How to make (brew) wu long tea

A simple way to prepare wu long tea is to pour boiling water to a 12 oz cup with 1 teaspoon (5g) of wulong tealeaves and brew for about 2 minutes before serve. Multiple infusion of hot water is one of the characteristics of wulong Tea.

In fact ,Preparing wu long tea is an art. The method is refered to as Kungfu or Gongfu. it's very detailed and complicated.

Whowever one should follow the procedures below to brew wulong tea to its best. 1.) Bring water to boil and keep it boiling. Bottled spring water is much preferred than Tap water. 2.) Use a small teapot (We use a 200 ml or 7 oz teapot as a reference here). 3.) Apply hot water inside and over the teapot to warm it up. Discard all water. This is to bring up the temperature of the teapot. So, the heat of the brewing hot water is for brew.

4.) Put 1/2 oz or so ( about 3 teaspoon ) of wulong into the teapot ( How much wulong to use is based on personal preference.It could take approximately vary from 10% to 20% of space in the teapot . The more tea leaves used, the more flavor the tea has and its required brewing time for each infusion is less. However, too much tea leaves used could increase the bitter taste and the teapot would not have enough room for the tea leaves to fully expand themself.).

5.)Add boiling water and discard this pre-brew water right-a-way. This is to wash away the fine tealeaves hairs and bring the tealeaves to brewing temperature.

6.) Top off the teapot with hot water to brew. First brew should be about 70 seconds. Pour brewed tea to a water pitcher or something similar for transfer to tea cups for drinking. First brew is the best for you to experience the aroma.

7.) Enjoy the tea while it is hot Smell the aroma of the cover. Observe the color of the liquor.and then sip

The best tea is from second and third brews. Second brew should be 60 seconds. Third brew should be about 75 seconds. The brewing time should gradually increase by 15 second interval to 120 seconds for the sixth brew. Much longer brewing time is required for the 7th and 8th (3 minutes) brew, if the 7th or 8th brew are not too light to drink.

The pictures above is the chinese traditional way of blewing wulong tea,of course you also do like this,if you are interested.