Recent content by Deghisagorah

Oh and the tea bag is the bag with the rope thingy not the round big ones.

The title says it all,Im still new in the world of tea wine making, I need a reliable for a good old traditional tea wine (planning to use jasmine tea since some people the aroma gives the wine a better taste). According to the directions, I need 200ml of water per tea bag, which means for 10L...

Oh, okay I'll keep that in mind, thanks for the help everyone :D

Hm, well the auto siphon fixed itself.... Somehow so Huraaah, and yes ive actually got one of those water gallons that has got a spigot near the bottom, i thought using the spigot would introduce oxygen... Turns out after a bit of research its another way of bottling.. -_- should've done a...

I've read that tea is actually oxidized before we drink it. Is it the same as oxidation that happens with beer and wine?, And I've heard that certain fermented drinks like mead is less prone to oxidation, if so is tea wine more resillient againts oxidation or is it the same as any other wine ?.

Ive got an auto siphon and noticed that the seal between the cane and the rubber thing at the bottom of the cane was not airtight, there were bubbles getting inside the siphon. So I tried to hotglue the 2 parts together to eliminate the leak (not sure if it was a good idea but hot glue was all...

Ah okay then, il just stick with starsan

Oh it's a no rinse product basically air dried. Im just worried if it might kill the yeast when i introduce it into the carboy :/

Is the Johnsons J-80 food grade sanitizer any good as a substitute to Starsan ?

Ah, okay il keep that in mind, Thanks a lot !

I've read a bunch of articles and forums, some say you need to stir your wort for one whole week and wait for 1/3 of sugar drop before stopping. Some say to not stir at all after a day has passed since you pitched. And I stirred my mead twice a day, every day for 1 whole week since quite a lot...

Oh I'm using a plastic carboy and well I never actually knew that you have to boil the wort first but the temperature here is quite warm since I live in the tropical regions of Indonesia and the temperature usually doesn't drop below 25C (77F) do i still need to boil the wort? if im guessing...

So im asking this question fully out of curiosity, what if your container is not enough and youre trying to aeirate it properly, can you simply aeirate the good old plain water before mixing all of the ingridients together?, Or do you have to specifically aeirate after youve mixed everything up...

Oh, my carboy is plastic, and its not exactly airtight on the lead... So i guess i just dont want to leave it in the carboy for too long

ah okay, thanks im very paranoid because this is my first serious-ish trial of making a mead