Cold brew green tea is green tea from the camellia sinensis plant that is infused in cold water instead of the customary pouring of hot water over the loose leaves.
Cold brew green tea time.
The method itself is incredibly simple.
Pai mu tan is one of the best white teas for cold brewing.
Cold steeping if you plan to drink your tea iced cold.
Meanwhile a 2012 study by professor jeng leun mau of national chung hsing university taiwan showed that cold brewed green tea that was steeped for 12 hours had a high level of polyphenols the antioxidants that make green tea so incredibly healthy that were equal to or greater than tea steeped in hot water for 5 minutes.
Cold brew coffee is a thing and so is cold steep tea.
Basically you combine loose leaf tea with cold water in a pitcher or tea pot and let it infuse for 6 to 12 hours.
I ve seen a japanese device designed specifically to brew gyokuro by melting an ice cube above the leaves and using a kind of chinese water drip torture to tease out a super sweet gyokuro liqueur one icy drop at a time.
Try green tea white tea or oolong for a few options.
Cold brewing can also make the most of super high end green tea senchas like gyokuro.
Cold brewed green tea can contain higher levels of polyphenols and less caffeine than hot brewed tea.
You can use any tea you want to make cold brew tea from white or green tea to herbals and black tea.
Add 2 3 spoons of tea leaves per 4 6 cups of water and steep for around 4 hours or longer.
Since you are using no hot water here the tea.
How to make cold brew iced tea.
The cold steep tea aka cold brew tea method is similar as it involves making your tea with cold water only eliminating the water heating process.
Don t confuse it with iced tea as cold steeping tea does not involve any ice but this method is still refreshing and offers many advantages.
Unlike the hot green tea we are familiar with cold brew green tea takes a bit of time before it could be enjoyed since the process could take a few hours to overnight.
Just combine loose leaf tea or whole tea bags and water in a pitcher and let the tea infuse the water for 6 to 12 hours in the refrigerator see instructions below for specifics.
However it takes much longer to fully extract polyphenols when cold brewing tea 8 12 hours than it does when hot brewing tea.
This is because green tea polyphenols degrade rapidly when heated resulting in them having less antioxidant power.
In general green tea is the most delicate while black and herbal teas are more forgiving when it comes to temperature and steeping time.
Making cold brew green tea is incredibly simple but it does take a much longer time than hot tea.
Some people prefer not to use black tea simply because it has more tannins in it than other tea which can make your tongue feel dry but you can still use it for cold brew tea.
