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How to Cold Brew Green Tea

Learn how to cold brew Japanese green tea at home! This simple method extracts a smooth, aromatic, and healthy drink without bitter flavors. It‘s our go-to refreshing iced beverage to cool down and energize us on warm days.
Prep Time5 minutes
Steeping Time6 hours
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: green tea
Servings: 1 L (4 cups per liter)
Calories: 1kcal
Author: Namiko Hirasawa Chen

Ingredients

  • ½ oz Japanese green tea leaves (15 g; 1½–2 Tbsp, depending on the variety)
  • 4¼ cups room temperature or cold filtered water
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Instructions

  • Gather the ingredients. We use a cold brew coffee/tea maker. Please note that this recipe requires an inactive steeping time of 6–8 hours.
    5 bags of green tea in front of pitchers
  • Put ½ oz Japanese green tea leaves in the cold brew maker. I use a kitchen scale to measure exactly 15 g.
    green tea leaves being pour into a cold brew pitcher
  • Add 4¼ cups room temperature or cold filtered water.
    water being poured into a cold brew pitcher with green tea leaves
  • Let it steep in the refrigerator for 6–8 hours.
    green tea in 5 pitchers
  • Discard the tea leaves from the pitcher. Serve with or without ice. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2–3 days.
    green iced tea in a glass cup on top of marble table next to a plant

Notes

Recipe by Namiko Chen of Just One Cookbook. All images and content on this site are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without my permission. If you’d like to share this recipe on your site, please re-write the recipe in your own words and link to this post as the original source. Thank you.

Nutrition

Calories: 1 kcal · Carbohydrates: 1 g · Sodium: 51 mg · Potassium: 5 mg · Calcium: 30 mg