Tea: Make White Licorice Tea The Star Of Your Tea Tasting

By Author: Marcus Stout
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Many people have loved the idea of hosting a tea tasting, but felt unsure as to how to go about doing so. Well, if you'd like to host a tea tasting for a few friends, it's not all that difficult.

It's true that tea masters in Asia spend years studying teas and tasting them. And, it's certainly true that your sense of smell and palate will not be as trained as these masters to the many nuances in aroma and taste of the teas. However, you can enjoy tea tasting even if you're not an expert.

Professional tea tasters have an array of special equipment, but for hosting your own tea tasting at home, you'll do just fine with about three teapots, enough cups and spoons for you and your guests and a timer.

Most experts recommend that you have just one variety of tea at a tasting. Since the differences in the tastes of different types of can be so significant, it's harder to sort out the nuances if you taste, for example, black, white and green teas in one tasting. For the purposes of this discussion, we'll focus on a tasting of white teas, since these are the teas that are most likely newest ...
... to you and your friends.

Experts also recommend that you taste just three teas at one tasting, to allow you to really focus on the differences without becoming overwhelmed.

For a white tea tasting, it's wise to choose one white tea that's a

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About the Author:

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Marcus Stout is President of the Golden Moon
Tea Company. For more information about tea,
(http://www.goldenmoontea.com/greentea)
green tea (http://www.goldenmoontea.com/blacktea)
and black tea go to http://www.goldenmoontea.com