hard tea?

bkvail · Nov 13, 2008

Is it possible to make a hard tea fermented like wine? I did a search, and came up with no talk on doing this. Iced tea is my favorite non-alcoholic drink to have at home - we go through nearly a gallon of a slightly sweet iced tea a day here (my teen son also drinks lots of it). I'd love a nice slightly sweet alcohol version for myself though too

bob1852 · Nov 13, 2008

just steep a couple tea bags in some apfelwein

bkvail · Nov 13, 2008

OK, I just did a google search and found a thread where they talked about making hard tea on this site - but didn't find anything on tea when I used this website's search feature - wonder why?
I'm gonna try a gallon of it and see anyhow.......

rod · Nov 13, 2008

the regular search on this site needs 4 letters minumum - use the google search option

bkvail · Nov 13, 2008

ahh, that's why! I just did a site search for 'tea'. will try 'hard tea'.....

giligson · Nov 13, 2008

Try mead with tea steeped in.
Tea makes for a very astringent ferment if you go overboard.

PS. Whiskey is great in hot tea.

petes · Nov 14, 2008

There are a lot of tea recipes out there, using green tea as well as the regular sort.
Jack Keller, HoneyCreek, Nick Truman and WinePress forum all have recipes.

Brew-Happy · Nov 14, 2008

I did a chai spice tea wine when I first started and I wouldn't recommend too much tea, at least the caffeinated type.

One or two glasses and my heart was skipping a beat

I like to relax with a glass of wine and this one did not fit that bill. I like the idea of the apfelwein with a hint of tea. Esp mint or herbal tea.

JMO tho so experiment away.

bkvail · Nov 14, 2008

I found a tea recipe in a book I got with a bunch of other wine supplies from freecycle - I mixed it up and it's bubbling away this morning

nytreeman · Nov 28, 2008

bkvail said:
I found a tea recipe in a book I got with a bunch of other wine supplies from freecycle - I mixed it up and it's bubbling away this morning

could you give the recipe or name of the book?

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