On Monday, November 29, visitors may join an International Tea-Makers Hong Kong Tour. Airfare is extra. Chlorine and fluoride should be filtered out as they can harm the flavour of tea. Distilled water makes tea flat and also should be avoided. High mineral content brings out the richness and sweetness of green tea.
Black teas taste better when made from water containing less.
Ideal tea water should have an alkaline pH of around 7.9. Boil water and rinse the tea pot with hot water. Fill the teapot to about a third full with tea leaves then pour boiling water into the pot. Hold the teapot over a large bowl and let the overflow run into the bowl. Give tea leaves a rinse by filling the pot half full with hot water then, draining the water out immediately, leave only soaked tea leaves.