Darjeeling is from the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India. This is a new Darjeeling from Teavana called Darjeeling de Triomphe. We brought 6 cups of water to boil in a pot, removed it from heat, added 28 grams of tea and steeped for 4 minutes covered, stirring midway through. We then added 1 1/4 cup of sugar to a gallon jar and strained the tea into it, dissolving the sugar. We added 5 cups of water and let cool to room temperature. Next we added 1 1/2 cups of starter tea and transferred the SCOBY. We’ll let it ferment for seven days before bottling.

We harvested this on 10/22 and put it straight into bottles. It didn’t taste very sweet so we’re hoping it turns out sweet enough after the second fermentation.

Oops, I moved this a little late on 11/1 for a 10 day 2nd fermentation. Well, if this tastes good it’ll be great news for our newest method.