How to brew the perfect cup fo tea

Niki Sullivan, of the TheNewsTribune.com wrote a wonderful, useful article on selecting, preparing and enjoying loose teas:

What makes a delicious ice cream and might help you live a longer, healthier life? Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past decade, you probably know that tea has more than a few health benefits. But if you’ve relied on bagged teas for your fix, you may be convinced that all tea is bitter and expensive.

Thankfully, you’re wrong. A cup of tea, prepared correctly, requires neither loads of honey nor money....To be clear, we’re not talking about tea bags here. Not only do those come with directions, but also they’re a whole different beast.

Don’t believe it? Open up a box of tea bags and a bag of loose-leaf tea, take a whiff and you’ll find out one of the reasons why: Loose-leaf tea smells fresh, while most commercial tea bags have a faint smell, if any. The same goes for flavor.

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