Sample sipdown #4! I think this will be the last sipdown of the day.
The first time I tried this, I brewed it hot. Now, following the advice of aisling of tea, I decided to coldbrew the last of the dry leaf. I steeped this for abou 5 1/2 hours, which maybe wasn’t long enough, but I was just so eager to have another sipdown that I couldn’t wait.
So, this tea. It’s still very hibiscus-heavy, even after using agave nectar instead of honey to add sweetness and tame the tartness. Also, this time, there’s a bitter undertone I’m detecting that wasn’t there in the hot brew from a few weeks ago. However, it’s still very vanilla-y, and I think the vanilla flavour is even more present now than in the hot version. The lemon and the other fruit flavours, less so.
I’m just going to sip this over the remainder of the evening. This isn’t a restock, I think, but at least I got to try it and also get another sipdown today!
