| First heat the water to boiling,
then add the tea leave, salt and other flavors. The salt and
tea leave are the very basic flavors, all the others are
optional. Usually people add a little soybean sauce, Chinese
prickled ash and aniseed. Then put all the boiled eggs in.
The eggs should be peeled, or at least the shells cracked,
so that the flavor can go into the eggs. Usually after an
overnight the eggs will be ready to serve.
Any type of tea can be used for tea eggs. Chinese people
use cheap low grade tea or expired left over tea to make tea
eggs. However, green tea, Oolong tea, black tea and scent
tea are all good to be used. |
