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We used a sencha flavoured with banana, mango, melon, etc: https://tea.gr/eshop/caribbean-cocktail/ We left about two tablespoons of tea in 300ml of room temperature water for maybe an hour, then bought a bottle of cold water, emptied 300ml from it, and put the concentrate in. Very tasty and refreshing. Our plastic jug is old and has a lot of salt stains unfortunately, sorry for this.
Normally it takes two gaiwan-fuls to fill my mug. This time I brewed it both times with a bit less water, then cooled it down a bit by using another mug (pour it from one mug into the other, rinse the now empty mug with tap water, repeat), and at the end I topped it up with ice cubes. Using this oolong: https://yunnansourcing.com/products/imperial-jin-guan-yin-aaa-grade-anxi-oolong-tea As is the case for every cold tea, it tends to conceal a bit its more delicate flavours. However, this tea's aftertaste is thick and sweet with some milky flavours, so this is retained very well in the end result. The astringency is a bit more pronounced in the cold version, but it essentially goes from non-existent to very mild, so that's not a problem. Unfortunately I have to use a Mighty Mug when drinking next to the computer, in order to prevent spilling (I've had to change a laptop keyboard because of this), so you can't see the colour of the tea. I tried uploading pictures, but the server is giving out errors, so you can view them here: https://toot.cat/@vivia/110666587179203337
As there's no other post yet, let's start here with today's tea. Already the 14th brewing so it's a bit light, but still has a nice, full taste.