For Western-style broken black teas, the golden rule is to first warm the pot with boiling water, a practice which is also followed by the Chinese. The formula for how much tea to use is "one spoonful per person and one for the pot." Then one pours in freshly heated boiling water and lets it brew for three to four minutes before pouring and adding lemon or sugar according to taste.
以西方碎型紅茶而言，先以開水熱壺是中西相通的首要守則；加茶葉的口訣則是「一人一匙，壺也一匙」，然後沖進新燒滾水，泡三到四分鐘即可，再依不同口味在杯中添加檸檬或糖。