(Not So Scientific) Experiment: Brewing Tea in a Pressurized Portafilter
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2015
- In this (not so scientific) Experiment Brendan and Gail look at the possibility to brewing tea in a pressurized portafilter.
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I make my Tea all the time this way......
It depends on type of tea used, and I do not pre-grind my tea. Leaf/Flower/Green Dragon teas of this nature absorb and expand...but....course/stem/bark/Valeria root is very hard and will not absorb well these must long steep. I do use less leaf tea without sacrifice to flavor or strength in the Expresso machine (Delonghi). The Expresso will pull more flavor at less volume and tea used, under pressure it acts as a stripper rather than a steep. I do preheat the basket (with leaves in) with a small 1/8 shot of hot water prior to pulling my double shot tea....this allows expansion of the course leaf and settling in the basket at 15 bars+ when I pull the Double shot. The pressure does strip the flavors without harsh or weakness at less tea weight, yet overfilling with expansion does indeed over pressure my system as your did. Channeling is not an issue such as coffee grind with tea, one is a roast stripping oils, the other is saturation (steep) and flow. PREHEATING THE FILTER IS A MUST FOR PROPER TEA....just touch it with water to allow saturation and expansion for 30-45 seconds and than pull the double shot.
Started googling an hour ago about weather one could make tea in a pressured espresso machine, lastly finding your answer, thank you fellow internet-person 🫶🏻
Just tried this with a Breville Infuser making chai tea and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the video!
What’s the recipe ???
Happy New Year! Glad you guys are back!
One of my fav videos ever! Been thinking about experimenting this but somehow left that idea on the back of my head. Those two cups of tea looked really nice - can’t wait to use my espresso machine to do it!
This lady is so wholesome. It made the video so lighthearted.
Was great to see a video about this, I was thinking about testing this, but was really unsure about if the machine could handle it. After watching this though I tried this with my new espresso machine, made an amazing cup of tea. Good to know it's multi functional ;D
It could be good to infuse a normal tea pot on same time to compare flavor.
Did this myself recently with my Barista Express on a lark after getting some black loose leaf. I'm not much of a tea drinker, outside of Lipton bottled sweet tea, but a shot with an unpressurized filter was wildly astringent and acidic, alongside being pretty weak and running fast. A pressurized double shot filter, filled to the max line with loose black unground, done manually with just the pre-infuse to a double shot volume (didn't do any weighing) was pretty good, especially with steamed milk. Came out more like a regular shot with a thin cremá and great colour.
I think the key is not getting too much pressure through resistance from the puck, and instead relying on the pressure created by the filter which isn't all too much. Idk though, I am more of fart smeller than a smart fella when it comes to the technicalities of espresso.
Honestly probably gonna drink more tea in the future now.
Hello Tim Liao, Gail said the tea did not taste bitter, even when ground up. ~ Sarah
I googled brewing tea in pressurised espresso machine hhahaha . And saw Gail's video . Yayy!! Why am i still smiling
The ground tea can be tamped.
They forgot to tell us was it pressurized cup or not ?
This is really neat, I would be interested in seeing another video doing a wider range of experimenting and comparison with traditional tea brewing. You should try tamping the tea like how you do for espresso
It would have been interesting to see the difference in crema produced by the black tea you used and the Red Espresso brand roobois tea specifically produced for use with an espresso machine.
Also, would like to see the results of making milk based espresso type drinks.
Hello nwarkyss, Good point (to use tea specifically produced for use in an espresso machine)! We'll keep that in mind for next time. :-) As far as the results of making milk based espresso drinks using the machine featured (Saeco Via Venezia), check out our crew review on that particular machine: ua-cam.com/video/pg3-5RZhhQw/v-deo.html. ~ Sarah
Would it damage my machine? I have Breville 870xl and I like tea and would love to do it
Has anybody tried pulling a shot of tea espresso? Is it possible to have the characteristics of the bold, bitter, and possibly smoky flavors of traditional coffee bean espresso but have flavors of the tea itself?
On your saeco machines does your portafilter fight to get on the head , just returned a poemia yesterday cause it was grinding to twist on and if i put at all a double shot in it would not twist on ... Is that normal ?
I came looking to see if anyone tried putting macha tea powder in there instead of coffee, wanna try it.
Have you try it yet🤣
I think you’d burn the matcha and it would be bitter
The matcha is very fine and could clog the filter, also the flavor and benefits come from ingesting the matcha powder, not filtering out.
I so wanted to try this. Thanks for the video
It just seem like it was too much tea. Didn't the ground up tea taste bitter?
I used to do this with my krups espresso machine. You can use the same puck twice with tea.
YEAH!!! AT LAST!! ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN!!! THANKS!!!
Is this also possible with fine ground matcha or other herbs?
Too much tea! I use a flat tea spoon per cup. Using Krups Xp53xxx. The taste is more intense, but I just love it... a funny detail is that since I started doing tea this way, I started using less sugar, because of extracting more different flavours.
You might have had better results by allowing the tea leaves room to expand, but thanks for making the video. Very informative. :)
But, its pressurised though ;-;
I was just wondering if it was bitter at all. I would also like to know, as another commenter does, how that compares to a cup brewed normally in a teapot. Thanks for another good video!
Hello mrhodes702, I spoke with Gail and she said she does not remember the tea being bitter when she tasted it and that it was a decent cup of tea. Depending on how you normally brew tea, it could be about the same or not as good as when you might brew it in a teapot. If you normally brew your tea using the very specific temperatures that some teas list on their packaging then brewing with this machine might not taste as good since you cannot control the brewing/steeping temperature. ~ Sarah
wheres the tamper?
So, different teas should steep at different temperatures and times. Could one adjus the machine to make the "correct" amount of steeping or temperature, even as it pushes it through?
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You would need to grind the tea much finer
Did you guys happen to try the respective teas traditionally brewed for quality comparison?
I'm extremely interested in this technique but am also very skeptical about the taste quality.
When I tried I got a very rich and good flavour, one of the best cups of tea I've had. I used the tea from a cut-open Pukka tea-bag and ran a double shot amount of water through. I didn't tweak any settings after doing coffee shots when I switched to tea leaves.
I believe you could get the same flavour brewing the tea the traditional way, but it's very consistent using the espresso machine, kinda results in a perfect cup each time, and you can tweak the temperature and strength easily. The key factor is how easy it is and the end result is consistent and good in my tests.
@@jex8885 tbh you don't even need to cut the teabag open
was searching for this, nice one!!
Try using matcha, please?
Use the tamper, guys!
Asked my gf as a joke to make the tea in our new espresso machine and sure enough here this video is... Lmao
Can I grind in an electric coffee grinder?
To maximise the positive health benefits, (mostly antioxidants) tea needs to be brewed for 3 to 5 minutes to draw out the tannins. Cool to see what happened and glad they did that with their machine
The pressure probably accelerates the brewing process
I find this really makes sense when making London fogs.
If at 2:36 she said pot it think it might be possible. You would have to have some kind of fat for the product to bind to though. Having a fat that would last with the flower and not just melt would be ideal.
Oh I've wondered about this since 09! Fascinating! Try Matcha tea next, pleeeeeease? 😃 🥬🥬
How about doing this with one of those cocoa drinks? Also bring Brendan back if he's still with SCG. Love him!
Hot chocolate would become gooey and would burn while trying to clean, wouldn't be worth the trouble
"Ch-cheelon" omg you guys
I randomly did this One day and it was the best tea ever had!
Cool/interesting video. Sadly chewing gum on 'tv' never looks good..
:) Maybe you can do it with green tea. Have you tried, I wonder?
+OYTUN ORAL We haven't tried it. But can't imagine why it wouldn't work!
How about matcha??? Expensive, but worth it for the experiment!
Green tea should not be brewed above 160 F so this is a very bad idea...
Do this with sleepy tea?? Has Anybody tried that? Seems almost like this method might make the tea effect stronger possibly.. hmm I’ll have to try
We have not, but there's a first time for everything!
i got another substance we can try in there
i love gail!
Try it maybe with drinking chocolate 😆 but in the Breville portifilter
I think a good name for this would be "Espresso sinensis"
Try some mary-ja-juana....6 years later.
Hot Kool-Aid!
for the days when you just want to have a nice warm drink with the cult
gail is always right..
so Gale, how did it work when you stuffed the portafilter full of weed? lmfao. we all know that's what you're talking about!
lol brilliant idea! marry me gail
Put some bloody milk in your tea for Gods sake!
more like "you're obnoxious you're obnoxious you're obnoxious"