How can I add flavor to green tea at home?
I often buy green tea with different flavors like lemon, strawberry, and jasmine from the market. I want to add these flavors at home. Can you recommend how I might do this?
Best Answer
Depends on the flavour I suppose. For the most direct route, I would try just steeping the fruit/flavour in the tea/water for a bit (ie: sliced strawberry, sliced ginger, lemon zest/peel, etc...). I make a ginger/lemon "tea" with thin slices of lemon zest by just steeping it in water. No reason you couldn't add some green tea leaves to that as well. Lemon Juice, I add before serving.
As mentioned finding an extract could work as well. No idea about amounts, you'll have to do some research as to what is safe/appropriate. I haven't used them.
For a Jasmine Tea, I would probably just find a good tea purveyor and find a proper Jasmine Tea.
Pictures about "How can I add flavor to green tea at home?"
Quick Answer about "How can I add flavor to green tea at home?"
You can add a dash of fresh lemon juice or lemon slices to counteract any bitter flavors if you've steeped the tea for too long. Alternatively, adding a bit of honey, raw sugar, or a stevia leaf can help add a little sweetness to this earthy tea. You can spice up the flavor of green tea with herbs and spices as well.What mixes well with green tea?
Iced Green Tea Flavor Pairings- Ginger, Lemongrass & Mint.
- Honey, Raspberries & Lemon.
- Berry Medleys (Strawberry, Blueberry, Raspberry) & Sugar.
How do you add flavor to tea?
10 Additives to Make Your Tea Taste BetterCan green tea be Flavoured?
However, you can always go for green tea blends with herbs and spices like ginger, cardamom, black pepper and cinnamon for maximum health benefits. Below are 10 best types of green tea you can choose from. All these flavours can easily be ordered online.How do you naturally sweeten green tea?
These ingredients are all-natural, healthy, and add just the right amount of sweetness to your green tea.More answers regarding how can I add flavor to green tea at home?
Answer 2
Blending tea recipes yourself should potentially taste better than what you get in a pre-blended tea. If you buy a flavoured strawberry tea, there isn't much real strawberry. Instead, it's artificially flavored.
What you have to keep when adding fresh fruit to your tea, is to steep the tea without the fruit first, and add the fruit (juice) later. However, when you infuse fruits in dried form (jujube, goji berries), you can steep it together with the tea at the same time.
Besides fruits, also try to experiment blending different types of tea (green, black, oolong, pu erh etc..) with non-fruit herbs such as chrysanthemum, lily, and honeysuckle flower.
I've published a few recipes for which I'm not sure if it's appropriate to share the links here. Just message me for the details!
Answer 3
The main issue with blending yourself is that fresh fruits and flowers don't release flavor well in water.
The best would be to find dry ingredients such as fruits in dry form such as dried goji berries, jujube, mango.
For flowers, you can buy them fresh and dry them in direct sunlight or above the heater.
Answer 4
If you just want to make green tea taste nice so that you get the benefits, add some squash or fruit juice depending on how sweet you like it.
Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Images: Charlotte May, Charlotte May, Valeria Boltneva, Charlotte May