VERVE NOVEMBER 2014 // 55
As I’m leaving, my eye is drawn to the rainbow collection of designer tea pots on display made by an artist favoured by home decorating guru, Martha Stewart. Shai mentions they’re museum quality, as she deftly pours without spilling a drop and specifically sourced from the United States to compliment the tea, alongside locally hand-crafted tea cups in a striking pohutakawa design. The Bolu Tea® store is open weekdays 11am-4pm (except Thursday) and on Saturday 1pm-4pm. Private tastings for special celebrations or corporate groups are available on request and Bolu Tea® ships worldwide via www.bolutea.co.nz.
You can sample and purchase Bolu tea at 301 Kepa Road, Mission Bay. (Situated behind Hell's Pizza. Plenty of parking available). Ph: (09) 578 0808 Mob: 021 877 465 Or purchase from the website www.bolutea.co.nz
In a world dominated by the tea bag and synthetic essences, Bolu Tea® is an unforgettable, pure and tranquil reprieve.
MAKING THE PERFECT BREW 1. USE ONLY FRESH, COLD WATER Tip out that already-boiled-once water in your jug – water a plant with it, if it isn’t too hot. 2. PREHEAT THE POT — AND CUPS Warm them up so they are ready for your perfect brew. 3. USE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF DRY TEA LEAVES The standard measure is one rounded teaspoon per cup, but with lighter teas such as oolongs or whites try two teaspoons. 4. POUR HOT WATER AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE Use freshly boiled water, or for delicately flavoured teas, once the water has come to a boil wait a minute or two before filling the pot. 5. TIME YOUR STEEP The smaller the leaf, the faster the infusion. After a minute or two, check the taste of your brew. When it is perfect serve the tea at once, or pour off into another pot to avoid oversteeping. 6. ENJOY The taste, fragrance and healing properties of a perfect cup of tea..
Above: Steiner’s Way / biodynamic agriculture: (horn-manure) a humus mixture prepared by filling the horn of a cow with cow manure and burying it in the ground (40–60 cm below the surface) in the autumn. It is left to decompose during the winter and recovered for use the following spring. Bolu teas are Demeter Standard.
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