How to Make Tea

Use well stored, top quality loose leaf tea, …

Use whole leaf loose tea and make sure the tea has been stored properly; in a resealable airtight bag or tin. This is particularly important for teas with more delicate flavours like green and white teas. Our teas are vacuum packed at source and cold-stored wherever possible.

…a small teapot…

Small teapots allow you to control the infusion of the tea much better than larger teapots so we would recommend using one that is no larger than 300ml. With top quality loose tea you can infuse the tea more than once for multiple servings.

...and be generous with the leaf

It is important to be generous with the tea and make sure you decide on the amount to use by weight and not volume. Use around 5g for a 300ml teapot.

Water Temperature and Quality

Getting the water temperature right for the tea you are drinking is also crucial. Broadly speaking, green teas, white teas and yellow teas taste best when infused with 60°C-80°C water. Black teas, oolongs and puerh taste best with near boiling water. It is best to use the highest quality water you can find, filtered or bottled water is fine.

Infusion Time

Infuse the tea for 3 minutes and make sure that you pour all of the infusion into a cup that is the same size or larger than the teapot. Alternatively, you can decant the tea into a pitcher before sharing in small cups with friends over multiple infusions. It’s very important not to let the tea stew by leaving it in the teapot, as it will become bitter.

Making tea in this simple way will ensure a great tasting cup but you can always experiment with larger servings of tea and shorter infusions to find the right taste for you.

For more details on getting the best out of your tea, see our full Infusion Guide.