2 DAVIDsTEA perfect spoons, 500mL water at 175F (“Green” button on my kettle), in my Steeper, and poured over ice!
Omg, am I ever impressed, it tastes just like the sample I had in the store! I often find when I make iced teas at home they come out way weaker and less impressive than I remember from buying iced tea at DT, so I’m pretty happy right now.
I get a lovely smooth lime with just a hint of vanilla creaminess, it’s lovely. I don’t get a really “green” flavour, which I’m glad of because I’m usually not a fan of green teas.
I’m finding I actually like it better just cool/lukewarm rather than iced. As I cool it off, it’s getting quite weak – probably would’ve been better off making a pitcher and chilling it rather than pouring it over ice.
Flavors: Cream, Creamy, Lime, Smooth, Sweet, Vanilla
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For the longest time whenever I would make lattes at home I would always wonder why they never tasted as good as when I would be at DAVIDs. About a year ago I found out that you needed to brew it 4x the strength and that solved the problem. For iced teas I usually do cold brews in the fridge in 2L pitchers since I never have ice to make then right away, lol.
@Kristal, I totally agree! Although you have to be careful with certain ones – DEFINITELY don’t 4x the black or pu’erh teas, YUCK (I just used 4 “perfect spoons” of Juicy Orange and ended up pouring it down the sink. I used half my bottle of agave, there was no saving that tea)
I’ve used my pitcher once, and never really ended up drinking the tea, so it kinda went weird… Plus we never seem to have enough room in the fridge. Once I finally got “The Steeper”, I started making more iced tea.
I’m not even sure I know how to do a cold brew…
Just brewed this again, 2 perfect spoons, ~500ml, 5 mins….and it didn’t come out as nice as when I posted this. Tasted way more green this time
For the longest time whenever I would make lattes at home I would always wonder why they never tasted as good as when I would be at DAVIDs. About a year ago I found out that you needed to brew it 4x the strength and that solved the problem. For iced teas I usually do cold brews in the fridge in 2L pitchers since I never have ice to make then right away, lol.
@Kristal, I totally agree! Although you have to be careful with certain ones – DEFINITELY don’t 4x the black or pu’erh teas, YUCK (I just used 4 “perfect spoons” of Juicy Orange and ended up pouring it down the sink. I used half my bottle of agave, there was no saving that tea)
I’ve used my pitcher once, and never really ended up drinking the tea, so it kinda went weird… Plus we never seem to have enough room in the fridge. Once I finally got “The Steeper”, I started making more iced tea.
I’m not even sure I know how to do a cold brew…
Just brewed this again, 2 perfect spoons, ~500ml, 5 mins….and it didn’t come out as nice as when I posted this. Tasted way more green this time