As a certifiable tea addict, this is my dream - to be able to get my hands on fresh tea leaves and make my own teas from scratch. Add whatever flavors I feel like and just experiment. You're living the dream, dude! ^^
It looks like you might have made white tea, also from the same plant, but even less processed than green tea. I’m making this guess from the size of the leaves you used and the color of the resulting brew
Unrelated I thought of you when I saw an article titled "Centuries-old bottles of cherries unearthed at George Washington’s home" The cherries were soggy, but intact. They also said in the article that there used to be a drink called "Cherry Bounce" made with brandy, spices, sugar and cherry juice. I wonder if you could make a cherry bounce!
2 tips for brewing green tea (well 1 for green specifically and 1 for any whole leaf tea in general). For green tea using Water that is just below 80°C/175°F works best, but each harvest is always differentt, what you use to make the tea can be different, and everybodies taste is different. So play around with the temp and steep times. See what you like best For all whole leaf tea, pour the 1st steep out. This is called the wash because the tea leaves haven't opened all the way from the heat, so the color, flavor, and aroma is much lighter, and it often contains stuff that makes the tea have a bitter taste to it. Wait about 15 seconds after you pour out the wash to let the leaves open up and then add in the next steep. Each steep only needs about 15-30 seconds. You'll notice the 2nd steep has way more color, aroma, and taste than the first. You can keep resteeping and do kind of a flight of steeps, but with green tea I typically only get 2 good steeps after the wash. Black/red tea gives a lot more and the flavor and aroma changes between each steep.
Can you just fully dehydrate the leaves after steaming them?? since green tea taste mostly vegetal, i'm curious whether there would be any difference between this and the normal one.. Unless that the flavour is kind off "heat activated" and the temperature of dehydrator is not high enough to do so 🤔🤔
If you were joshua weissman you would’ve said yours was better lol. But fr though that tea looked so good to me, i like mine more fragrant than flavored
Let me take you to the promised land, you and I, together we stand. Let me guide you to tomorrow, let me free you from the sorrow. Let me take you to a place I know, soul to soul, baby it shows Let me free you from the sorrow, let me guide you to tomorrow.
As a certifiable tea addict, this is my dream - to be able to get my hands on fresh tea leaves and make my own teas from scratch. Add whatever flavors I feel like and just experiment. You're living the dream, dude! ^^
This is a pretty cool process to see done in a private kitchen!
Would love to see a black tea one! Also, given your interest in fermentation, maybe a puerh?
He'd need a whole aging setup if raw, and I know a couple people who did cooked at home: hospital. Probably better to stick to the unfermented ones
Keep growing, experimenting and having fun!
It looks like you might have made white tea, also from the same plant, but even less processed than green tea. I’m making this guess from the size of the leaves you used and the color of the resulting brew
One of the best chefs i know🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
Maybe try hojicha! Here in Utah it's hard to find good loose leaf tea that isn't crazy expensive, so I roast the cheap stuff in my oven
Super neat! Never seen it being made before, despite drinking liters of it
This is so interesting! I wonder what the raw/unprocessed tea leaves taste like
Unrelated I thought of you when I saw an article titled "Centuries-old bottles of cherries unearthed at George Washington’s home"
The cherries were soggy, but intact. They also said in the article that there used to be a drink called "Cherry Bounce" made with brandy, spices, sugar and cherry juice. I wonder if you could make a cherry bounce!
2 tips for brewing green tea (well 1 for green specifically and 1 for any whole leaf tea in general).
For green tea using Water that is just below 80°C/175°F works best, but each harvest is always differentt, what you use to make the tea can be different, and everybodies taste is different. So play around with the temp and steep times. See what you like best
For all whole leaf tea, pour the 1st steep out. This is called the wash because the tea leaves haven't opened all the way from the heat, so the color, flavor, and aroma is much lighter, and it often contains stuff that makes the tea have a bitter taste to it. Wait about 15 seconds after you pour out the wash to let the leaves open up and then add in the next steep. Each steep only needs about 15-30 seconds. You'll notice the 2nd steep has way more color, aroma, and taste than the first. You can keep resteeping and do kind of a flight of steeps, but with green tea I typically only get 2 good steeps after the wash. Black/red tea gives a lot more and the flavor and aroma changes between each steep.
Also you can make some good cold brew tea with the 3rd steep.
Can you just fully dehydrate the leaves after steaming them?? since green tea taste mostly vegetal, i'm curious whether there would be any difference between this and the normal one.. Unless that the flavour is kind off "heat activated" and the temperature of dehydrator is not high enough to do so 🤔🤔
If you were joshua weissman you would’ve said yours was better lol. But fr though that tea looked so good to me, i like mine more fragrant than flavored
Hi that is great way for making tea and how are you and your family to by robert
Let me take you to the promised land,
you and I, together we stand.
Let me guide you to tomorrow,
let me free you from the sorrow.
Let me take you to a place I know,
soul to soul, baby it shows
Let me free you from the sorrow,
let me guide you to tomorrow.