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Beauty tea, ratio at 1:75, 2 hours in iced water at ambient
temperature. Fragrance Tieguanyin and Taiwan Pouchong,
with a ratio of 1:60 and 1 hour in iced water at ambient
temperature. In conclusion, cold brewing takes half an
hour to 1 hour of soaking teas in iced water at ambient
temperature. This brewing method might be good for
stomach as it uses no ice and do not cause any stomach
troubles. Drinking this kind of tea lets you to cool down
in summer, although, it is not practical for daily drinking.
If you want to accelerate the cold-brewing procedure, try
to wash the leaves quickly with hot water, almost like
making gongfu tea. This step can help leaves to stretch out
quickly which helps to extract tea further.
This method can also be used to make flower drinks.
Jasmine, rose and gardenia jasminoides are all edible,
which of course means being suitable to make drinks. The
method is very easy: wash the flower and soak them in
cold water and put in refrigerator for a while. To restore
the real floral aroma, it is much better by use fresh flowers
If you still want to taste cold-brew black tea, floral than dry ones. Shelf life can be up to 3 days. Even without
red tea can be a choice. This tea has flower fragrance which too much flavor while drinking, you can feel the flower
can be dissolved in cold water, plus its taste is fresh and fragrance which is also refreshing.
sweet. Although roasted oolong tea is not suitable for cold It is necessary to prepare cold-brew tea in advance
brewing because of its high spoiling point of aroma, asyou can enjoy it during home parties, BBQ, picnics in
Oriental Beauty tea is an exception. Non-roasted oolong summer etc.. Prepare it half a day ahead: put leaves in a
tea, like fragrant Tieguanyin and Taiwan Pouchong, fits tea bag, put it in a big glass bottle, pour cold boiled water,
better for cold-brewing. Aged white tea and microbial- that’s all! If prepare one bottle per person, use small glass
fermented black teas are not suitable for cold brewing, the bottles with straws inside. For daily work, glass with
reason is obvious: it is hard to get good tea flavor. strainer can be a good choice. Put leaves and pour some
Though it seems easy to make cold-brew tea with water, then you can enjoy it once arrived to your office.
only leaves and water, different varieties of tea have their Drink some and then start to work refreshed.
preferences on ratio, water temperature and brewing
method. The ratio of tea vs. water for green tea: Anji white
tea and jasmine tea is 1:125, soak for 30 minutes in iced
water at ambient temperature or half a day in cold water
in refrigerator. The index for white tea, baihaoyinzhen and It is necessary to prepare cold-
top white peony tea is 1:175, the same brewing condition.
For floral red tea, single bud or a bud and two leaves, the brew tea in advance.
ratio is 1:85, brewed in cold water for half a day. Orient

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