How to Brew a Healthy & Tasty Cup of Green Tea

Green tea is a healthy and delicious alternative to your daily coffee routine. How about brewing a hot steaming cup of delicious green tea? The powerful antioxidants in green tea can reduce your risk of a variety of diseases including heart disease and certain types of cancer.

Enjoying a delicious glass of green tea can be a delightful experience you’ll want to enjoy frequently. Why not brew a large pot so you can enjoy the many benefits of green tea throughout your day? Brewing a pot of green tea doesn’t have to be a time consuming or complicated if you follow certain guidelines. Here are some suggestions for brewing the perfect cup of green tea:

To maximize the health benefits of green tea, brew your tea using loose green tea leaves. You’ll get a higher quality cup of green tea with a better taste as well as a higher amount of antioxidants when compared to using tea bags

If you use tea bags, give your tea bag maximum room to move during the steeping process. Use a large ceramic or glass teapot with lots of open space for maximum movement. This helps to give the best taste and maximum antioxidant content.

To maximize flavor and antioxidant content, and antioxidant content,

Use one teaspoon of loose green tea leaves for each 8 ounce cup of
hot water.

To get the best taste for your green tea, control your water temperature carefully. For best results, it should be between 175 and 180 degrees when the green tea leaves are added. Boil the water and then turn down the heat, allowing the tea pot to cool for 5 minutes before pouring the water over the leaves. If you pour boiling water over green tea leaves, you destroy much of the flavor and antioxidants.

Brewing times are shorter with green teas than with black teas.

Green teas should be brewed for no more than 2-3 minutes to avoid development of a bitter flavor.

Do want to avoid caffeine consumption? You can quickly and easily

decaffeinate your green tea right in your own kitchen. First,
boil your water to a temperature of around 180 degrees. Pour it
over your green tea leaves as you normally would. Allow it to steep
for 30 seconds and discard the water. The water you discard should
contain most of the caffeine. Add more hot water to your green tea
leaves as you normally would. Your green tea should now be 80%
caffeine free.
Now, it’s time to enjoy a delicious and healthy glass of green tea. That wasn’t so hard, now was it?