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Optimum Water temperature

Ensuring that you use the right temperature and quality of
water for your tea ensure you install a commercial boiler which
offers different temperature control and flexibility.

Pogson of Northern Tea Merchants recommends, “That it is
important to learn that leaf teas need to be treated with care
and of course water temperature is important. Large leaf black

tea can tolerate water just under 100 degrees centigrade,
however water used for fine leaf black tea should never exceed
90 degrees centigrade”.

As well, do make sure that you fit a professional water filter to
your commercial water boiler which will further guarantee that
a quality tea service is offered every time. Photo by Zach Lezniewicz on Unsplash

The Tea Menu

This is an area which is constantly evolving, therefore keep in
contact with your leaf tea supplier. Consider the following teas for

your menu.

1. Breakfast tea

2. Earl Grey
3. Green tea
4. Gunpowder tea
5. Chinese tea

6. Assam and
7. Darjeeling.

Jonathan Jones OBE from UK tea grower Tregothnan Tea

comments, “Discerning tea drinkers are happy to indulge their
own time to help ‘assemble’ the tea experience and effectively
contribute to the tea-making themselves”. Jones continues
“Tregothnan is working on packages for the greatest hotel
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by all the right people, including accountants who love that the
margin is so much greater than coffee!”

www.beveragestandardsassociation.co.uk