Japanese green tea is a little tricky when it comes to brewing. The Japanese tea leaves look compact and small but they need room to expand once immensed into the water. Tea balls or tea bags do not work well for japanese green tea. The ideal brewing method for Japanese green tea is to use a Japanese teapot that was designed for Japanese green tea. A handmade Japanese teapot is a one time investment that will make your tea taste so much better and will give you many years of enjoyment! 
When you shop for a japanese teapot, there are two types of in-built screens which are commonly used in Japan. The first type is a traditional hand-made fine mesh screen that goes on the inside of the spout – see picture above.
The other type is a stainless steel fine mesh that goes around the inside of the teapot which allows the tea leaves to fully expand and utilitize the entire space of the teapot – see picture above.
The purpose of the built-in fine mesh is to strain the tea leaves when you pour the tea out from the teapot and allows the hot water to extract the full flavor of the tea at its optimum space!
Most of the japanese teapots are made small, they usually hold between 8 and 14 ounces water. Tea Blossom carries an exquisite line of japanese teapots that are imported directly from Japan. They are state-of-art and each piece is hand-made by the Japanese artisan craftmen. To view our japanese teapot collections, please visit our store or go online at www.tea-blossom.com
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