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With boiled water to fill in components and to insist approximately 8 minutes.
Components:

* 3 table spoons of dry black tea
* 500 ml of water
* 3 table spoons зверобоя
* 3 table spoons of mint

In a teapot to mix lemon juice and a vanilla syrup, to put a lemon dried peel, a carnation and to pour in strong tea. It is recommended to submit with hot pancakes.
Components:

* 1 liter of hot black tea
* 100 ml of lemon juice
* 20 gram of a dried peel of a lemon
* 100 ml of a vanilla syrup
* 15 pieces of a carnation

Teapot carefully to warm up, put in it the crushed dried peel and dry tea, to add an orange syrup. After that to pour boiling water, to allow to be drawn 5 minutes and to spill on cups.
Components:

* 30 gram of black dry tea
* 1 liter of water
* 30 gram of a dried peel of an orange
* 10 gram of a dried peel of a lemon
* 50 ml of an orange syrup

What influences taste and aroma of a drink besides a grade and quality of tea?

First of all – water. It should be flavourless, pure, transparent, not have the weighed particles. It is not necessary to take mineral water, as in it many mineral salts. Water of mountain sources is very good. Chineses spoke: “Mountain water – the higher, river – average, well – the lowest”. And what to do, if ideal or simply good water isn’t present? – To Take that that flows from the water crane, but to allow to it to settle and use properly household filters. Read the rest of this entry »

“Tea freshens a body, strengthens spirit, softens heart, clears up thoughts, banishes laziness”.
East philosopher and doctor Ibn Sina

By estimations of scientists, in tea leaves tea phenol, theine and липидные sugar contains about three hundred components, including fibers, fats, more than 10 kinds of vitamins, and also. Therefore tea feeds an organism, regulates physiological processes and possesses the general improving influence. Tea is especially useful to people of an average and advanced age.

To vitamins C, Е, D, to nicotinic acid and iodine tea is obliged by the reputation of a drink of longevity. The phenols containing in tea leaves, absorb radioactive substances, deducing from an organism even the strontium-90 postponed in bones. According to researches, 1-3 % of tannin in a stomach deduce from an organism of 30-40 % of strontium. Therefore tea is irreplaceable at heavy ecological conditions. Read the rest of this entry »

Two kinds of tea ceremony are most known: Chinese and Japanese.  Japanese tea ceremony has evolved from ancient Chinese traditions which then have been added by Japanese. Tea ceremony is a science about art of the use of tea. At Japanese for tea ceremony special tea arbors, usually in a house court yard where visitors and owners to drink fragrant and tasty tea gather are under construction. In Japan drink only green or flower tea. The master of the house is obliged to place conveniently visitors – they sit on mats or on low benches, to track that all it was convenient. The master of the house himself seldom drinks tea. During tea ceremony conversations are conducted, is frequent so creative people for discussion of the further plans gather. Special registrations of an arbor, a path conducting to it, a garden and accessories as the great value as they influence the general mood is attached. To tea cakes move. The big cup of strong tea from which on a circle all visitors drink at first moves. Then on cups fresh easy tea spreads.

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Black tea in China name years the sustained tea. The most well-known black tea – “Puer”, is named by name of cities where it sold. The special technology of its manufacture exists in a province of Junnan. The subtlety of its manufacture consists, first, as a tea leaf having special taste, aroma and structure, and secondly, in technology of processing in which result tea turns out strongly fermented. Read the rest of this entry »

The tea blends of black teas most known in the world:

* the English breakfast (English Breakfast). The concrete recipe of the given blend in many respects depends on firm-manufacturer since rigid standards here don’t exist. As a rule, it is a mix from среднелистовых кимунов and the Indian or Ceylon teas.
Variants towards prevalence in the given mix or towards prevalence of the Indian teas are possible. Therefore flavoring qualities of “the English breakfast» vary.
* the Irish breakfast (Irish Breakfast). Usually this blend is a mix from Assam sredne – and мелколистовых teas, sometimes it with insignificant addition of ordinary Indian or Ceylon teas. Differs a fortress, intensive red color of infusion, strong tartness and expressive aroma. Read the rest of this entry »

There is a large quantity of versions of green tea. It make in 18 provinces of China. The main feature of manufacture of green tea consists in technology of processing at which there is no tea leaf fermentation. After gathering fresh tea leaves slightly  in the open air. This process name «greens murder». The more close under the characteristics green tea to the white less. As soon as leaves become soft and look faded, them it is traditional during some time subject to thermal processing. High temperature quickly dulls activity of enzymes and stops oxidation processes that allows tea to keep green color of leaves and a note of fresh greens in aroma. Also in tea medical natural biologically active substances of fresh leaves remain and during time they are liberated in a cup with tea. Read the rest of this entry »

Yellow teas produce only in China in a province Hunan.

In Europe yellow teas are a little known, as throughout many centuries it was forbidden to take out them from China on pain of the death penalty. It is known that the infringements connected with trade by tea and furthermore with its contraband, punished in China always rather severely, without respect of persons. So, for example, in XVI century for transfer of tea to foreigners imperial son-in-law Ou Jan-Lun has been sentenced to the death penalty by quartering. In the China yellow teas used originally only at court of the emperor, and subsequently – the higher dignitaries of empire and during religious ceremonies. Read the rest of this entry »