Using an Infusing Ball to Brew Tea
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I'm going to show you how to steep tea using a diffusing ball.
And, I mean, this isn't a ball, but traditionally, this type of apparatus was in a round shape. So, basically, this is a great tool if you're just going to make one cup of tea for yourself. And it's basically this mesh little hopper that the tea goes in and then the lid screws on like that and then it's got this great little chain, so you can hang it into the cup and wrap the chain around the handle, so you'll have something to pull it out with when you're done.
So for this, I'm just going to use, we're going to make some green tea, and I'm going to measure out my one teaspoon of green tea since we're only making one cup and I'm going to put it in the hopper, excuse me. So, there's my tea inside and then I'll screw it on and it may look like there's just a little bit of tea and a lot of empty space in here, and that's ok, because what loose tea needs is space to really expand as they take on water. And so that's what that creates that tea in a bag doesn't really offer, is that extra space for it to move around.
So you screw the lid on. Since we're doing green tea, we've got water that's sub-boiling; it's just a little less than boiling. I brought it to a boil and then let it cool down a little bit. So, I'll fill up one cup worth of water in my mug and then submerge the diffusing ball inside the cup. And again, most of these have a little hook right here, so that you can wrap the chain around the handle and then hook it onto itself so your chain doesn't fall into your cup. So, since it's green tea we're going to let it sit for about two minutes and when we're finished, pull out the ball, give it a few seconds to drain. I can open it, discard my used tea leaves, and then rinse it out and enjoy my cup of tea.
