And another cold-steeped pitcher of this gone. Mostly posting this to say I steeped it for maybe 12 hours, rather than the usual 24, and that the longer steep definitely works better for drawing out the flavours. I use fairly little leaf, though, so I’m sure you can up that to balance it better. Still …
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Kotobuki – Lupicia
Oh, bad, bad, bad. I hate the sound of traffic accidents in the street outside. It’s beyond a stretch of park and out of sight, but somehow not being able to see the extent of it makes it worse – there’s just the shock of the impact and then the perplexingly slow motion screech of …
Kotobuki – Lupicia
I. Can’t. Even. So I finally got around to cold steeping this, and I have to tell you – if anything in the mortal realm could ever taste like ambrosia, this would be it. This is golden plum honey balm. This is perfect. Seeing as this tea should have been given an 85 in the first …
White Temple Tea – A.C. Perchs
A whole pitcher of this, cold-steeped… …also gone. Poof. Just like that. Cold-steeped.
Paradise Green – Lupicia
An Agatha Christea mystery in two sentences: First there was a cold-steeped pitcher of this… …and then there wasn’t. Cold-steeped.
Melon White Tea – Lupicia
I don’t technically have time for this tasting note. Shhhh. I had to tell you, though, that this is not what I expected. One of my most beloved iced whites is A.C. Perchs’ White Temple, which has some melon notes. As for Lupicia, I’d only cold steeped their greens before, but they generally come out absolutely perfect. …
Paradise Green – Lupicia
F and I used up all our pilfered wine in the spinach risotto, so we drank the pitcher of this I’d been cold-steeping. I can’t even tell you how much I love Lupicia’s greens iced in summer. They’re just so good. Elegant, delicate, highly drinkable. Now I just have to figure out what to put in …
Momoko – Lupicia
It’s not as cold anymore (Okay, Canadians, I know 10 C doesn’t seem very cold to you considering your current weather situation, but it’s really been unusually chilly and wet here.) so I can drink copious amounts of iced tea again. I saved the last of this much beloved and somewhat aged Lupicia tea in …
Momo Oolong Super Grade – Lupicia
I cold-steeped some in the fridge over two days – I’ve found if I do less leaf/more time, it’s more flavourful and definitely sweeter. That sounded scientific, right? Obviously, I just forgot I even had the pitcher in there last time around. But hey, that’s how we got champagne! (I know, I know, it’s just …
Inachevée de Constantinople – Theodor
The remainder of this sample was just enough for a pitcher of cold-steeped tea. As expected, this worked quite well chilled. It lost a surprising amount of the apple/date character of the hot tea, but it gained some floral notes, and, most surprisingly of all, a peppery aftertaste which was very nice. [Sample from Y …