Cold tea recipe and why you need to make yours at home
Cold brew is the way if you want more from your iced tea, you are guaranteed a flavoursome tea that is fresh, smooth, robust and refreshing. It is a perfect refreshing drink on hot summer days, cold brew tea is not bitter or acidic as it would if you used hot water. However, you can sweeten your cold brew with any sweetener of choice, sugar, stevia, honey, maple syrup, coconut sugar and more. No fancy gadget or equipment to make your own cold brew at home. I recycle large jars (mayonnaise and co) to make my cold brew coffee and tea. You only need 2 ingredients, tea of choice (loose-leaf. Satchet or cold infusion) and water. How simple does it get again? It is totally handsfree, once you have combined tea with water, you just have to leave it in the fridge or on the countertop to steep and infuse beautifully.
Best tea for cold brew
the truth is you can cold brew all types of tea, however, the quality of the tea leaves would determine how flavourful and smooth the tea would taste. This brings me to this next point, while you can brew any tea, it is best to start with the type of tea you are used to and more comfortable with taste-wise. For today’s recipe or should I say guide, I am showing you how to use 3 types of tea All of the above produces great tasting cold brew teas in their own rights. they taste differently but all use the same brewing techniques. I know many argue green tea makes the best cold brew but in all honestly, it still boils down to personal preference. For example, if you are struggling with drinking plain water, you can add cold infusion tea of choice to plain water to flavour it. This would also encourage you to drink more to stay hydrated. If you love iced tea then you can use green tea, jasmine tea, Assam or hibiscus, these tea types can be easily flavoured with lemon, lime, orange or any other citrus of choice. Other choices of add-ons include fresh mint leaves, raspberries and cucumber slices
What you will need
Tea of choice, this could be teabags/sachets or loose leaf Recycled glass jar, a water bottle, BPA free bottle, or a dedicated cold brew bottle or Infusion teapots or French press (caffettiera) and Coffee filter paper for super smooth tea: this is optional if you used large loose tea leaves or tea sachets (Lipton, Yorkshire tea, Tetley, twining and the likes) You can also use cheesecloth but if you are not careful, some tiny tea particles might escape into the tea. Small hole strainer: this is perfect to strain
How to make cold brew tea
Now on to the easy bit, place teabags/sachets or loose tea leaf in a jar, top with cold filtered water (bottled water) and place in the fridge or on the countertop to steep overnight for 8 to 12 hours. If using cold infusing teabags, follow the instructions on the packets. Strain tea or remove teabags accordingly and serve as desired. Enjoy
How much tea ratio to water to loose tea leaf or teabag
This depends on how strong you like your tea, personally, I do one teabag to ¾ cup (about 6 ounces) and 2 teaspoons loose leaf to 1 cup (250ml) of water. If you find the tea too strong, dilute with water until you are comfortable with the strength. Or use 1 teaspoon to 1 cup of water, I find it too light hence why I double the amount used.
How to store
Store the tea in the fridge for up to 5 days
Tips
Add water to dilute the brewed tea if it is too strong than desired.
Add fresh fruits and vegetables to flavour tea as desired.
More cold beverage recipes
Iced coffee How to make milky tea (YouTube video) Iced cold matcha latte Condensed milk coffee Iced coffee lemonade Pineapple mango smoothie Carrot juice (YouTube video) If you made this refreshing cold brew tea recipe, don’t forget to leave me feedback and rate it 5 stars. Tag me @thedinnerbite on Instagram and save away to your Pinterest. Please subscribe to the blog if you haven’t for free new recipes to your inbox
