How to Brew Green & White Tea

Hi everyone, in this video I'm going to show you our recommended technique for brewing green and white tea. If you're interested in premium tea, make sure to subscribe to our channel for new videos like this one each week. Green and white tea are the two most delicate styles of pure tea, revered for their natural crisp, fresh, and sweet flavors. Green and white tea are minimally oxidized, preserving the fresh taste of raw tea leaves. This can make them more challenging to brew, since they can become too vegetal if brewed poorly. The technique I'm demonstrating today will help you get great flavor each time you brew. The key to brewing both green and white tea is low temperature water and moderate infusion time. The low temperature helps to extract sweetness while minimizing tannins and bitterness. The longer infusion time allows the tea to develop a rich texture and finish. Since high temperature will shock green and white tea, we like to brew these styles in thin porcelain and glass teaware. This helps the heat to dissipate quickly. To brew these styles, bring your water to around 140 to 150 Fahrenheit. Pre-warm your teaware of choice for a few seconds, then pour away the water. Add your tea leaves to the warm teaware and enjoy the aroma that is released. Now it's time to brew. Pour warm water over your tea leaves to start the infusion. We often like to leave the lid off, especially for green teas. Since the water temperature is low, it will take a bit longer for your leaves to release its flavor, somewhere around three to five minutes. One trick you can use for the first infusion is looking at the leaves as they brew. As soon as the leaves appear rehydrated, like they're fresh off the plant, decant your tea to separate the liquid from the leaves. This stops it from over brewing and getting bitter. Another method we love to use with green and white tea is cold brewing. This will give you an idea of how these teas should taste when brewed perfectly. Simply pour room temperature water over your tea and allow the leaves to rehydrate. This slow infusion may take up to 15 or 20 minutes, but it will highlight the natural sweetness and creaminess of the tea. To learn more about our teas and brewing recommendations, visit redblossomtea.com. Make sure you leave a like and comment below if you found this video helpful, and subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don't miss out on future videos.