RESPONSE : IT IS DIFFICULT TO GIVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. REASON – TEA QUALITY DEPENDS ON LOT OF FACTORS NAMELY GARDEN LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL CONDITIONS, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, SEASONALITY, PLUCKING TECHNIQUES OR METHODOLGY & THE PROCESSING SYNERGY.
NOT ALL COSTLY TEAS ARE GOOD, BUT A GOOD TEA IS GENERALLY COSTLY, AS THE INPUT COSTS ARE HIGHER
RESPONSE : THOUGH MADE TEA LARGELY DEPENDS ON THE TASTE BUD OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND HIS / HER LIKING IN TERMS OF LIQUOR STRENGTH, AROMA, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW A STRICT BREWING INSTRUCTION TO HAVE A GOOD CUP OF TEA. THE BREWING INSTRUCTIONS CAN SLIGHTLY ALTER DEPENDING ON THE TASTE AND LIKING OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
RESPONSE : ORTHODOX TEA REFERS TO THE TEA WHICH IS MADE OR PROCESSED USING TRADITIONAL METHOD. ORTHODOX METHOD INCLUDES PLUCKING, WITHERING, ROLLING, OXIDATION AND DRYING. THESE TEAS ARE GENERALLY IN WHOLE LEAF FORM AND COMES WITH HOST OF HEALTH BENEFITS, WHEN UNMIXED WITH ANY ADDITIONAL FLAVOURS.
RESPONSE : CTC ALSO CALLED CRUSH-TEAR-CURL, IS A METHOD OF PROCESSING BLACK TEA, IN WHICH THE LEAVES ARE PASSED THROUGH A SERIES OF CYLINDRICAL ROLLERS, WITH HUNDREDS OF SHARP TEETH, THAT CRUSH, TEAR AND CURL THE TEA INTO SMALL HARD PELLETS. IN THE PROCESS THE TEA LEAVES LOOSES LOT OF ITS ORIGINALITY. THIS TEA IS MOSTLY CONSUMED BY ADDING MILK AND SUGAR.
RESPONSE : WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING GADGETS : ( A ) KITCHEN WEIGHING MACHINE ( HAVING GRAM AS ONE OF THE UNITS ) ( B ) LIQUID MEASUREMENT CUP GRADUATED IN ML ( C ) DIGITAL THERMOMETER & ( D ) STOP WATCH
RESPONSE : ( A ) KITCHEN WEIGHING MACHINE ( HAVING GRAM AS ONE OF THE UNITS ) – TO MEASURE THE EXACT WEIGHT OF THE TEA LEAVES PER CUP ( B ) LIQUID MEASUREMENT CUP GRADUATED IN ML – TO MEASURE 200 ML OF WATER USUALLY CONSIDERED FOR ONE CUP ( C ) DIGITAL THERMOMETER – SO THAT THE TEMPERATURE OF WATER WHICH IS SUGGESTED TO BE 85 – 90 DEGREE CELSIUS CAN BE MEASURED, WHERE THE TEA LEAVES ARE TO BE PUT & ( D ) STOP WATCH – TO MEASURE THE BREWING TIME.
RESPONSE : IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE TEA BE TAKEN WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONS. HOWEVER, SINCE THIS LARGELY DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL TASTE BUD, ONE CAN TRY.
RESPONSE : THE HEALTH BENEFITS AS MENTIONED IN THE TEA VARIETIES ARE NOT TO BE STRICTLY VIEWED AS A PRESCRIPTIVE MEDICINE. THE HEALTH BENEFITS THAT ARE MENTIONED ARE AVAILABLE AS INFORMATIONS IN VARIOUS TEA DOMAIN. IT IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED FOR LIMITED INFORMATION ONLY.