6/4 Oolong #61-65 Plain

 

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Oolong RP: /uːlɒŋ/, GA: /ulɑŋ/ (simplified Chinese: 乌龙; traditional Chinese: ;pinyin: wūlóng) is a traditional Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) produced through a unique process including withering the plant under the strong sun and oxidation before curling and twisting. For this batch we used 10 1/2 cups of water, 21 grams of Oolong loose leaf tea, 1 cup of sugar and 1 1/4 cup of starter buch.

We harvested this on 6/11 and flavored it with 1 tbsp of sugar for another batch of plain Oolong.

5/28 Oolong #41-45 Plain

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Oolong RP: /uːlɒŋ/, GA: /ulɑŋ/ (simplified Chinese: 乌龙; traditional Chinese: ;pinyin: wūlóng) is a traditional Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) produced through a unique process including withering the plant under the strong sun and oxidation before curling and twisting.

For this batch we used 10 1/2 cups of water, 21 grams of Oolong loose leaf tea, 1 cup of sugar and 1 1/4 cup of starter buch.

We harvested this on 6/4 and flavored it with 1 tbsp of sugar. #45 is a little more than 1/2 full with a full tbsp of sugar so will be interesting to see how sweet it is. We’ll let this ferment in bottles for an additional nine days.

Oops, we let this batch bake a little longer in second fermentation… 11 days instead of the usual 9. We’ll see what it’s like. I need to start recording how strong the buch tastes before the second fermentation.

5/21 Oolong #21-24 Plain

 

plain bottles

Oolong RP: /uːlɒŋ/, GA: /ulɑŋ/ (simplified Chinese: 乌龙; traditional Chinese: ;pinyin: wūlóng) is a traditional Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) produced through a unique process including withering the plant under the strong sun and oxidation before curling and twisting.

For this batch we used 10 1/2 cups of water, 21 grams of Oolong loose leaf tea, 1 cup of sugar and 1 1/4 cup of starter buch.

We harvested this batch on 5/28 and added 1 tbsp of sugar for Babs’ favorite … Plain Oolong.

5/21 Darjeeling #11-15 Grape Ape

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Darjeeling tea is a tea from the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India. For this batch we used 10 1/2 cups water, 14 grams of DavidsTea Second Flush Darjeeling, 1 cup sugar and 1 1/4 cup starter buch.

For this batch we used 10 1/2 cups water, 14 grams of DavidsTea Second Flush Darjeeling, 1 cup sugar and 1 1/4 cup starter buch.

We harvested this on 5/28 and added 1/4 cup concord grape juice and 1 tbsp of sugar. Because the buch seemed strong we will try it after 4 days.