Though your many cold brewing suggestions all sounded great, I didn’t have any of them. What I did have was a lot of this tea. I worried that this might turn vegetal since when brewed hot it had that quality. However I am glad I relented because this is so much better this way. After 15 hours there is virtually no vegetal base. This is sweet strawberry (mewakeling, I actually thought of you while having this as it is reminiscent of DAVIDs Sweet Strawberry) and papaya all the way. The rating got bumped and I will definitely be making it this way from now on. One of the best cold brews I have had thus far. In fact, I might make another bottle tonight and cold brew some of Caesar’s Lemon Tart while I am at it.
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Sounds like a yummy cold brew to me.
It definitely was. I am glad to. It is a mediocre hot tea but a very good cold brew.
I love when that happens. Such a huge save in my books.
Definitely. A lot of the time I use cold brewing as a way of quickly using up leaf of teas I don’t love. That was sort of the case here, well that combined with the fact that I thought the flavor would work as a cold brew. Now I am even considering picking up more of this next time I am in the store.
VariaTEA, I’ve probably asked this before, but how much tea and water do you use when you’re cold steeping black teas?
This is green tea although I suppose if I steeped black I would do it the same way. Basically what I do is start with a 500 mL water bottle and pour off/drink just the top little bit to make room for the leaf. Then I double the of leaf used in a cup because I figure it is two cups. So in this case I used 3 tsps for the 500 mL.
*double the amount of leaf
Awesome, thanks! I only use 1 heaping tbsp/litre for fruit teas, but it feels like it’s not enough for a black or green tea.
For one liter, I would use 2 tablespoons just because that is about 4 glasses and typically for blacks and greens you need 1.5 tsps per glass.
So for my new jugs, I’m going to need 1/4 cup. Yikes! That’s gonna use tea up fast.
Haha that is quite a bit of tea. Well, I usually used cold brewing to use up teas I am not in love with so I suppose in that case such a large use of tea is a positive thing.
SBTs are sized for about 2 liters though so maybe it might be worth it to invest in those. I have enjoyed the couple I tried so far.
Just dropping in to say that all the notifications for this tasting note are driving me crazy! Not because of the conversation or anything; it’s actually really interesting. Purely driving me crazy because everytime I see this blends name in my notifications I get the damn song stuck in my head :S
We can have a sing-along! “Strawberry fields forever…”
Sounds like a yummy cold brew to me.
It definitely was. I am glad to. It is a mediocre hot tea but a very good cold brew.
I love when that happens. Such a huge save in my books.
Definitely. A lot of the time I use cold brewing as a way of quickly using up leaf of teas I don’t love. That was sort of the case here, well that combined with the fact that I thought the flavor would work as a cold brew. Now I am even considering picking up more of this next time I am in the store.
VariaTEA, I’ve probably asked this before, but how much tea and water do you use when you’re cold steeping black teas?
This is green tea although I suppose if I steeped black I would do it the same way. Basically what I do is start with a 500 mL water bottle and pour off/drink just the top little bit to make room for the leaf. Then I double the of leaf used in a cup because I figure it is two cups. So in this case I used 3 tsps for the 500 mL.
*double the amount of leaf
Awesome, thanks! I only use 1 heaping tbsp/litre for fruit teas, but it feels like it’s not enough for a black or green tea.
For one liter, I would use 2 tablespoons just because that is about 4 glasses and typically for blacks and greens you need 1.5 tsps per glass.
So for my new jugs, I’m going to need 1/4 cup. Yikes! That’s gonna use tea up fast.
Haha that is quite a bit of tea. Well, I usually used cold brewing to use up teas I am not in love with so I suppose in that case such a large use of tea is a positive thing.
SBTs are sized for about 2 liters though so maybe it might be worth it to invest in those. I have enjoyed the couple I tried so far.
Just dropping in to say that all the notifications for this tasting note are driving me crazy! Not because of the conversation or anything; it’s actually really interesting. Purely driving me crazy because everytime I see this blends name in my notifications I get the damn song stuck in my head :S
We can have a sing-along! “Strawberry fields forever…”