Recommended Brewing EquipmentUpdated 2 years ago
Tea and Tisanes
To brew tea consistently well you will require brewing equipment that accurately controls the variables. Our kettle of choice is the Brewista Kettle listed in table 1. However it's important to make a choice based on your own personal preferences therefore see table 2 for the advantages and disadvantages for each brand. Your choice of teapot also has significant effects on the flavour of your tea, as the minerals in the clay will impact the taste, see table 3 for further information on this. We do stock many more products in our teaware/equipment range, from milk jugs, fairness jugs, trays, Pu erh Knife, Pu erh Cake Box. Click on the link to view the full range.
Please note- For wholesale customers only, you will also require a system that enables fast service therefore having 1 or 2 digital kettles in your venue is ideal to keep up with the supply and demand.
Table 1
Table 2
CHOOSING THE RIGHT TEAPOT
Ideally the pot will have a large removable infuser basket that sits low in the pot. This to allow adequate coverage of water over the top of the leaves, as the tea leaves will expand up to 3 times their dry volume once infused. Poorly made tea pots typically have narrow infusers that sit high up in the teapot, such that the leaves are not fully submerged in water as the leaves begin to expand. The removable infuser basket allows the leaves to be easily removed at the optimum steep. The size of the pot is also important – it should be suited to the number of cups being made – typically for cafes a 2-cup pot (no larger than 350ml) is required.
Somage Teapots are specially designed with a large removable infuser basket that sits low in the pot to allow sufficient room for the leaves to expand during infusion.
The make of the tea pots is also very important. A poor quality teapot makes it very difficult, if not impossible to release the full flavour potential of the tea leaves during infusion. This is because poor quality pots lose temperature quickly and as the cells of the tea leaves that contain the tea liquor will contract and not release the tea liquor (resulting in under infused tea).
Table 3
Recommended brewing equipment for chai -
All customers need: Scales and Strainer
Hospitality/Office: You will need a Stainless Steel Milk Jug and coffee machine- in order to steam milk
Home: Stove - heat milk and 9 Spice Chai in a pan to heat up or alternatively you can use a separate milk frother or the steam wand on your home coffee machine
Recommended brewing equipment for Chocolate
All customers need: Scales or Chocolate Barista Spoon
Hospitality/Office: you will need a Stainless Steel Milk Jug and coffee machine- in order to steam milk
Home: Stove - heat milk in pan and add to the chocolate powder in your mug, you can use a separate milk frother or the steam wand on your home coffee machine