A delicate, yet pungent flavor with a bright, green color - Hot tea brewing method: The secret is to use water that is about 180 degrees farenheit or 80 degrees celsius. Place 1 teaspoon in your cup, let the tea steep for about 3 minutes and then begin enjoying a cup of enchantment - do not remove the leaves from the cup. Look at the pattern of the leaves in the brew, not only do they foretell your fortune but you can see the bud and shoots presen - Pan-Fired Darjeeling Tea (Loose) (8 oz, ZIN: 510053): In the production of green tea the new leaves are hand plucked and immediately taken to the factory where they are slowly withered to reduce their water content. The leaves are not allowed to ferment and immediately go to the rolling process where the shape of the leaf is achieved. Following this they are pan-fired which locks in the flavor. You can see that these teas are machine rolled since the leaf appearance is somewhat mixed and the final product has not been hand sorted (which