I’ve been drinking iced Earl Grey with no sweetener for years. How do you do your brew?

  • nayminlwin@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    I mostly drink Shan tea which has added toasted sticky rice flavour and a very strong black tea with milk and sugar, the way indians introduced back in colonial time.

    Shan tea is simple. Just put it in a flask with hot water, wait a bit and drink slowly.

    Black tea with milk has to be brewed hard though. Tannins are part of the flavour. I personally brew for about 15 to 30 mins. Actual tea stalls brew much longer, like hours long. Also tea leaves to water ratio is quite low as well. The tea needs to be fairly tart. Then we add evaporated milk and sweetener. A serving should be quite small because the tea is strong. May be around 100-150ml.