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Indigobloom

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Indigobloom drank Cherry Potion by DAVIDsTEA

ugh! tart flowers!
Oh cherry… wherefore art thou…

2012-05-02 20:40:11 -0400

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Daniel Scott 2012-05-02 20:50:34 -0400

My reaction exactly.

Lynne-tea 2012-05-02 21:10:57 -0400

=O try Icing it! It worked for me.. the white tea came out and was a little creamy and it was sweet cherries all the way. I hope it works for you!

Indigobloom 2012-05-02 21:51:42 -0400

I have just enough left for a cold steep. I’ll try it that way, thanks Lynne-tea!

Lynne-tea 2012-05-02 22:05:46 -0400

You’re welcome! What I did was used 2/3 the amount of hot water required, then once the steep time was up I filled the rest up with ice cubes and put it in the fridge over night. Is that how you cold steep? I need to research ice tea making ways haha.

Indigobloom 2012-05-02 22:12:00 -0400

I don’t really use ice cubes… since my teeth are so sensitive! I just hot brew and then stick it in the fridge once it’s cooled a bit.
but there are SO many ways to ice a tea :)

Lynn68 2012-05-03 00:03:38 -0400

I really wanted to try Cherry Potion but now I’m not sure. I wanted that tart yet sweet cherry flavor, not flowers. :’-( How disturbing.

Lynn68 2012-05-03 00:04:54 -0400

I really wanted to try Cherry Potion but now I’m not sure. I wanted that tart yet sweet cherry flavor, not flowers. :’-( How disturbing.

Indigobloom 2012-05-03 06:38:47 -0400

Lynn68: try it out, no harm in getting a sample! I’ve been looking for a tart cherry tea as well.

Daniel Scott 2012-05-04 02:21:27 -0400

@Lynne-tea – Cold brewing, to me, means that the water is never hot. So you’d put the leaves in whatever you’re steeping the tea in, and then into cold/room temperature water and place it in the fridge.

It takes much longer – like several hours, you might want to google for cold brewing steep times. With herbals and rooibos anyway, you’re completely safe to steep it overnight. So are blacks, I think. Not so sure about white/green/oolong. The longest I’ve left a white so far has been about four hours and it was nice, but that was a cup at a time. I’ve cold-brewed greens for pitchers and I’m still not sure if I’m getting the timing right or they weren’t all suitable, as they’ve all tasted slightly off. Oolong I haven’t tried yet.

I personally like that better than having the water ever be hot. To me, tea steeped hot and cooled just tastes funny, whereas tea which has always been cold comes out smooth and sweet and suitable to drink cold!

Indigobloom 2012-05-04 08:57:18 -0400

I need to experiment more with cold steeping. I’ve only ever tried it four or five times. Lime Gelato is pretty good cold, as is Candied Almond from Tea Emporium. I also tried a white and a green iced with so-so results.
The fruity green, I tried cold brewing and it wasn’t that great. I hot brewed it and that was better but still meh! next time I’ll try black.
I’d like to be able to add milk as well, eventually.

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Let’s see… I’m a tea and workout fanatic, I work in HR, and most of my friends consider me to be an egg. White on the outside, Asian on the inside :)
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