HOW TO MAKE GOOD TEA OR COFFEE?

TO MAKE A GOOD TEA AND COFFEE

Use good tea and remember the recipe- one teaspoonful per person and one for the pot. The ideal is 60 gm of good tea to 4 litres of boiling water. For a good coffee, take 60 gm of coffee powder in 3 litres of boiling water.

• Use freshly drawn, freshly boiling water.

• Water may be boiled in metal pots and transferred to another pot (already heated and containing tea leaves) or tea leaves can be put directly into the pot in which water has reached boiling point. Remove the pot from fire and allow the tea to infuse for 5 minutes.

• Avoid prolonged infusion.

• Do not boil or reheat tea.

• Adding of milk, first or last does not make any significant difference in the taste of tea.

• Sugar, if necessary, must be added last.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEAS

STRONG TEA

Ingredients

1. Tea leaves - 3 tbsp
2. Sugar - 1 tbsp
3. Water - 2 cups
4. Almond essence - 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Boil 2 cups of water and add 3 tbsp of tea leaves and 1 tbsp of sugar.
2. Filter and add almond essence into the decoction and mix well.
3. Serve chilled.

Ingredients

1. Apple juice - 2 cups
2. Sugar - 1 tbsp
3. Strong tea - 2 cups
4. Lemon wedges - 4

Method:

1. Mix apple juice and tea. Add sugar and stir well.
2. Garnish with lemon wedges and serve chilled.

Ingredients

1. Green tea leaves - 3 tbsp
2. Sugar - 1 tbsp
3. Water - 1 cup
4. Boiled milk - ½ cups

Method:

1. Boil 1 cup of water and add green tea leaves into it.
2. Remove from heat and add ½ cup of boiled milk.
3. Mix well and filter.
4. Serve hot.

Ingredients

1. Basil leaves - ½ cups
2. Tea leaves - 2 tsp
3. Sugar - to taste
4. Water - 2 ¼ cups
5. Boiled milk - as needed

Method:

1. Boil water and add basil leaves into it. Let it boil well.
2. Add tea leaves and sugar as per taste.
3. Mix well and let it keep for some time.
4. Filter and add milk as per your taste.
5. Serve hot.

Ingredients

1. Basil leaves - 3 tbsp
2. Neem leaves - 1 tbsp
3. Tea leaves - 1 tbsp
4. Ginger - 1 small slice
5. Sugar - 1 tbsp
6. Water - 1 cup

Method:

1. Boil 1 cup of water and add basil leaves, neem leaves, tea leaves and ginger slice into it.
2. Bring them to boil.
3. Remove from heat and add sugar.
4. Mix well and filter.
5. Serve hot.

Ingredients

1. Tea powder - 1 tbsp
2. Sugar - 2 tbsp
3. Milk - 1 cup
4. Water - 1 cup
5. Cardamom - 3

Method:

1. Boil 1 cup of water. Put tea powder and boil for a minute.
2. Add milk and simmer for 3 minutes.
3. Add sugar and cardamoms into it.
4. Mix well and filter.
5. Serve hot.

Ingredients

1. Tea powder - 1 tsp
2. Lemon juice - ½ cup
3. Sugar - to taste
4. Water - 2 cups

Method:

1. Boil 1 cup of water and add tea powder and lemon juice.
2. Remove from heat and add sugar to taste.
3. Mix well and filter.
4. Serve hot.

Ingredients

1. Tea powder - 1 tbsp
2. Sugar - 2 tbsp
3. Milk - 1 cup
4. Water - 1 cup
5. Cardamom - 3

Method:

1. Boil 1 cup of water. Put tea powder and boil for a minute.
2. Add milk and simmer for 3 minutes.
3. Add sugar and cardamoms into it.
4. Mix well and filter.
5. Serve hot.

Ingredients

1. Freshly ground coffee powder - 1 tbsp
2. Milk - 2 tbsp
3. Sugar - 2 tsp
4. Water - 2 cups

Method:

1. Clean the pot with boiling water.
2. Put 1 tbsp ground coffee powder and pour boiling water over it. Cover closely for 5 minutes.
3. Sprinkle a little cold boiled water to allow faster sedimentation of coffee powder.
4. Serve with freshly scalded milk and sugar.

Ingredients

1. Boiling water - 1 ¾ cups
2. Hot milk - ¼ cup
3. Sugar - 2 tsp
4. Instant coffee powder - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Clean the coffee cups with boiling water.
2. Add 1 tsp instant coffee powder to each cup.
3. Pour the boiling water over it and stir well.
4. Serve with milk and sugar.

Ingredients

1. Milk - 1 cup
2. Coffee powder - 3 tsp
3. Sugar - 2 tbsp
4. Crushed ice - 3 cubes

Method:

1. Take two coffee cups and add 1 tbsp sugar in each cup.
2. Add milk, coffee powder and crushed ice.
3. Blend the mixture in an electric blender until foamy.
4. Serve in tall glasses decorated.