How to use the common British black tea set course on what kind of snacks English black tea is served with

The last article finished talking about antique tea sets. In this article, let's talk about modern tea sets.

Glass teapot

The teapots in the early 20th century were made of silver or ceramic, and they never wanted to see through the properties of the teapot. It was not until the appearance of the ripe glass teapot that we could see the extraction of black tea from the teapot, and saw that when tea leaves such as Jiaoyao were dynamically extracted with herbs, spices and fruits, it was a visual feast, adding fun to the table.

Measuring spoon

Tea must be scooped up when evaluating tea, but the size of the teaspoon used in Taoism is not the same. The amount of leopard 3G when using a teaspoon to scoop BOP tea into a hill. Because 3G tea and 150cc boiled water are used to evaluate tea, the teaspoon is usually measured slightly. But when the same spoon is used to scoop large op-shaped tea, finely broken leaves and powdered fine-grained tea, the weight is actually different.

So sometimes a teaspoon is taken as the benchmark and a measuring spoon is given. When evaluating tea, the amount of black tea extracted is "the number of tea + 1 tablespoon", that is, abide by the principle of "1 tablespoon to yourself, 1 tablespoon to the teapot."

Cooked water tank

When you enjoy a cup of tea, you can adjust the concentration according to your own preference, so when the teapot with black tea is served, it will usually be accompanied by a pot of boiled water filled with hot water. The second cup of black tea will be thicker, and the tea will first be poured into the teacup and then filled with the right amount of boiled water. But it is not suitable to drink too strong for children or when they like light taste, the first cup of boiled water will not lose sandalwood. The third cup of tea will even pour the mellow drop into the teacup. At this time, you can also use boiled water to adjust to the concentration you like.

Teapot insulation cover

Tea tasting is to enjoy leisurely time. After the first cup of tea is poured out of the teapot, in order to prevent the second cup of black tea from getting cold, the teapot will be put on a "hat, that is, the factory teapot insulation cover" in winter when the indoor temperature is too low. Or stay in the courtyard and other wind places, it is a good time for teapot thermal cover to come in handy.

Tea towel

One of the common companions in Britain is the tea towel, this wide 30cm, long 60~70cm cloth is printed with a variety of patterns, including cutlery, refreshments, teacups, teapots, plants, fruit figures and so on.

Mainly used to cover table utensils, refreshments, or as embellishments of tablecloths, sometimes use tea towels to wipe obscene tableware, knives and forks, etc., but most of them are mainly used to make up the table, so as to deduce a fashionable atmosphere.

Multi-layer cake rack

When you enjoy afternoon tea or high tea in a hotel or restaurant, the refreshments are placed on a three-story cake shelf. The reason is that the place of afternoon tea is usually in the living room or salon where the table is smaller, and there is no place to put the refreshments plate after setting up the tea set. The order of multi-layer cake shelves is usually cake and Sikangyu sandwiches from top to bottom, but no matter what the order is, the Yingwei people will start with the sandwiches and then enjoy the desserts in order. Of course, it is not rude for desserts to start eating sandwiches, so you can rest assured and enjoy them freely. But be careful that if you eat too much, you won't be able to eat dinner, so men are usually reminded to exercise a little restraint.

Tea filter

Japan does not use tea filters when brewing green tea, even if there are tea dregs or tea stalks in the teacup. However, Japanese tea is already muddy and rich in fiber. People also think that cellulose brings delicious taste and texture, and it is Japanese tea.

The source of delicious food.

On the other hand, after oxidation and fermentation in the process of making tea, jar tea contains a large amount of astringent ingredient-catechin, which tastes astringent, and when it is mixed with the turbid state brought by fibrin, it will form an unpleasant and strong astringent taste. therefore, tea dregs will be filtered with a tea filter in order to fully enjoy the refreshing taste of jar tea.

Hourglass

When brewing tea in a teapot, you must use an hourglass for 3 or 5 minutes when actually soaking the tea. The size of tea is divided into large size op type, meticulous BOP, F, etc., usually op type soak for 5 minutes for 6 minutes, BOP type for 2 minutes for 3 minutes, so it will be soaked with an hourglass to enjoy the most fragrant black tea in the first cup.

But of course, you don't need to be so strict to enjoy black tea, and soaking a little longer or faster won't pose an obvious problem. But when I put the hourglass on the table, I always feel that it can slow down the flow of time and make the tea-tasting time more leisurely and elegant.

A teapot for boiling water

Japanese tea usually uses an iron pot to boil water before brewing green tea, but the catechins in pot tea will have chemical effects on iron, magnesium, calcium and so on, affecting taste, aroma and brown color, especially in Japanese soft water. The content of moraine in Japanese soft water is very small, which makes the estimated proportion of the influence of teapot material on black tea. When you brew black tea with boiling water in an iron pot, it will show a turbid brown color with no transparency, the tail rhyme is very poor, and the astringency is also very strong.

Therefore, it is necessary to use copper pots, pot pots, glass pots, steel pots, enamel teapots, etc., so that the taste and aroma will not change.