Cold Brew Green Tea
Posted: 06/17/25
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Easy, super refreshing, and not at all bitter, this cold brew green tea is the best for warm days. Made with just a few simple ingredients and a low-effort method, this is the smoothest green tea you’ve ever had!
What We Love About This Recipe
- This cold brew method for perfect green tea reduces the amount of tannins in the tea. Tannins are what make your tea taste bitter and dry. Boiling water increases the amount of tannins released into the tea, giving it a strong, bitter flavor. Cold water, though, is much more gentle and releases fewer tannins. You’ll have a smoother, more mild green tea this way!
- This method is so easy! It’s virtually hands-off. Just dump the leaves into the water, close up the jar, and let it sit overnight. Filter everything out the next day and enjoy!
- You can make cold brew green tea in a large batch and sip on it up to 4 days! Just make sure it’s closed up tight in between, to keep the flavors as pronounced as possible.
Cheryl’s Tips
- A mason jar makes this recipe extra easy, but you can use a pitcher covered with plastic wrap instead if you need to. Just make sure the seal is really good!
- Try different flavors for your tea! You could use orange slices, berries, peaches, or any fruit with herbs like mint, rosemary, or even lemongrass. Add a little minced ginger to your tea for an extra kick!
- We used liquid stevia for this recipe, but you can use simple syrup or another liquid sweetener instead.
- This will work with loose tea leaves instead of bagged tea leaves! For loose leaves, use roughly 1 tablespoon of leaves for every 1 ounce of water.
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Cold Brew Green Tea Recipe
This light and refreshing green tea is made like your favorite coffee cold brew, but is healthy!
servings
Ingredients
- 20 ounces cold filtered water
- 3 bags green tea
- lemon slices optional
- ¼ teaspoon liquid sweetener optional
- fresh basil leaves ripped by hand
Equipment
- 1 Large mason jar with lid
- Wooden spoon
- cheesecloth
Instructions
- Fill mason jar with 20 ounces cold filtered water. Place 3 bags green tea in jar, or cut bags open and pour contents of bags directly into jar.
- If desired, add lemon slices, ¼ teaspoon liquid sweetener, and fresh basil leaves to jar.
- Stir ingredients to incorporate, then secure lid on mason jar. Place mason jar in refrigerator 24 hours, or leave mason jar at room temperature 12 hours.
- Prior to serving, remove lid from mason jar and secure cheesecloth over mouth of jar. Carefully pour green tea through cheesecloth into separate jar or serving glasses, letting cheesecloth collect any solid ingredients.
- Serve green tea over ice with preferred garnish. Enjoy!
Notes
- Storage: Refrigerate green tea in an airtight container up to 4 days.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1green tea | Calories: 0.01kcal | Total Carbs: 0.003g | Net Carbs: 0g | Sodium: 7mg | Potassium: 0.3mg | Calcium: 4mg
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.
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