Dear friends,
When you see young green leaves on the trees in NYC, it's the month of May, and the city is beautiful. This time of the year reminds me of my grandmother. She used to say “ It's time to buy sincha.” Shincha (新茶) literally means new tea in Japanese and it is the first picked tea of the year and this happens in May. I loved drinking green tea with my grandmother when I was a kid. I often loved drinking tea with my grandmother when I was a child. I would say to her “I want to drink tea with my grandma,” and she would reply “you are a really good girl.”
Shincha has really good nutrients preserved during the winter season. It is fresh, sweet, powerful, and very fragrant peculiar to young leaves. Schincha contains theanine as in amino acid more than teas grown at other times. They say it brings relaxation and a feeling of well-being. I feel the energy from nature every time I drank Schincha and I now understand why my grandmother bought shincha every year.
Today I will introduce how to make cold-brew green tea, so perfect for the warm season. Put two tablespoons of tea leaves into a teapot with eight ounces of cold water and wait 15 minutes. Then put ice cubes into a glass and pour the tea over the ice cubes. You now have a sweet refreshing and delicious green iced tea. Please do enjoy the energy of early summer.
Edited by Janice Ensmigner