In the hot summer, you may want to taste the flavor of green tea, but you don't want to drink hot tea. You can make a cup of iced green tea yourself. This is a very simple and convenient way. Drinking green tea can also cool you down and refresh your mind.
1. What is green tea?
Among the six major types of tea in China, green tea is the only tea that is not fermented, which also allows it to retain a large amount of the substances contained in the tea, forming the characteristics of "green soup, green leaves, and strong taste astringency"
2. Can cold water or ice water really completely brew tea leaves?
The answer is yes. Brewing tea is a process of dissolving substances. Different temperatures only bring about differences in the speed of dissolution of different substances.
3. Why is iced green tea sweeter?
Low temperature and slow extraction reduce the destruction of heat-containing substances, better retain the nutrients and active ingredients in the tea, and sugar substances and amino acids will precipitate first, caffeine and theophylline will precipitate less, so the taste is sweet.
4.How to make iced green tea
Choose tea: It is recommended to choose Longjing green tea (lung ching tea), Bi Luo Chun Green Tea, Anji Bai Cha, Huang Shan Mao Feng.
Prepare vessel: Choose a clean glass bottle, glass teapot or glass bowl
Suitable water source: Spring water or mineral water is recommended
Tea-water ratio: 1:100
Here are two ways to make ice green tea:
Cold brewing method:
1. Pour cold water into the glass bottle to make it one-third full
2. Pour tea leaves, shake the glass bottle slightly and pour cold water
3. Put it in the refrigerator for 4-6 hours, then you can drink it.
Ice extraction method:
1. Prepare a glass bowl and add a small amount of ice cubes first
2. Pour tea leaves into the glass bowl
3. Add ice cubes to cover the tea leaves
4. After the ice cubes melt, you can drink it.
