best By” date for their tea on the packaging. It is usually located on the bottom, but [...]

Tea Trivia: Is it ok to re-boil water to make tea?

Have a cup of Typhoo Tea and ponder the answer to this tea trivia.
Answer: No.
To make a great cup of tea, the water must contain oxygen. When you boil the same water more than once, all the oxygen in the water is removed.
But, please conserve, only boil the exact amount of water you need [...]

Let Your Tea Brew Longer for More Health Benefits

How can you get the most health benefits from a cup of tea? Just the tea brew longer.
Higher levels of flavonoids and antioxidants result when tea is allowed to brew longer. These are the results of new study conducted by researchers from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Flavonoids are compounds found in plants that [...]

Tea Tip: I need a cup of decaf tea but dont have a decaf teabag

Of course, always make sure to have plenty of decaf tea in the house. A decaf tea such as Taylors Decaf Breakfast is a good place to start. The great thing about Taylors decaf is that it comes in a 50 tea bag box or box of 25 individually wrapped tea [...]

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