The Masterclass
Brewing, the estate way
Choose your tea, mind your water, and let the timer hold the patience for you.
1 · Choose your tea
Just off the boil. First flush rewards a slightly shorter, gentler steep.
2 · Steep
3:30First Flush Black
Water at 90°C · 1 tsp / 250ml
The four movements
I
Warm the vessel
Rinse your pot or gaiwan with hot water. Cold porcelain steals the first degree of the brew.
II
Measure the leaf
Whole orthodox leaf needs room to open. Follow the measure beside the timer — never compress.
III
Mind the water
Fresh, soft water, heated to the mark. Re-boiled water is flat water.
IV
Decant fully
When the timer sings, pour every drop. Leaf left sitting in liquor turns bitter.