How to Make Iced Green Tea? 2 Easy Recipes

When the weather starts to warm up, it's normal to feel less like drinking hot tea. The good news is that most of your favorite teas are just as good prepared cold . Iced green tea, in particular, is very refreshing and provides the same benefits as drinking it hot.

Iced green tea offers a fresh, grassy flavor with toasted notes that pairs perfectly with other ingredients like fresh fruit, ginger, or mint. Read on to learn how to make iced green tea in two different, yet equally simple, ways .

Iced Green Tea Recipe

This iced tea recipe is the perfect option for a simple green tea recipe that you can enjoy every day. It's a great way to discover the health benefits and exquisite flavor of green tea.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons of loose green tea leaves
• 3 cups or 750 ml of water
• Fresh mint leaves
• 1 lemon

Instructions

1. Heat the water to between 65 and 80°C. Never use boiling water to prepare green tea, as it will taste bitter. In fact, many people who dislike green tea when they first try it do so because they have prepared it with water that is too hot.
2. Add the green tea leaves and mint leaves and let them steep for 3 to 5 minutes.
3. Remove the leaves and let the tea cool to room temperature.
4. Add the sliced ​​lemon.
5. Place the tea in a glass pitcher in the refrigerator if you want to drink it later, or serve it directly in tall glasses filled with ice. Once in the glass, you can add more fresh mint leaves to the tea.

For this recipe you can buy a pure loose green tea like Dragon Well Green Tea or use a mint green tea blend like Marrakech Mint Green Tea .

Cold Brew Green Tea Recipe

This recipe turns green tea leaves into a deliciously refreshing iced tea. Instead of using hot water, we'll steep the leaves for a few hours in cold water . This method is known as cold brew . The total steeping time is longer, as cold water takes longer to extract the flavor from the tea leaves, but the process is still simple. One of the advantages of this method is that the tea will never taste bitter and will be less astringent.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons of loose green tea leaves
• 3 cups or 750 ml of water
• Fresh fruit of your choice (you can try peach or raspberry)

Instructions

1. Fill a large glass container with cold or room temperature water. You can also use a large glass jar.
2. Add the green tea leaves and place the container in the refrigerator.
3. Let it steep for 8 to 10 hours so the water can extract the full flavor from the tea leaves.
4. Use a fine-mesh strainer to remove the tea leaves. If you want to sweeten the tea, you can use syrup; we don't recommend using granulated sugar, as it doesn't dissolve well in cold water. However, the tastiest and healthiest option for sweetening is using fresh fruit. Now you can add your favorite fruit.
5. Serve in a tall glass with ice cubes.

Enjoy green tea even in summer

As you can see, cold brew green tea is very easy to prepare at home using loose leaf tea . You can find your favorite green teas at specialty tea shops, supermarkets, or directly here at Replantea , the online organic tea shop.