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• Start with water that has no flavor of its own, bottled or filtered if necessary.
• Use boiling water to begin the steeping process for black tea, slightly below boiling for green, oolong, and white tea.
• Use a level teaspoon full of black tea for 6 oz of water, up to two teaspoons full for the bulkier green, oolong, and white teas. Vary to taste.
• Steep for 3 to 3.5 minutes for black and oolong tea, 2 to 2.5 minutes for green, and white tea. If you want more flavor, we suggest you add more tea, not increase the brewing time.
• When brewing a pot of tea use a large mesh tea ball. Most of the flavor can be removed from the tea during steeping because the large mesh tea ball allows tea to expand to its fullest as it steeps while maintaining the free flow of water around tea leaves.

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