I make a lot of tea blend meads. I have a black current that is amazing and just bottled a chocolate mint today. There are so many good tea blends and they turn out wonderful.
I made a Moroccan tea mead, with whatever blend of plants they sold me in a market in Marrakech. Some rosehip, some mint and other things. It’s been 8 months or so since I made it and it’s only now starting to mellow out a bit, but still tastes unmistakably like the tea that went into it. Wouldn’t make it again, but with the range of teas out there the possibilities are enormous!
A Rooibos/Clover mead would be great. Rooibos is a sweeter tea I grew up drinking with a teaspoon of honey in it. May have to get this recipe on the go! :)
I've been meaning to try a tea mead. I hear of people getting surprising fruity flavors sometimes. You mentioned the yeast being excited when you add fermaid. Do you think they react so quickly? I always assumed it was the fermaid providing nucleation sites to the CO2 in solution, like mentos in diet coke.
I wonder if I could just make a base batch of mead and then bottle with a teabag and some controls too turn down the flavor if leaving it there too much time is overpowering. I mean, would it make a difference in doing it like that or before fermentation?
Another thing I wonder is if when back-sweetening, does it really make a difference if I use cheap honey for fermentation and some better quality when back-sweetening? I believe if you are not an expert you wouldn't really taste a difference, less so if you add some flavor like the teas in the video or some fruit, or tanning or co2.
I think leaving a tea bag in a container would be too much exposure to a flavor. Backsweetening honey is probably the most tasted honey! I’d use a higher quality kind if you can
This looks great. By reducing the OG could this be keg and carbonated. As I am in Australia I can not get red star yeast. What would be a good substitute.
Sorry to use this space but who could I talk to to get back in the discord server? I got a virus some time ago and got kicked out (fair enough) but now I can't reapply to enter.