How To Drink Black Tea In A Best Way?

What do you know about black tea?

The Camellia Sinensis plant produces black tea, which is a real tea. Before being processed and dried, black tea leaves are allowed to fully oxidize, resulting in dark brown leaves with a distinct taste character. Black teas are typically classified as astringent because they are robust and sharp.

Black tea was the first form of tea to be introduced to Europe and the Middle East, having been discovered in China in the mid-17th century. Because of its financial success in the West, China began mass manufacture. Black tea manufacturing extended to other nations thanks to Scottish and English entrepreneurs and adventurers who stole tea plants and seeds from China. These early English tea enterprises recruited enslaved people from various nations and invented tea processing gear that eliminated the need for expert tea producers. Black tea manufacturing eventually extended to India, Sri Lanka, and Kenya, as well as Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Rwanda, Brazil, and other parts of the world.

Benefits

Black tea is used to make both hot and iced tea; in the United States, iced tea accounts for the great majority of black tea consumption. Some black teas are meant to be consumed with milk and/or sugar, while others are self-drinkers, or teas that are best consumed without the addition of anything. Masala chai, English breakfast, and Assam black tea are examples of teas that are usually consumed with milk and/or sugar. Earl Grey (which is not generally eaten with milk), iced Ceylon teas, and Nilgiri black teas are examples of teas that are traditionally consumed with lemon and/or sugar.

Black teas are among the finest for breakfast and afternoon tea. Black teas' robust tastes make them perfect for mixing with Western cuisine, but they also go well with Indian, Thai, and African dishes.

Drinking of Black Tea

Black tea is the easiest to steep of all the tea varieties. For each cup of boiling water, use around 1 teaspoon of tea leaves. The water might be nearly boiling or at a rolling boil. Put the tea leaves in boiling water and steep for 2 to 6 minutes. The amount of time you steep depends on your preferences and the sort of black tea you're using; for example, Darjeeling black teas normally taste better after a short time. Remove the tea leaves and drink the beverage straight up, or add milk, sugar, or lemon to taste.

Cold steep your black tea leaves in cold water for 4 to 18 hours in the fridge, then sift off the leaves. Double the number of tea leaves for iced black tea, steep the tea as usual, and then pour the hot tea over ice.

Black tea may also be used to make mixes with fruit, florals, and spices, which can have a variety of flavor profiles depending on the components. Earl Grey, which is flavored with bergamot essential oil or citrus taste, and masala chai, which is spiced with different spices, are two classic flavored black tea mixes. Many tea firms have begun to produce more exotic and atypical black tea blends, such as chocolate or vanilla, wood or smoke, tropical fruits, warming spices, and dried herbs, in recent time.