Loose leaf tea is basically tea leaves that are oxidized, dried and packaged so it can be prepared at home using a tea pot, diffuser or a loose bag wherein you can put the loose tea leaves by yourself.

There are many ways in brewing loose leaf tea. If you’re fond of using tea bags, empty paper tea bags are available in the market today. Through this, you can enjoy brewing loose leaf teas conveniently just as your old style tea bags.  If you don’t like using the paper solution, there are a lot of tea diffusers available in the market today.

Many people prefer reusable ones like the tea infusers. Loose leaf tea infusers fits well into tea cups, wherein you can put your loose leaf tea. Then you can pour hot water right on top of it and when the tea is done steeping, you can take the infuser out then you’ll have a cup of tea ready to go. The last way to brew loose leaf teas is using a tea pot. Using tea pots are considered to be elegant rather than efficient. Available tea pots in the market today have infusers so you can enjoy a pot of tea.

In brewing and serving loose leaf tea, using tea pots is commonly practiced especially if you enjoy your tea time with some friends. Traditionally, tea leaves are placed inside a tea pot and then hot water is poured. The tea is allowed to steep for several minutes usually for three to five minutes. After steeping, the tea is poured into a cup while using a strainer in between to catch and filter the leaves. Nowadays, tea pots have infusers inside them. Basket-shaped infusers with its edges covering the rim of tea pot are convenient so after steeping, you can pour your tea directly into a tea cup.

When one compare tea bag teas as to loose leaf teas, tea bag teas are much finer so it can be brewed much quicker in a smaller space like a tea cup. Loose leaf teas are ideal for tea pot because loose leaf teas require a lot of space to bring a richer taste. Brewing tea is a process that occurs over time. When added with hot water, the first thing that comes out and spread is color, then strength and lastly its flavor.

Loose leaf tea brews much slower than in a tea bag, so  you get more of the flavor. A lot of tea drinkers confess that loose leaf tea has better flavor than tea bag tea. A better flavor can be extracted from loose leaf teas because the teas’ natural oil was kept in abundance as compared to the fannings from tea bag teas which consist mostly of dried pieces of tea dust.

If you are fond of drinking tea for its benefits, you can choose a great variety of loose leaf tea. Besides producing a much flavorful cup of tea, this is also one advantage of loose tea leaf over tea bag teas — it offers a wide range of variety and blend.