Yellow Tea

Ingredients

• 85 oz (2.5 L) water (27 oz for brewing tea), filtered or bottled if tap water is of poor quality
• 20 g yellow tea leaves for 27 oz (800 mL) water
• A double tea kettle
• Some honey, maple syrup, or sugar (optional)
• Some lemon juice or slices (optional)
• Some mint leaves (optional)

Direction

1. Add water to the lower kettle, and put it on the stove to boil. The amount of water should be at least at the capacity of the upper teapot since we will use this water to steep yellow tea leaves.
2. Once the water is boiled, turn off the heat source and let the water cool down for five minutes.
3. After five minutes, add yellow tea leaves to the upper teapot and pour the hot water over it. The amount of water you pour should be 27 oz (0.8 L) for 20 grams of tea leaves. If your teapot is larger and you want to make more tea, increase the tea leaves accordingly.
4. Add more water into the lower kettle, put it on the stove to boil, place the upper teapot over it, and close its lid.
5. Once the water is boiled, wait 5-10 minutes for tea leaves to release all their flavors into the water. You can check whether the tea is brewed sufficiently by opening the lid and observing the tea leaves. The tea is ready to drink if the leaves have completely sunk to the bottom. If not, wait some more because brewing time can change depending on the tea leaves.
6. Once the tea is ready, prepare the teacups and pour the infusion in the upper teapot as much as you want, and then fill the rest of the cup with the boiled water from the bottom kettle. You can adjust the hardness of yellow tea by adjusting the amount of infusion you pour into the teacups. You can fill the teacup only with the infusion without adding water for a stronger tea.
7. Your yellow tea is ready! Please be careful while drinking it since it will be hotter than the yellow tea brewed in a single teapot.
8. Enjoy your teatime!