A full Japanese tea ritual, with food and drink, can take up to five hours. So, for those with less time, but the desire for a good brew, here are some tips.
You have gone to great lengths to find a great tea. You have spent two to five times or more what it would cost to get an ordinary tea from the grocery store. Now, keeping your tea stored properly can make it last as long as a year.
Like beer and wine, tea is an ancient beverage. Yet in some countries that are strongly associated with it, such as Great Britain, it was introduced only recently on the historical time scale.
Why should professionals have all the fun? 'Cuppers' taste coffee as an adjunct to professional buying, judging contests, writing reviews and so forth. But the joy of sitting before a half-dozen cups of Tanzanian Peaberry, Monsoon Mysore and the rest is a delight anyone can experience.
Get the freshest beans; roast and grind at home, if possible; brew only what you are going to drink because it is best to drink coffee withing the hour.
