Store loose tea in airtight opaque containers like tea tins or ceramic canisters, not in the fridge.
Use boiling (100 deg C) water for black tea and cooler (70-85 deg C) water when brewing green tea. Using water that's too hot will burn fresh leaves, and leave a bitter aftertaste.
You should steep tea leaves for 20-30 seconds on the first infusion, adding about 5 seconds to subsequent infusions.
Make an exceptionally smooth tea using cold water. Add two tablespoons of tea leaves (or use the bottle tea bag) to a pitcher or pet bottle, and four cups of cold water. Leave overnight in the fridge, then strain the leaves.
Extracted from: Simply Her magazine (Jul 2007)
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