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Tea Steeping Tips

Feb 16 2012 | 1 comments

Happy Friday Everyone!

I'm often asked this question: What's the best way to steep my tea? Well, let me first start off with there is no "best" way to steep your tea. It's an personal choice. Some believe in gong fu style or "flash" steeping tea which is how it's done traditionally in China and Taiwan but can be time consuming and cumbersome with all of the equipment. It also tends to be a bit of a mess. Then there's the Western method of using a kettle and teapot which most of us are used too. Heating the water to the appropriate temperature, steeping your tea for the right amount of time and pour it out quickly to keep it from over steeping. The last method is one that I grew up with. This tends to be the European way of steeping tea, boil your water, place the loose leaf tea in a small tea pot and pour your water over it. Allow the tea to now steep in the small teapot, once steeped, you mix your steeped tea with the hot water, usually a 2:1 water to tea ratio. It's a personal preference to how strong you'd like your tea. 

Now a few tips for steeping tea at the office. I use a teapot infuser, our Personal Pushtop. It's quick, easy, clean and efficient. A teaspoon of tea is enough usually for 4 or more steeps (depending on the tea). Water is the difficult part since you can't control the temperature. Every office I've worked in, only offers boiling hot water (212) which is perfect for black tea but what about the other types of tea? Oolong tea, Green tea, and White tea, I will pour the boiling water into a cup and allow it to cool off for a couple of minutes. 2 to 3 minutes is typically enough time. Then pour into your infuser and tada! You have a perfect cup of tea. 

Here a couple more tea steeping tips:
  • Teaspoon of loose leaf tea is typically enough for multiple infusions, so don't over do it!
  • Don't use bottled or filtered water. Trust me, tap water is perfectly fine. 
  • If you don't have an infuser, just take a pinch of tea and place it in your cup. It's quick and dirty but works in a bind.
  • Remember, it's just loose leaf tea. Take it anyway you like it. =)
Want to learn more about steeping? Visit our Steeping Guide

If there any other topics you want to hear about, just let me know in the comments page. 

Until next time. Cheers


New Tea Alert: Lychee Green Tea

Feb 14 2012 | 1 comments

Hey There,

In case you haven't noticed, we've added a new tea to our diverse selection. It's the Lychee Green Tea, the new addition to thepuriTea family of teas. During my last trip to China, I was determined to find a new green tea since our selection was lacking a bit and our customers were asking for it. Ask and you shall receive! After a few days of searching, I cupped this unique flavored green tea. I knew our customers would love it and since our flavored black teas were so popular I had to pull the trigger. The process of creating this tea, starts with a traditional Chinese green tea harvested at the peak of the season. During the drying process, this delicious tea (which is amazing by itself) is infused with fresh organic Lychee fruits and captures the essence of a well balanced green tea with the luscious sweetness of Lychee. 

My mom and I have been drinking this tea mostly in the afternoons or early evenings. Maybe while eating our favorite chocolates or a light cake. Being a green tea, it's low in caffeine so you don't have to worry about being up all night. We steep it at 180 for between 2 to 3 minutes and it takes multiple teas while managing it's unique favor. 

If you're a fan of Gunpowder or any of our green teas, give this one a chance.

As always, thanks for reading and don't forget to have a cup of tea!

Cheers,
Nav

thepuriTea: New Site and Mission!

Oct 20 2011 | 0 comments

Hi There,

I’m Nav and thepuriTea.com is the passion of my mother and I. We’d like to reveal our new site and mission.

Let me start with the our mission. My mother and I decided to bring you, our loyal and amazing customers, the best teas we could find. These aren't the teas that will break the bank or only be available a limited time. They’re the teas you’ll be able to find and purchase regularly. I travel to Asia every spring to find unique teas that everyone can enjoy. Using our refined palates, we GuaranTea you’ll love our teas. Our GuaranTea is not only a company policy but it’s apart of our mission. We understand not every tea might not be your “cup of tea” so we created the GuaranTea to ensure our customers a risk free shopping experience. For those of you who are new to thepuriTea, our GuaranTea is simple: we include a sample with every bag of tea purchased, try the sample and if it’s not your cup of tea, just return the bag of tea and we’ll cover the expense. We GuaranTea it =)

On to the new site. Our loyal customers will notice slight differences in the look/feel and navigation. The biggest difference is the product page. You’ll immediately notice a large, high resolution picture of the tea. This is a result of your feedback. Thank you! All samples are $3 and include at least 14g of tea (half an ounce!) so order away. We’ve added Best Sellers category, where you’ll find just that the best selling teas and teaware. This is a great place to start if you’re new to thepuriTea or don’t know what to buy your loved one. We believe sharing is caring and also should be saving. With that mind set, after your purchase, you’ll be asked to share to your friends and family via Twitter, Facebook or email and in return you will receive $5 off your next order when someone purchases from your shared link. Sharing is saving and caring. =) You'll also notice a notification bar at the top of site where we'll offer promotions, news and all other information regarding the site and products. 

Customer service is our #1 priority. You’ll notice that on every page of the new site with the support tab on the left hand side of the site. Feel free to send us any questions, comments or recommendations. You can also reach us on Twitter and Facebook. We always want to hear from you, so please don’t be shy. =)

To bring in the new site, we're offering $5 off all orders when entering lulu during checkout. 

On behalf of myself, Nav and my mom, I want to thank you for all your support and welcome you to the new thepuriTea.com.

Don’t be a stranger.

Cheers,
Nav

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