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My New Aquarium

I bought the large IngenuiTea and started using it to make cold tea by the Cold Water Method. Whenever I open the refrigerator during the first few hours, I'm slow closing the door because I get captivated by the leaves floating around. It's very soothing, just like an aquarium, but I'm getting concerned about my electric bill because I've been keeping the door open so much, not to mention what the rising temperature's doing to my food.

Yes, any clear pitcher or other container would do as well. I just never thought about trying the Cold Water Method before:

  1. Measure tea and water into container - I'm using 1 tsp per 8 oz.
  2. Set container in refrigerator overnight or for at least 6 hours
  3. Strain
  4. Enjoy clear, refreshing, cold tea.

So far, I've tried decaf Darjeeling (the most active), decaf green, decaf black w/ apricot, and decaf sencha w/apricot (this left a lot of tiny leaf pieces to clean out - not easy), and all were excellent.

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Bluesea
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So iced tea basically.

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Falky foo

Without the ice.

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Bluesea

Oolong has been good for this in my experience Bluesea. Enjoy. :)

Melinda

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Melinda

iced oolong? hmm.. how about iced pu?

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Falky foo

Haven't tried iced pu now that you mention it Falky...if I do I'll let ya know. :)

Melinda

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Melinda

Brew it for the first hour on the windowsill. Then it's called sun tea. Or brew it anywhere in Texas, and it's called Texas tea. A quart jar will do for a container. I've done this with penny a teaspoon black tea and a number of herbal teas; they uniformly turn out well. Toci

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toci

I forgot - I've also done gunpowder.

Speaking of oolong...

I received a sample of the #611 organic oolong from SpecialTeas the week before last and there was a distinctly fishy aroma and flavor to it. Is that weird or what? I'm wondering if they might have used fish fertilizer because I can't see tea being grown or dried around fish.

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Bluesea

I know this is an older post, but when you mentioned the fishy thing bluesea, it reminded me of my first experience with pu. It was some aged liu an from Imperial Tea Court. I found it had a very distinct day-old-fish smell I just couldn't get past. It tasted like forrest loam, but that fish smell, ew. I found that very odd especially since I've seen it refered to as a good tea on RFDT ( I think it was here anyway...) Fortunetly, when I asked all you friendly folks, I got some good suggestions, and I went to Jing tea shop, and got something that tastes (and smells) better. Marlene

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Marlene Wood

After awhile, I remembered that a friend's into organic green teas so I emailed him and asked. It was new to him, too, so he wasn't able to provide the reason.

It ain't no beeg t'ing, though, since oolong in general isn't my cup of tea; I just try some every once in a while to see if my taste's changed like it has for some other food/drink items. In this case, it hasn't.

I appreciate your reply - it's nice to know that I'm not the only one to whom it's happened.

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Bluesea

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