Preparation of tea and herbal tea

When we created the White Lime tea and the Rooibos Fennel herbal tea together with Regina Rivero and OHA, she shared these tips with us to prepare both drinks:

1. Make sure the leaves of your tea or herbal tea are of good quality. A locally sourced herbal blend is always your best option. And for those ingredients that have to be imported, it is important to know where they come from and even what their drying processes are.

2. Water is just as important as the leaves in your tea. Try to use filtered water so that its mineral content is not as strong.

3. Following this point, a very important key to preparing tea is to take care of the water temperature. We recommend using a thermometer to have greater control. For green teas, the lowest temperature is between 70 and 75°C; for white teas, a temperature between 85 and 90°C is recommended, and for black teas, you can reach 100°C. You must take care of the temperature in each preparation because it is very easy to burn the herbs and this is what makes the teas bitter.

4. Let it steep for 3-4 minutes. More time will make the flavor more concentrated and if you intend to drink it hot, you may oversaturate it. If you want to steep it to drink cold, you can let the water extract the flavor for 3-6 hours depending on the tea, always removing the leaves so that it does not continue steeping.