I would brew a cup with two of them mixed just to see how it tastes. I’m sure it will be fine, though.
I’ve done it. I would not do it if you really like one tea over the other. I have dumbed down a good tea by doing. Best advice, try them both alone first.
I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I do this often with my jasmine pearls when I get to the bottom of the package … I have maybe five or six pearls left and rather than throwing them out, I add them to my “jasmine pearl tin” and it is a combination of many different pearls… yes, each one is different, but, together, they make a nice jasmine tea.
I have more teas than I currently have containers for. I just got some samples and in two of them were gunpowder green teas. I have a canister with gunpowder in it and am wondering if its a bad idea to put them all together. I know from my jasmine experience that jasmine teas can taste different based on the manufacturer. What about gunpowder? Should I keep them separate?
I don’t… if it’s the same kind of tea (gunpowder, gunpowder) I’ll re-use the tin without washing it out, but I don’t usually mix retailers while in use. I’m a bit OCD though.
I regularly mix black tea and green tea as I like a strong and bitter tea for relaxing. However, after a meal, I like to drink a sweeter tea mixed with a spicier tea for digestion. Maybe I’m doing it wrong, however, I feel it’s all about the flavor. It took awhile to come up with a few satisfying concoctions, but it can be done. :3
I haven’t blended mates, but the general rule is to steep to the lowest required temp/time, so you would steep according to the parameters of green if it was a mate/green mix, white if it was mate/white, and so on. In general, I find herbals, mate and blacks to all be okay with boiling water so those would be relatively easy.
Hi! I’m just wondering, when you mix two different kinds of tea leaves and they have different normal steeping times, how do you decide how long to steep them for? Also if it’s like, a green tea and a black tea or something, what about water temperature? Also, do you guys mix teas a lot? I’m just starting to get into it.
on lunch I blended an organic mate with green mint tea… I’m insanely overtired and that leads to an upset stomach for me, so I thought I might be able to kill two birds with one stone… tastes pretty good, just a hint of mint and not at all bitter or too earthy.
You may not like my reply but here goes. I am a tea bag drinker of mainly green teas. With most teas I have sampled (loose leaf teas) and bags I usually after five or so steeps/infusion end it with placing a teabag to liven the water so that I am not just drinking diluted water.