My fiance hates hot drinks, but enjoys iced tea, so when Teavana had their Heavenly Sale, I picked up a bunch of herbal teas to cold brew for us. I also picked up a French press from a restaurant supply store to cold brew in. This is the first tea I tried cold brewed.
Unfortunately, in my excitement to try out my new tea and new toy, I put in a tablespoon more dry leaf than I should have. The first steep was only a few hours but it was STRONG. The tea was still fruity, but had a suckerpunch of bitter-almost-sour flavor to it that was begging for sweetener. Despite this, my fiance and I both really enjoyed it. I reused the leaves for another steep — maybe 18 hours in my fridge. This went into our canteens this morning with some agave and the bitter-sour punch is gone! It’s like a fruity pastry now — I’m getting quite a lot of sweet baked good flavor with fruit notes in the background. Yum!
