Iced Mao Feng is clean, sweet and faintly peachy, the opposite of the bitter green iced tea you get from a vending machine. The secret is the same as the hot cup: brew it cool, never with boiling water, then chill it gently, so the delicate sweetness carries all the way into the glass.
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It uses Teapigs Mao Feng Green Tea, a whole-leaf Chinese green tea. Ten minutes plus chilling, and it makes a jug.
You'll need
- 4 Teapigs Mao Feng Green Tea tea temples
- 500ml water, boiled then cooled to about 80C
- 500ml cold water
- Cucumber, mint and a little honey, optional
- Ice, to serve
Method
- Boil fresh water, then let it cool 2 to 3 minutes to roughly 80C. Pouring boiling water on green tea, even for iced, makes it bitter.
- Pour the cooled water over the 4 temples and steep just 3 minutes, then lift the temples out without squeezing.
- Stir in a little honey while warm only if you want it sweeter; good Mao Feng is naturally sweet.
- Cool to room temperature, then chill. There is no need to crash it over ice; gentle chilling protects the delicate flavour.
- Stir in the 500ml cold water and serve over ice with cucumber and mint.
- The brewed base keeps 2 days in the fridge; green tea fades faster than black so make it fresh.
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Brewed with: Teapigs Mao Feng Green Tea, 15 Tea Bags 37.5g
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