How to Make Homemade Flash Chilled Iced Tea
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2016
- Don and Tracie taste the unique Ruby Black tea and then Don shows how to make a flash chilled homemade iced tea.
To taste Ruby Black: chinalifeweb.com/shop/product/...
Temperatures: 90 = 195 Fahrenheit, 95 = 203 Fahrenheit
To find out more about Tracie: www.elementalresonance.com/
Using the plum jam reminds me of my dad telling me that it is quite common in Russia to sweeten black tea with different jams and fruit preserves.
This may sound strange but I'd love to hear more about you Don. I know it's a tea Chanel but perhaps if you had a tea session where you told some stories, talked about things like music interests, talk more about the company and stuff like that:) I've pieced some stuff together but I'm still not too sure haha. I guess you can say I'm a fan! I do get exited when I get a respond comment from you so thank you very much! Thanks for the tea knowledge!!
Hey Joshua,
It's funny because you are the 2nd person to request this kind of video so I guess there is an interest out there. OK I will try to think of a tea session that can neatly give a little of my background while not boring anyone who is there for tea knowledge! Already thinking of a tea to suit the conversation so stay tuned and thanks for writing.
D
I'd love to see more tea pairing ideas! Plum jam and mint? It's an awesome idea that I would never have thought of on my own.
OK more pairings on their way!
For hot weather it helps to drink *warm* tea! Sounds strange but it is helping.
With cold drinks the body needs to heat them up to body temperature and the body is switching from cooling to heating. After a short refreshment you will feel the heat.
Very nice episode. Thanks for this instruction on how to make proper ice-t
lovely video! your information is so beneficial. thank you.
Don, that was fancyly nice!😉 I'm sure it's going to be a hit! 🙆😋 ...loved Tracy❣🙏✨
Thanks!
Black tea is my favorite!
I loved this👍.
I love all tea including ice tea.
Keep these coming! I am with you love learning about the different teas and how best to serve them.
I guess I am another tea head😏👍.
So I'm a coffee snob at heart, but I'm curious about tea and slowly learning to love it. I work in a specialty, third-wave coffeeshop. One of the things we learn about coffee is strength vs. extraction, where strength is a ratio of dissolved coffee to water, and extraction is whether the coffee is sour, balanced, or bitter. When flash brewing coffee, we up the amount of coffee so there is more coffee to less water meaning a stronger product to compensate for the dilution of ice. And what this does is keep the extraction level of the coffee relatively the same while increasing the strength of the brew.
I'm not sure if this principle can be applied to tea, but I'd be surprised if that's not the case!
That's the barista in me, and the bartender in me says using ice cubes from a mold and stirring the cocktail rather than shaking reduces the amount of dilution while still being able to chill the drink resulting in a stronger tea from a more efficient process.
Not sure if I'm over-stepping my bounds, but this video has me a signature drink of an idea. 😎
Cheers!
+J5G10 thanks for your contribution and I agree that the principles should be the same between coffee and tea. We will try out the stirring vs shaking and please share any signature drinks you create!
I used to belong to the Orlando Herb Society. One year they invited a chef from Disney for the banquet. One of the things he made for us was a sherbet (sorbet?) with an herb tea blend. It was amazing. So..what about a *good* tea sherbet? Maybe, say..a Dan Cong oolong, with a trace of honey to play up the honey notes in the tea? Or even peach juice? It seems to me it'd be really easy, and a very sophisticated, refreshing treat.
damn... I need one now!
Try making one with whatever tea you have but consider the match between the fruit and the tea.
the cold drink sounds really weird!!! So I am not sure if it is really nice until trying it hahaha. but it was entertaining and informative as always. Thanks and hope to speak to you guys at the shop one day :)
Try it Lain!
I do almost the same thing but I start with half the water at normal temperature and then I add the rest of the water at room temperature and let it brew. I think that way it needs less ice to cool it down so it dilutes less.
Really, cool using jam and cocktail shakers for ice tea, I never thought of that ... Something to try! Do you generally use black teas for ice tea? I myself usually go for a green tea, though I have used black as well.
We make iced tea with all sorts of tea but when combining with other flavours we find that darker teas are easier to get a good balance of flavours. We make some delicious green iced tea too but you have to be clever when adding fruit or spices so that the tea taste is not overpowered by other flavours.
FUN!!
What's your take in Darjeeling tea? I really like it and it seems to be referred as the champagne of the teas but I haven't heard many tea connoisseurs really talk about it
We love a good Darjeeling and we are searching for farmers.
Could I just brew the tea directly in a shaker, add the ice, shake and serve ?
As I'm enjoying your company on youtube, hitting my WW Juanito, I found a new way for you to hit an other +100.000 views.. It was all long under our noses... The herbs in our gardens.. I know it has a different theme, but there are A LOT of gardening teaheads out there! With your knowledge you can find a couple of great tea types everybody could grow in- or outdoors.. People still will want to buy Your teas just to taste the professional growth as comparison to their yields meanwhile you will get extra exposure! Thank me later for the tip! Let me know something when you're visiting Belgium! :)
I am an avid black tea drinker. Definitely was before started ordering from you. The thing is I suddenly don't get the kick from the black teas. For instance I like Yuan Black more than Ruby Black. The latter tastes like a cultivated one. This is not criticism. Justice's suddenly realised how much I can distinct in taste of different teas. I actually had to check after 1st sip do I mean what I taste and suddenly have to reconsider what is that what I like. I don't rule out I like wild, naturally grown tea cultivars than man-made. This expands beyond black teas. This is one of reasons I started to contemplate on Gong Fu style as with a good teas starting to realize something is at miss. Usually I'm spot-on at the first impression do I prefer the one I taste. I don't rule out Ruby Black is not for me. Yet at the same time when such highly skilled masters praise it then either I miss smth or have to find ways to achieve that level. I guess it's called natural progress ;) P.S. Liked a lot White Gold. P.P.S Do a video on yellow teas.
Hi! First of all we are all students of tea and I am not a master but a Teahead like you! Taste in tea is individual and changes so maybe you will explore the 'wilder' tea roots and maybe one day you will enjoy the simple and clear flavours of less wild tea. I understand completely what you mean about the more 'cultivated' tasting tea vs tea which is more 'traditional'. I have been obsessed with the raw and wild and traditional for the past couple of years and it has been a little while since I did a tasting of Ruby Black. It was refreshing and really enjoyable to taste a tea that has such clear and clean flavours that has been cultivated to express such a flavour profile. So I guess what I am saying is continue to drink what you enjoy and explore, your taste will change on your journey.
+chinalife Tea House I think you got the point - the more you drink the more you discover differences. As my kid said - never knew teas beside black can taste so good.
+chinalife Tea House Regarding my 'complaint' on Ruby Black I just discovered that I was expecting every black tea to taste like Black Yunnan Tuo. It's as suddenly discovering the tea you have been used to is like a brigade of German panzer going down the throat (Don't mention the war joke) and on the way to nach Moskau (the Nach Warsaw joke) you not necessarily have to go in one sweep inside greasy, clogged engine filters, hull full of diesel fumes, but more mellow options available including pitstops and hints of evenings on sunset in flavor profile. I guess it's the journey. Put in other words - evolution to become an evolved human being :D Was Black Yunnan Tuo the one you adivsed to use on avid coffee drinkers in efforts to convert into a tea worshiper? ;) P.S. I don't drink coffee. Never had in my life.
As a remark - the German panzer reference was for tea bags or tea dust. I love to bits Black Yunnan Tuo. :)
I'm not one for sweet teas, so I was wondering if the added jam makes it very sweet?
No not that sweet actually but of course you can reduce quantity. We prefer the iced tea to be completely unsweetened or sweetened to right level otherwise it can taste weak if you go in between. Honestly this is very balanced and refreshing and we would recommend trying.
Hey Don! I have a question, how would you describe fermentation process?
Fermentation is the change that occurs due to microbial activity (bacteria and fungal). It should not be confused with Oxidation which is the compounds combining with oxygen.
what kinda music did you DJ? and what kind of parties did you promote
All sorts but I was mostly booked as a breaks, Drum n Bass and reggae/funk DJ although the record collection is much more diverse.
Drum n Bass!!!! that is great!!! :D
So that's why after I brush my teeth after drinking tea, my tongue is a stained color. lol I drink all kinds of tea though, as long as it has caffeine in it. XD That and sound can have very healing effects. I have bad motion sickness there's one song I play that helps to calm that. I think it's the repetitive beat that helps. Also, never thought to use that to make iced tea, I might actually get use out of mine now. lol I keep thinking I'm going to make a cocktail but then don't... It's so much of a bother when I can just open up a wine bottle and the wine is already there. I have 5 liquor bottles, unopened thinking one day I'm going to drink them. I'm sure that they are aged quite well by now. lolz But like you to the store they have it on sale and you think, maybe? I can't be the only one like that right?
DJ Don 😎
I wasn't going to pass comment on that one but lol
:)
Very sad that black tea isn't as popular as other types. It is my tea of choice when doing Iced tea, it is really popular here in the South (Southern US)
Never heard of red tea. What sort of black tea do you suggest for iced tea?
..srsly?
Any tea which is strong and can hold up against other flavours. Keemun, ruby black and fujian black teas are our favourites.
Do you season clay teapots?
Yes! To learn how to season your pot watch this video: czcams.com/video/J-I9oGLslOo/video.html
Where did you get that beautiful beige/yellow pot? Is it a Yi Xing pot?
Yes it is a Yixing which I bought in China.
I love Tracie's necklace! Is it a certain brand/artist who made it? :)
We will ask and reply to you.
Funnily I think my order of preference at this stage goes Red, green, Puerh then Oolong.
Nice order!
By Red you mean rooibos?
In the west we call it Black tea, but its really known as Red Tea in China... and being the purist tea snob that I am I prefer to call it Red X-D
Black tea is overlooked - yes! I've been looking for good tasting black tea and it's quite a challenge, because mid level shops don't have them, and high level shops usually sell pu-erh or green teas, while overlooking the black tea. It comes to a point now, that the people I visit don't have the simplest black tea, but have stuff like yerba mate or matcha, plus their favorite green or pu-erh. Ridiculous, right?
I brew my Reds like I brew my greens
Interesting, we like to brew the small leaf reds/blacks similar to a green tea.
maybe hair spray so your not touching your head and then the tea leaves
I don't know why but I just don't like cold tea. It has something that I just don't like
Sry mate i tryed and tryed every way that you sayd about tea ... but it cant compare whit herbal tea. The linden and camomile destroy black tea in my taste. I was so interested and enthusiastic by the black tea and so deasapointed at the end.
What tea did you try?
Ian Buchanan oolong i ting was the name, some kind of white british tea in a sashe and turkish black tea.
nonononono. Get loose leaf from Chinalife, if you like black then get Bulang or Ruby black (I recommend Bulang any day of the week). You've tried an inferior black tea.Not all tea is created equal
Ian Buchanan Now thats my problem, i am not from US, i am from country that tea is rare and a delivery from US will hit me like 60$. :D The one that i had found is this Oolong Sechong.There are more Keetip, Fujian, Yunnan, Pu-Er bio, Darjeeling, Cingalese, Oolong/milky, Wuyi, Keelan/, Green, white, fruit, Reibos&honeybush, herb. And those are all. :D
+varsam yeah I understand that, although Meileaf or Chinalife is actually UK based. I'm sure They can help point you in the right direction
23 + minutes to make ice tea?