After trying many teas over the past few years we have finally settled on Tie Kwan Yin Oolong as our house tea. It has an earthy, nutty taste as opposed to being floral. We tried a whole new brewing method that I’m liking a lot. It’s two fifteen minute steeps of 1 oz of tea using 6 cups of water for both steeps.
We harvested this on 12/28 after only 6 days. It’s been cold out and our heater has been on a lot. This tends to make for a warmer brewing environment and calls for a shorter fermentation period. Babs thought it was vinegary enough but it didn’t fizz much when we bottled it. We added 1/2 tbsp of sugar and will check it in 9 days however I suspect it may need to go longer.
Wow, we checked this after 5 days in second fermentation and it was explosive. It’s our heater affecting the second fermentation! We’re down from 9 days to 5. We’ll see how this tastes after it cools.
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