by gregtpayne | Dec 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Oolong RP: /uːlɒŋ/, GA: /ulɑŋ/ (simplified Chinese: 乌龙; traditional Chinese: 烏龍; pinyin: wūlóng) is a traditional Chinesetea (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 21 grams of Tie Kwan Yin oolong from Taiwan. We tried something a little different and used 1 1/4 cup of starter buch. It should make it taste a little less vinegary.
We harvested this batch on 12/27 and flavored it with 1/4 cup of concord grape juice and 1 tbsp of sugar in bottles #51-55. We’ll let it go five days in bottles before moving it to the fridge.
We moved this to the fridge a day early on New Years Eve
by gregtpayne | Dec 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Darjeeling tea is a tea from the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India. For this batch we used 10 cups water, 14 grams of DavidsTea Second Flush Darjeeling, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup starter buch. We usually use 1 1/2 cups but this starter was from a 2 week batch so was extra strong. We’re getting back on track with 2 batches upstairs. In alphabetical order, our Darjeeling is on the left, Oolong on the right.
We harvested this on 12/24 into bottles #41-45. It tasted really good so we went for another Plain batch with a tbsp of sugar. There wasn’t enough to fully fill the five bottles so we’ll see if it’s too sweet after a nine day second fermentation.
by gregtpayne | Dec 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Oolong RP: /uːlɒŋ/, GA: /ulɑŋ/ (simplified Chinese: 乌龙; traditional Chinese: 烏龍; pinyin: wūlóng) is a traditional Chinesetea (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 22 grams of Tie Kwan Yin oolong from Taiwan.
We harvested this on 12/20 after seven days. It tasted right, not too sweet, not too sour. We flavored it with 1 tbsp of sugar. We’ll see if it’s too sweet after doing 1/2 tbsp for the past few weeks. We put it in bottles #31-35 and will let it go nine days in second fermentation.
We are headed to Capitola for a few days so we moved this batch to the fridge early after a seven day 2nd fermentation.
by gregtpayne | Dec 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
For this batch we used 14 grams of Gyokuro Yamashiro loose leaf green tea.
We discarded this batch and put to rest this beautiful SCOBY family with gratitude on 12/17.
by gregtpayne | Dec 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Darjeeling tea is a tea from the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India. For this batch we used 10 cups water, 14 grams of DavidsTea Second Flush Darjeeling, 1 cup sugar and 1 1/2 cups starter buch.
We discarded this batch and laid to rest this SCOBY family with gratitude on 12/17.
by gregtpayne | Nov 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Oolong RP: /uːlɒŋ/, GA: /ulɑŋ/ (simplified Chinese: 乌龙; traditional Chinese: 烏龍; pinyin: wūlóng) is a traditional Chinesetea (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 22 grams of Tie Kwan Yin oolong from Taiwan. We will see if we like it as well as the Tung Ting from Vietnam.
We let this batch go too long so discarded it.
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