Green Tea with Blueberries

Green tea with blueberries is a properly brewed milk oolong flavored with blueberries, lemon and mint. Oolong is steeped not with a rolling boil but at 60-80 °C, and left to infuse for 5-7 minutes, with the first steep always poured off. The result is a rich green tea with a berry note. Enjoy your tea!

Green Tea with Blueberries

Properly steeped milk oolong flavored with blueberries, lemon and mint - a rich green tea with a berry note.

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 7 minutes mins

Total Time 12 minutes mins

Servings: 2 servings

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: Home cooking

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1 tsp milk oolong tea rolled leaves
• 300-400 ml hot water not boiling, 60-80 °C
• 1 wedge lemon
• 1 tbsp blueberries
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 3 mint leaves

Method

 

1. Put the tea leaves into the teapot, pour over a little hot (not boiling) water and drain it right away - always rinse the first steep.
   
2. Pour hot (not boiling) water over the tea and let it steep for 5-7 minutes.
   
3. You'll see fermentation on the leaves: crimson patches and edges are a sign of a proper oolong.
   
4. Put sugar, lemon, mint and blueberries into a serving cup.
   
5. Pour in the steeped oolong, stir to dissolve the sugar, and serve.
   

Notes

Oolongs are steeped at 60-80 °C. The same tea can be steeped many times - each time it reveals itself differently.

Tips

• Steep oolongs at 60-80 °C: a rolling boil kills the flavor.
• Always pour off the first steep - the leaves need to be rinsed with a bit of hot water.
• The same tea can be steeped many times, revealing something new each time. The key is to keep the leaves and the teapot warm.
• Good quality dry tea has almost no smell - the aroma only appears after steeping.
• Because of its high theine content, green tea is best enjoyed in the first half of the day.