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How to Brew Ippodo Tea

With tea, you control the final flavor. Start with our brewing guides.

Four white teacups from Ippodo Tea containing different types of tea - one with bright green matcha, two with yellow-colored teas of slightly different shades, and one with reddish-brown tea. The cups are arranged in a square formation and photographed from above against a white background with subtle shadows.
Tea type
All Matcha Gyokuro Sencha Bancha Teabags
Method
Hot Cold Brew Iced Boiling Hot Latte
Pouring vibrant green matcha float from spouted bowl over milk and ice in elegant stemmed glassware beside iced matcha latte
Matcha |
Iced Matcha Latte
An iced latte is smooth, refreshing, and easy-to-drink.
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Holding clear ice cub with bamboo tongs and placing it in vibrant green matcha tea base in cream ceramic Japanese teacup
Matcha |
Iced Matcha
Prepare matcha with hot water and cool it rapidly with plenty of ice.
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Pouring luminescent green tea over ice in three glasses straight from Yakishime Japanese kyusu teapot against ombre surface
Gyokuro |
Iced Gyokuro
For a fast, fragrant pitcher of iced tea, brew a strong batch of gyokuro using boiling hot water, and then pour over ice, diluting its strength and balancing its flavor.
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Green tea being poured from elegant spout of ivory teapot into small rounded modern glass pitcher with white Ippodo Tea logo
Sencha |
Iced Sencha
For a fast, fragrant pitcher of iced tea, brew a strong batch of sencha using boiling hot water, and then pour over ice, diluting its strength and balancing its flavor.
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Iced Shincha
Sencha | Shincha |
Iced Shincha
Fresh Shincha, served the most refreshing way possible: in a tall glass of ice.
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Pouring hot amber tea from ivory banko-yaki clay kyusu teapot into glass containing several ice cubes and roasted Hojicha tea
Bancha | Hojicha |
Iced Hojicha
When served over ice, this fragrant roasted green tea feels soothing and refreshing.
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Holding one of two glasses of light yellow Japanese green tea over ice in front of large curved carafe of light colored tea
Bancha | Genmaicha |
Iced Genmaicha
When served over ice, this green tea and roasted rice blend feels crisp, refreshing, and a little hearty.
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