Teapot Cast Iron
Posted on Saturday, April 24th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
The Most Impressive Technique To Enjoy Your Tea Is Poured From Cast Iron Tea Pots
The history of cast iron tea pots in Asia dates back from the time people first saw its advantages for brewing all blends of tea – including and especially medicinal ones – up to the time when the vessel became a symbol for the home in which it was used. It was considered a part of the heritage of noble Japanese families. Many teapots even had family crests embossed on them. As it turns out, the people who preferred cast iron tea pots for preparing and serving tea, had valid intuitive reasons for doing that.
The flavor of your tea is sharpened when you brew it in cast iron tea pots
Every time we brew tea, a certain amount of its flavorful oils is retained in the inner surface of the brewing pot as precipitated residue. Ancient peoples preferred this residue to remain in the pot and would merely rinse the pot with water before drying it thoroughly rather than take any measures to remove the precipitated oils. These oils then served to add to the flavor of all subsequent brews that were prepared in those same cast iron tea pots.
Boiling is even with cast iron tea pots
The peculiar way in which iron particles are arranged distributes heat uniformly across the area of the metal surface with the result that the liquid and the ingredients in the tea are all cooked consistently. This improves the flavor of the tea itself by making sure that the additives are all processed to the same degree.
Cast iron tea pots add nutrition to the tea
The first cast iron tea pots were probably meant precisely for making medicinal brews. The nature of cast iron allows it to retain more heat than other materials use for tea pots. It is therefore possible to cook additives in higher temperatures in these vessels. The bark and the roots of vegetation which take considerably longer to boil and which often constitute the major ingredients of medicinal tea are best processed in cast iron tea vessels. Besides, the cast iron itself emits iron molecules into the tea, thus enhancing the nutritive content even further.
The precipitate in cast iron tea pots has anti-microbial properties
The residue that is found inside these pots is mostly composed of tannin. Tannin, which is a substance that is found in certain plants like grapes and tea leaves, has been shown to have antibiotic properties. In addition to the medicinal properties of tannin, when medicinal herbs are brewed in cast iron tea pots, the dregs they leave behind retain their medicinal characteristics and imbue all the succeeding beverages that are brewed in those cast iron tea containers.
Modern cast iron tea pots are further enhanced by a coating of porcelain
In modern times, the practice of porcelain-coating cast iron tea pots is widely observed because of two factors. The porcelain makes beautifying the tea pot possible and secondly, the porcelain coating allows the cast iron tea pot to retain heat even longer.
Obviously cast iron tea pots have the best of all the requirements for brewing and drinking the best tea.
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