For some people, the bitter flavor of green tea might be intolerable. Besides adding honey, or adding various additional ingredients into your green tea, you can also cold brew your green tea to prevent its bitterness, and we would like to show you how in this article.
Green tea itself 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. You can check our following article to know more detail about Green Tea Health Benefits below:
How to Cold Brew Green Tea
Those who can’t tolerate the bitterness of green tea still can enjoy the refreshing and health benefit of it. One of the ways to do it is by cold-brewing your green tea. It sure takes more time, but this simple method helps prevent the bitter flavors while extracting a very smooth, aromatic, and healthy green tea with less caffeine content.
Cold Brew Green Tea
Ingredients
- 8 teabags green tea
- 8 cups water (about 2 litres)
Instructions
- Pour the water into a large mason jar or glass jug. Then add the green tea bags.
- Cover with a lid on the jar or jug and place it in the fridge for at least 6 hours, or maximum 24 hours.
- After 6-24 hours, remove the bags.
- You can add honey if you want to add sweetness in your Cold brew green tea.
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:
