{"id":101,"date":"2015-03-24T22:17:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T22:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/?p=101"},"modified":"2015-04-14T15:10:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T15:10:41","slug":"learn-to-love-green-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/learn-to-love-green-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn To Love Green Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><b>Reading Time:<\/b> <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute <\/span><\/span><p>Have you ever gotten super excited about a new green tea, only to be disappointed with a bitter tasting brew? Don\u2019t worry\u2026 you\u2019re not alone. It\u2019s actually a fairly common problem, and one that can easily be solved.<\/p>\n<p>Every day, we meet customers who aren\u2019t fans of green tea. Usually, it\u2019s because they find it too astringent. But by adjusting two little steeping parameters \u2013 water temperature and steeping time \u2013 we\u2019ve seen even the staunchest green tea dismissers fall passionately in love this terrific tea type.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Burn Notice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As you can imagine, green tea leaves is are particularly sensitive. Put them in overly hot water, and the leaves will burn. This releases an excess of tannins, which is what causes that bitter taste. Steep green tea too long, and the same thing will happen.<\/p>\n<p>So what can you do to prevent your green tea from turning bitter?<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Play it Cool<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The first thing is to use the right water temperature. Depending on the tea, this means water between 74\u00baC (165\u00baF) and 85\u00baC (185\u00baF). If you don\u2019t have a thermometer handy, simply boil your water then let it sit for 5-8 minutes. This should be enough time for the water to cool down to the right temp. Alternatively, if you\u2019re boiling water in a pot, a good visual cue is when the water starts to form small bubbles.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Short and Steep<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>For steeping time, \u201cshort and sweet\u201d are the magic words. Try steeping between 1-3 minutes, and you\u2019ll immediately notice a difference in taste. Your tea will be light, yet flavourful, with subtle notes shining through the cup.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these simple steps, and you\u2019ll learn to love\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidstea.com\/green-tea\">green tea<\/a>\u00a0about as quickly as it takes to make a cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><b>Reading Time:<\/b> <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute <\/span><\/span>Have you ever been disappointed by bitter tasting green tea? Don\u2019t worry\u2026 you\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[79,58],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-green-tea","tag-tea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}