I’ve been making an effort to try all the teas that we’ve been blending lately as cold-brewed as well as hot brewed. I recently acquired a cold-brew system that makes it easy to cold brew and since it’s a fairly popular method of brewing these days, I thought it would be a good idea to try out my teas cold-brewed too.
And so last night I prepared this tea to cold-brew and am finally taking a moment to sit down and enjoy it. This is really good cold-brewed. Not gonna lie, I think it’s better hot, maybe it’s just me but I just happen to prefer my chocolate teas hot (especially when there’s Assam tea involved, I love that maltiness!)
The cold-brew has a lighter texture and color than the hot brewed tea and the flavor – I wouldn’t describe it as lighter as there is plenty of flavor here – but it’s not as rich as what I’ve experienced with this tea as a hot cuppa.
That said, I find that the vanilla seems to pop more with the cold-brew. With the hot tea, there is a underlying note of wonderful creaminess but with the cold-brew I can taste distinct notes of vanilla. The chocolate is not as rich and ‘dark’ tasting but there’s a really nice, smooth element to it with the cold-brew.
I do like this better hot but it’s quite tasty cold-brewed too.
Ruh roh. I might have some of this.
Lol I feel like you have some of every tea :P
This is a favourite of mine too. Yup, perhaps I need to hunt down any lurking extra bits. Tealove to Kittena—-we might be related. :)
#hoarder
52teas is next up on the “go through the bins” phase – but there are probably still a couple weeks of Butiki + sipdowns to go. Of course, I have WAY more 52teas than Butiki… 1.5 bins full…
Hmm, what kind of bins are we talking about? :)
When I think of ‘bins’ I think of the medium sized plastic bins in which I store the pouches of tea in my tea studio that are waiting to be relocated to their new homes. I have a few more than 1 1/2 bins.
When I think of bins, I think of anything from shoebox to the colossal Rubbermaid tubs for storing winter sweaters and such. In other words, every bin that a shop like Storage Solutions might sell.
My bins are the… 12″×12″ cubes that go into an IKEA Expedit shelf, or similar. Thank goodness they aren’t the 52L Rubbermaids (or whatever size the classic ones are!)
Oh well then, nothing to worry about. You’ll be through those in a jiffy. :)
My storage approach is not keeping all teas together, so I don’t actually see the scope of the, err, problem.
Hahaha. Yes – I lived that way for too long. It actually makes me slightly less anxious having everything in one place.
Hence spending an extraordinary amount of time “organizing” my teas.