How to Brew Green Tea

Brew Green Tea

To experience the utmost health benefits, green tea should be brewed rather than fermented. Fermentation is most likely used in black tea but never in green tea. There are basically three important reasons why brewing is used in green tea.

Reason # 1-- Brewing green tea doesn't eliminate the important nutrients, vitamins and components that comprise green tea. On the other hand, fermentation wastes there components leaving other beverages with nothing but the idea that it is tea and people can get something from it.

Reason # 2-- When you brew green tea you bring out the best in catechin and thiamin for these two elements contribute to a lower level of caffeine in your green tea.

Reason # 3-- Enhance taste and aroma. Brewing green tea has a very enticing smell that can't be found in fermented beverages.

Brew green tea if you want to have a good tasting green tea. If you keep on wondering why you're green tea tastes a bit strange compared to other great tasting brewed green tea, maybe there's something terribly wrong with how you prepare your tea.

Brewing green tea is easy contrary to what people think. To learn more on how to brew the best green tea, read the instructions below.

Step 1-- Water

Choosing the kind of water to use is a very important detail that you have to take note of. Ideally, manufacturers would prefer brewing green tea using soft mineral water or natural water. You can take into consideration tap water if you can't afford purchasing bottled water. Here, you would know how tasteless tap water can be when converted into one soothing beverage. Don't to this if you're planning to use European bottled water. The reason is this kind of water is considered as hard water which is not suitable for brewing green tea.

Step 2-- Chlorine-free

Chlorine must not be mixed in with the process. To remove chlorine, just leave the water in your pot for a couple of hours before finally boiling it.

Step 3-- Boiling process

Depending on how much water you have the more time it will take to boil. Take off the lid of the pot and let the water boil continuously for a few minutes after you have noticed that the water is already boiling.

Step 4-- Temperature

It is said that correct temperature of boiling water will vary for the kind of tea that you are about to use. This is the moment when extraction of polyphenols take place.

Step 5-- Steep

Let your tea leaves steep for about three to five minutes because with longer steeping time, the polyphenol level increases. If steeping time takes only a couple of seconds, it will result in bringing about more caffeine into the tea. The moment the caffeine content in your green tea is increased, it will result to a decreased polyphenol content which is one of the main reasons why antioxidants are made.

There is an additional knowledge regarding brewing green tea, listed below:

Green Tea leaves

Because of the fast infusion, research shows that it is better to brew green tea leaves that are smaller. Choosing large leaves or ones that are tightly curved can have a longer infusion time.

Green Teabags or loose leaves

If you have the choice, always use loose green tea leaves rather than green tea teabags. Loose green tea enables polyphenols to freely float inside your cup of green tea instead of locking them inside your teabag.

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