Turkish tea revisited
Last month I got a postcard for a 10% discount to celebrate the 18th anniversary of my favorite tea shop. You know that there was some shopping involved. I was biasing toward the cheaper teas (although I did opt to spend on more ginger puerh), and decided to try real Turkish tea. As you may recall, Turkish tea is brewed strong and watered down. The instructions say to use 1 teaspoon per 6 oz of water and one extra teaspoon for the pot. They also say to brew 10+ minutes. I had my regular teapot set up, and realized that if I followed the directions I would end up with gallons of tea once I watered it down to a point where I could drink it. I decided to exercise caution on my first brewing. I used 1 teaspoon per 6 oz water, and brewed it for 5 minutes. Longer brew times bring out more of the bitter flavors, so that may be why they serve their tea with so much sugar. When I opened the bag, I could see that the leaves have a finer cut meaning that they will brew a stronger tea. Thankfull...