Method of brewing a beverage

A method of brewing tea, comprising the steps of providing a processor-controlled brewing unit (1), including a brewing device (M), a brewed-tea container (N), at least one heating device (F, G), at least one water inlet supply device (A) and a control unit (P), which control unit is arranged to control the amount of water and temperature of water supplied to said brewing device (M), wherein said control unit (P);

• in a first phase (P2) controls supply of a first amount of hot water (HW, T>70°) to said brewing device (M),
• in a second phase (P3) controls supply of at least one second amount of cold water (CW, T<30°) or at least one first amount of warm water (WW, 70°>T>30°), to said brewing device (M),
• in a third phase (P4) controls supply of a second amount of hot water (HW, T>70°) to said brewing device (M), and
• in a fourth phase (P5) controls supply of at least one third amount of cold water (CW, T<30°) or at least one second amount of warm water (WW, 70°>T>30°), to said brewing device,
• and controls flow and time span of said supplies to obtain a brewed tea in said brewed-tea container (3) having a temperature (TC) that is below 40°;
• and
• wherein said third phase (P4) is initiated when the flow out from said brewing device (M) in said second phase (P3) is less than 70% of the initial flow during said first phase (P2), wherein preferably said third phase (P4) is initiated when the flow out from said brewing device (M) in said second phase (P3) is less than 50% of the initial flow during said first phase (P2).