How to Cold Brew Tea Bags & Why Your Gut Will Love It
The Wonder of Cold Brew Tea Bags
As summer temperatures rise, we’re all looking for delicious, refreshing cold beverages. Many of us will reach for a sugary soft drink or a bottled ice tea full of artificial flavors and colors. There’s a better, healthier, and super easy way to have amazing natural beverages any time you want: cold brew iced tea.
What if your cold beverage helped you with your afternoon crash?
What if it helped with all-important gut health?
What if it tasted great and took only a few seconds to prepare?
You’re going to learn how to cold brew iced tea the easy way.
Why Your Morning Coffee and Bottled Beverages are Ruining Your Afternoon
Millions of us wake up in the morning, pour a cup of coffee, and get our day started.
The problem is that your morning coffee is ruining your afternoon. The caffeine that helped you get started in the morning runs out by afternoon. You’ve had lunch, the caffeine is gone, and you’re ready for a nap.
Bottled and canned beverages aren’t helping either. Every can of soda or energy drink is simply prolonging the inevitable: a caffeine crash that makes you tired, unfocused, and unproductive.
The Science of Cold Brew Tea
Cold brew Coffee Pu-erh Tea is the ideal choice to replace your morning cuppa joe. Legendary pu-erh tea from Yunnan province in China is infused with premium coffee flavor to provide you with a delicious, harmonious beverage. It has just enough caffeine to help you feel great without pushing you so high you’re guaranteed to crash.
Less Acid - No Bitter Taste
Because your tea doesn't touch hot water, the acidic tannins in the tea don’t get released in large quantities. This creates a smoother, sweeter, and less acidic tea that goes down smooth.
The cold brew process releases a little of the caffeine. Caffeine can trigger acid reflux and upset stomachs. Because you’re getting your caffeine from a drink that’s much less acidic than coffee, you’re much less likely to experience heartburn or stomach upset.
3 PM Slump
The intense caffeine of coffee, soft drinks and energy drinks are literally a drug in your system. They cause you to get a massive hit of caffeine, making you feel energized and wide awake. The problem is that this doesn’t last.
By 2 or 3 pm, the famous afternoon slump sets in. Suddenly, you can’t keep your eyes open. You lose productivity, search for another source of caffeine to make it through the day, and feel terrible.
Cold brew tea, especially made with Coffee Pu-erh Tea, is a gentle nudge. Because pu-erh tea is fermented, it provides your gut with healthy probiotics and prebiotics. This means that your body processes other sources of energy, like the food you eat and even the tea you drink better.
The Sugar Trap
So many soft drinks and prepared beverages have an amazing amount of sugar in them to give them sweetness. One of the most popular soft drinks has over 18 teaspoons of sugar in a 20 ounce bottle. Let’s be honest, you would never put 18 teaspoons of sugar in a bottle of water, but that’s what you get when you’re drinking most soft drinks.
Cold brew tea is naturally sweet, requiring no sugar to make it taste great.
The Magic of Cold Extraction
Cold brewing tea works by slowly extracting the aromatics from the tea, while leaving behind the bitter tannins and caffeine that heat extracts. This gives you a more natural beverage that’s delicious, energizing, and gentle on your body.
How to Cold Brew Tea Bags - The Easy Way
Here is your new four-step ritual to the perfect morning drink:
1. Put 2 cups (16 oz) of water in a reusable bottle or a mason jar just before bed
2. Add 1 Coffee Pu-er Tea bag to the water.
3. Put a lid on the bottle or jar.
4. Place in the refrigerator overnight.
In the morning, you’ll have a delicious, sweet, energizing drink that’s refreshing and actually good for you.
Meet Your New Favorite Beverages
SunnySips offers three amazing flavors that will change your day and delight your palate:
Coffee Pu-erh Tea: The Coffee Quitters Dream
Traditional Chinese pu-erh tea infused with premium coffee flavor. The best of both worlds: the taste and slight energy boost of coffee with the gentle power of a fermented tea.
Chocolate Black Tea: The Sugar Craving Killer
Premium black tea infused with cocoa to deliver a sweet, tasty cravings killer that doesn’t add sugar to your diet. Hot or cold brewed, this is the perfect choice for after dinner dessert or a midday pick-me-up.
Strawberry Black Tea: The Ultimate Thirst Quencher
Real, vibrant strawberry is combined with premium black tea to create an eye-opening burst of flavor that crushes your thirst and keeps you excited for more.
Sip Smarter, Feel Lighter
Trade your morning coffee and chemical soft drinks, your sugary juices and energy drinks for nature’s delicious bounty of flavor, energy and smiles.
Coffee Pu-erh Tea, Chocolate Black Tea, and Strawberry Black Tea deliver the bold flavors your mouth craves, the energy you need to keep going, and the purity that your body will thank you for.
Frequently Asked Questions
Question: How is cold brew iced tea different from regular iced tea?
Answer: Cold brewing your tea creates a sweet, mild, low-acid beverage. Regular iced tea is made by heating water and brewing tea. Then that tea is chilled. This releases large amounts of tannic acid and caffeine that increase the bitterness of the tea. Cold brew tea doesn’t contain the same level of tannins or caffeine, so it’s naturally sweeter. This makes it more refreshing and less likely to need sugar to make it taste great.
Question: How long should I steep my cold brew tea bags?
Answer: Steep your cold brew tea bags for at least 4 hours, but most cold brew tea drinkers find overnight is ideal for making delicious, bold cold brew tea.
Question: Is cold brew tea safe for sensitive stomachs?
Answer: Yes. Because the tea contains significantly less tannins and caffeine, it is gentler on the stomach than hot brewed iced teas.
Question: How long does cold brew tea stay fresh in the refrigerator?
Answer: Your cold brew tea will stay fresh in the refrigerator for 24 to 48 hours. While it’s still safe to drink for days after that, oxidation reduces the flavor and freshness. Fruit-forward teas, like SunnySips Strawberry Black Tea, are best consumed within 12 to 24 hours after brewing it.
