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Cold-brew green tea with orange peel and a cinnamon stick in a glass pitcher, a glass over ice beside it

Tea and Heart Health, and a Cold-Brew Green Tea With Orange and Cinnamon

Prep
5 min
Resting
6 h
Total
6 h 5 min
Servings
4 glasses

Green tea leaves, strips of orange peel and a cinnamon stick, left overnight in cold water: a pitcher with no sugar and about 2 calories a glass. Then what the cohort studies, the blood pressure trials and one small milk experiment really found about tea and your heart.

Ingredients

  • 4 cupbrewed green tea, cold-brewed from 4 green tea bags, or 2 tbsp loose-leaf green tea, in 4 cups (950 ml) of cold filtered water
  • 3 striporange peel, about 3 inches (7 cm) each, cut with a vegetable peeler, white pith left behind
  • 1cinnamon stick

Instructions

  1. Peel the orange. Wash the orange, then run a vegetable peeler down it to take off three long strips of the orange skin only. If a strip comes away with thick white pith, scrape it off with the tip of a knife; the pith is what turns a cold brew bitter. Keep the fruit for later.
  2. Fill the jar and leave it in the fridge. Put the tea bags or loose leaves, the orange peel and the cinnamon stick in a large jar or pitcher. Pour in the cold water, stir once, cover, and refrigerate for 6 to 8 hours. Overnight is the easy way to do it.
  3. Strain, taste and pour. Lift out the tea bags without squeezing them, or pour the tea through a fine strainer if you used loose leaves. Leave the peel and cinnamon in for an hour longer if you like it spicier, then take them out. Taste it plain before you decide it needs anything, and serve over ice.

Notes

  • Squeezing the tea bags to get the last drops pushes out the bitter, astringent part. Let them drip and move on.
  • Want it hot instead? Harvard's Nutrition Source gives about 180°F (82°C) for green tea. Steep one bag per mug for about 4 minutes with a strip of peel, then taste; longer means stronger and more bitter.
  • It tastes freshest in the first couple of days. After that the orange fades and the tea goes flat.
  • One amount in Bogdan's pitcher may have strayed a little from the card, yet the tea was delicious, felt just right in the glass and took almost no effort. It is one Bogdan will brew again.

Nutrition Facts

Per serving (estimated) : Calories: 2 | Total Carbohydrate: 0 g | Protein: 1 g | Total Fat: 0 g | Sodium: 2 mg

Category: Smoothies & DrinksAuthor: Bogdan DCuisine: American