Hot Vs Cold/Room Temperature Green Tea

[auhckw]

Not sure whether this was discussed before.

1) In terms of benefits, are there any difference between drinking Hot or Cold/Room Temperature Green tea? Some people said it is not recommended to drink cold tea.

Reason I'm asking is because it is more convenient to brew cold/room temperature green tea. I do not need to worry too much about over brewing it and it is more easier when I'm on the move.

2) Just to double confirm, I was advised that the formula for cold brew is 500ml = 1 tablespoon. Brew for 1 hour+, pour it out and brew the 2nd time with same amount of water for another 1 hour+. Total for 1 tablespoon = 1 liter. Is this correct dosage/formula?

[debunix]

What matters is what tastes good to you. The health benefits of tea are not clearly defined enough to dictate your brewing conditions--hot, warm, or cold--or choice of tea type.

And your leaf to water ratio sounds reasonable as a starting point, but I'm always more comfortable expressing the tea quantities in grams of leaf, rather than teaspoons or other volume measures, because the bulkiness of the leaves varies so much--a flat leaf dragon well tea will have a lot more leaf per tablespoon than a loose twisty Mao Feng.

[britt]

1) In terms of benefits, are there any difference between drinking Hot or Cold/Room Temperature Green tea? Some people said it is not recommended to drink cold tea.

2) Just to double confirm, I was advised that the formula for cold brew is 500ml = 1 tablespoon. Brew for 1 hour+, pour it out and brew the 2nd time with same amount of water for another 1 hour+. Total for 1 tablespoon = 1 liter. Is this correct dosage/formula?

There is probably some extra benefit from drinking hot tea, especially during or after a meal, and even more so if the meal contains fats and oils. Hot tea is supposed to break down the oils while cold tea (or water)would congeal it. Think of throwing cold water into a frying pan you just used to cook a pound of bacon. This is what I was told by a waitress in a sushi bar who refused to give me cold water or iced tea because I had just gotten over a stomach virus.

Regardless of her advice, when I feel like iced tea I drink it, even with a meal. However, her comments do make sense.

Recently I've been brewing three (hot) infusions of sencha in a kyusu and pouring them all into a thin, wide metal container to cool. I fill a 12 ounce glass with ice and pour the warm/cool tea over it. It works well and 1 large tray of ice cubes is all I need for about 1 quart.

If you prefer not having to heat the water, I have also brewed with cold water using tea bags that a Japanese vendor gave me to try with an order I placed. He said they were specifically for iced tea, 1 bag per gallon of cold water for 24 hours. I'd just open a gallon of spring water, add the teabag, and put it back in the fridge for a day. It was very good but unfortunately I don't know from where the "iced tea bags" originated, as the vendor who gave them to me does not sell tea.

[silverneedles]

red wine with/after meal
cold beer with/after meal
hot milk
cold milk
cold juice
cold soda