Tea question

[EndlessPurple]

I typed in tea into the search and it came back with no matches, so I figured I would start another thread.

I have a 3 gal batch of traditional mead that I would like to add some tea to. I have seen threads on here before about it but I do not remember how much most usually add and if it is just the steeped tea or the leaves as well.

I have a black darjeeling tea I would like to add along with sweet cherries in the secondary. Any advice on how much tea would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Brann_mac_Finnchad]

You can either dry hop the tea (adding in secondary), or brew it and add in at the beginning. Or both.

I would maybe start at 1-2 tablespoons per gallon (I like to add a vanilla black tea to many of my meads)--and remember you can always add more tea if it isn't prominent enough, but it's hard to take the flavours back out. And add it into the secondary in a large teabag type thing, so that it's easier to remove when it's time.

 

[EndlessPurple]

Sounds good. Thanks