Cold Brewing Tea
A.
In the market, cold canned tea not only has a lot of sugar, but also has an
unnatural flavor. The Agricultural Commission for the Tea Industry in Taiwan
recently researched and developed new methods for brewing cold tea. These new
methods create a more natural and flavorful taste in tea that is cold brewed and
is very suitable for people who have trouble falling asleep after drinking hot
tea.
The head of tea processing, Zheng Zheng Hong said; as long as one has a bottle
of water and some tea or tea bags, he or she can enjoy cold brewed tea anywhere
and anytime. Free form catechins and Tanning acids, which are good for the
human body, are more dissolvable and readily released in cold brewing as opposed
to regular hot brewing. Cold brewing tea’s release of ester-dissolvable
catechins is 70% that of regular brewing. In addition, he says that the amount
of caffeine released from cold brewing tea is only half of the caffeine released
from regular hot tea brewing. Therefore, cold brewing tea is suitable for
quenching thirst, especially for those afraid of too much caffeine.
Research indicates that for the best cold brewing tea flavor, the tea leaves and
water ratio should be 1:50. If the whole leaf loose tea sachet to be used, one
should put 1 - 2 sachets of tea leaves into a 500cc bottle of water for 4~8
hours. It is suggested that one puts the tea in the refrigerator the previous
night. He or she can then enjoy it on the following day when going to work or
going out. However, for hygienic purposes, it is suggested that one not drink
the tea if the brew is soaked for over 24 hours.
B. Cold brewing method
※Ratio
of tea leaves to water: 1 to 50.
You may adjust it by yousrelf.
1.Put loose tea or tea bag into
drinking water.
2.Place in the refrigerator
immediately.
3.After 6 hours, it is ready to
drink.
※Discard used tea
leaves.
※Refrigerated tea
drink good for 2~3 days.
※You may place the
tea drink (without tea leaves) into freezer. It will last longer. It is suitable
for long trip, work, school whenever you want to keep in hand. Have it to
defrost naturally. In the summer time, prepare a pitcher of cold brewing tea
before go to bed you'll have a nice ice tea second day. Then prepare another
pitcher of cold brewing tea in the morning, you'll have a nice ice tea when you
go home.
