Tea and Water

There are many people who say that the tea drunk in Britain is delicious. Is it a problem of feeling? Answer is in water. Any drinks of the influence of the water used as materials are large. Tea is also as important for what kind of water is used and that which is as tea leaves.

Water is divided into hard water and soft water by the quantity of the mineral contained. A mineral shows calcium and magnesium here. The "hardness" often written to mineral water here will be explained. How to determine hardness by a country differs. Japan and the United States define as hardness what transposed the quantity of calcium and magnesium to the amount of calcium carbonate. If hardness is high hard water it will become soft water if small.

Europe is classified into hard water and Japan is classified into soft water. Therefore, even if it uses the same tea leaves, the flavor of the done tea is different in Britain and Japan. Calcium combines hard water with tannin, the color of tea becomes black, and an astringent taste and a scent become mild. On the contrary, there is the astringent taste of tannin in soft water, it remains as it is, and a color also serves as thinning. Probably, it is good to use properly by liking of those who drink, since it cannot decide that which is good.

Next, there is the question can I use tap water? If tap water removes bleaching powder, the tea also with delicious tap water will be brewed. Therefore, in the case of tap water, it becomes the point to take out water with sufficient vigor from a faucet, and to include much oxygen. Since the quantity of oxygen is insufficient when using mineral water, after opening, it is good to often shake.

Moreover, there are tips also in how to boil water. It is important after all that oxygen is fully contained. Underwater oxygen will be lost if it is made to boil completely.

Probably, it is good to stop fire, when air bubbles become larger and larger while boiling water, and the surface waves violently.

Conclusion

Tap water

When using tap water, in order to include as much oxygen as possible, water is taken out with sufficient vigor from a faucet.

Fresh water

The water in a kettle and a pot has little quantity of oxygen. It is better not to use for tea the water neglected for 5 hours or more.

Mineral water

Since oxygen is hardly contained, the mineral water immediately after opening takes in oxygen by often shaking and making air touched.

Thus, only water is not observed, either the back of tea is what deep. Since I live in Japan, I have not drunk tea using hard water. I purchase mineral water shortly and think that I will brew tea. The taste of the tea which is different also in when will surely be able to be enjoyed. I would like to drink tea!

How to brew delicious tea

I will introduce the way of brewing with delicious tea this time. Probably, it is good to also try the method of brewing by a pot from tea leaves, in order to carry out skilled of the original delicacy of tea, although delicious tea is breaking by these days but also by the tea bag.

I will consider the quantity of tea leaves first. The expression "One for me and One for pot" is one of a certain expressions least recently from Britain. This is tea leaves of one cup of teaspoon an object for pots in the object for itself, and one more cup. That is, the tea leaves of +one cup of number will call it a proper quantity. However, probably, it is also good to change the quantity of tea leaves according to the kind of liking or water.

Next, how long should it wait, after filling tea leaves with hot water? It is not an overstatement although the clever right and wrong of tea are decided by how to take this time. When it is fine tea leaves as a near standard, 5-6 minutes are right just in case of coarse tea leaves for 3 minutes.

The thing it is better to master by all means is "jumping." Jumping is an up-and-down motion of tea leaves which takes place within a teapot. Tea leaves are uniformly mixed with hot water by this, and the taste, aroma, and a color can extract wonderful tea.

The conditions for starting jumping should be high temperature, so that a convection takes place to that there is oxygen sufficient in hot water, and hot water. Therefore, although it is not necessary to care about tap water, probably, in the case of mineral water, it is good to use, after shaking. It is a point for not making it boil etc. too much to include oxygen fully. 95-98 ℃ boiled about temperature is the best. Probably, it will be better to have warmed the pot beforehand. The rest only pours out boiling water with sufficient vigor. Don't stir with a spoon.

An actual procedure

1, A kettle is filled with ? water with sufficient vigor, and water is boiled. It is careful not to make it boil too much.

2, Tea leaves are put into the teapot Warmed. Foundations are +one cup of number.

3, Hot water is poured out with sufficient vigor from on 20-30 cm of a pot.

4, It covers, if it checks that tea leaves have appeared.

5, It steams doing keeping warm of. 5-6 minutes are good in case of coarse tea leaves in case of fine tea leaves for 3 minutes.

6, It flows into a cup, filtering tea leaves.

7, A pot is poured out swaying up and down lightly.

What cup or when pouring collectively, it is careful of every cup to become the same depth.

It will be careful of the above point and I will make delicious tea.　Have a good tea time!

Black tea and chemistry

When tea went into Britain from China about the middle of the 17th century, the effect as a medicine was emphasized considerably. The gout by excessive drinking of beer was much in fashion in Britain. Attentions gathered for tea with much effect, and it was called "a mystery East medicine." My speciality is chemistry. Then, the chemistry goods included in tea were observed this time. I will introduce the ingredient included in tea to the body for every good ? ingredient.

Tannin

Although some effect of tea is various, tannin takes the lead. Tannin decomposes neutral fat and large-plays an active part, preventing overweight, lowering the concentration of cholesterol, or lowering the blood sugar level. Although tannin is contained in all the plants, there is most tannin compared with other tea. Moreover, since tannin is a kind of polyphenol, a motion of active oxygen is controlled. Although active oxygen is a substance which opposes the disease germ containing from the outside of original, when it increases too much in a body, it is a substance which damages a cell and causes cancer and apoplexy.

Caffeine

It is a substance with a role important for the next of tannin. Although it is famous that an effect is to awake sleepiness, otherwise secretion of gastric juice is promoted and there is work which stimulates appetite or improves the condition of gastritis. In fact, the diuretic effect by which bad-fellow treatment is carried out is also one of the important effects. Although caffeine is famous only in about coffee, in fact, the way of tea contains many caffeine. Moreover, if caffeine heats, it will become gas. For this reason, many caffeine is contained also in except from espresso for weak coffee. Probably, it is good to awake sleepiness to try by all means.

Areavinsgarede

Areavinsgarede which becomes the red origin of tea has a strong bactericidal action. Growth of the bacillus leading to athlete's foot can be pressed down. Probably, it is good to wipe the affected part with a tea bath and tea.

Conclusion

・The stomach and intestines is prepared.

Tannin and caffeine strain the stomach, many gastric juice is secreted, and digestion becomes good.

・Appetite also increases by a digestive function being activated.

intestinal inflammation is suppressed it works.

・Cholesterol and blood pressure are prepared.

Cholesterol is permeated and crowded in an artery and becomes hard. Tea lowers cholesterol and tannin drops too high blood pressure.

・Sterilization of athlete's foot

・Diabetes

・Prevention of food poisoning

Food poisoning takes place by breeding of bacteria, such as coliform bacillus. In coliform bacillus, catechin prevents breeding with powerful sterilizing properties, and serves as prevention of food poisoning.

・Cancer

A lymphocyte is activated and division of a cancer cell is suppressed. Research is advanced in Japan and the United States.

・Prevention from overweight

If it exercises lightly after drinking tea, tannin will make energy metabolism of fat active.