Green tea is processed from the plant Camellia sinensis. To make green tea, the freshly harvested leaves are immediately steamed at high temperatures and dried. This steam allows the leaves to maintain their green color, which contains catechins with many health benefits, during the rolling and drying processes.
Besides brewing green tea as it is, there are a lot more variations you can try to enjoy green tea as a drink. With additional ingredients, you can add more nutrition to your green tea drink, such as honey, fruit, ginger, lemon, etc.
In this article, we would like to show you the simplest recipe to make your green tea tastier, especially for those who don’t like the bitter after taste of green tea, by adding Honey. You can enjoy it either hot or cold. But before that, make sure to check our following article to know more about Green Tea Health Benefits below:
Honey Green Tea Recipe
Researchers found that the consumption of green tea has the most significant effect on human health compared to other forms of tea processed from the same plant. Catechins contained in green tea are believed to have so many health benefits. By adding Honey to your green tea, you get even more health benefits such as anti-inflammatory and antioxidants.
Honey Green Tea
Ingredients
- 4 teabags green tea
- 3 cups water
- ⅙ cup honey (can be adjusted to your preference of sweetness level, add more if you want to enjoy it with ice cubes)
Instructions
Hot Honey Green Tea
- Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a teapot or pot with a lid.
- Turn off the heat. Add tea bags, cover, and steep for 5 minutes.
- Discard the teabags, add remaining 1 cup of water.
- Add honey while it is still hot, immersing the measuring cup into the tea to dissolve all of the honey. Stir well. And it is read to enjoy.
In case you want to enjoy it cold:
- Let the honey green tea cool down to room temperature.
- Chill for at least 1 hour before servings.
- Or you can just add ice cubes, and a little bit more honey
Notes
Another Green Tea Recipes
There are a lot more drink variations you can make using Green Tea, and they are all amazingly refreshing! Check our recommended recipes in these articles below:
Recommended Green Tea Product
In Kawashima The Japanstore, we have a recommended organic green tea powder product from Ujitawara City, Japan. You can check this product below:
