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Tea

  • Cold Brew Iced Teas

    This is a remarkably simple recipe for making some rather stunning iced teas. Personally, I serve my iced teas like wine in beautiful glasses, without ice, so they don't dilute and become watery at the bottom. A drink this good deserves to be sipped with delight like a fine wine. And like fine wine, these teas need nothing added. No sugar. No fruit. No flavourings. Nothing. Making them calorie-free and utterly delicious. 


    For the perfect iced tea recipes, I recommend a cold extraction - infusing the tea in cold water overnight. This brings out the most nuanced and elegant notes and is completely flavour-stable (in the refrigerator) for 3-4 days. Conversely, a hot infusion is quicker to make but oxidizes and deteriorates rapidly, and is far more bitter, and needs sweetening. 

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