RE: [E-Z-Caps] My hard ice tea

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I have had excellent luck with hard ice tea using already sweetened iced tea
(which I make myself using 1 1/2 cups of sugar to a gallon of very strong
tea). I add 1 cup of sugar to the 2-liter bottle along with about a half cup
of apple juice (for added nutrients) then top off with my home made tea. I
Ferment the concoction for 2 weeks. I end up with a high alcohol content tea
that is still quite sweet and flavorful. I start with a pretty strong tea,
not the store bought stuff that tends to be rather weak. Trying the same
thing with a store bought sweet tea ended up in a water-alcohol tasting
mixture that didn't retain the tea flavor much.

I also add lemon juice after fermentation is complete, for added flavor.

One last thing. I ALWAYS use purified bottled water (59 cents a gallon at
Walmart. 1 Gal makes 2 2-liter batches) for any E-Z cap recipe I make. Tap
water can ruin even the best recipe depending on your local water situation.

As for the foam question, you probably won't get much in tea (I don't) but
rest assured it ferments just fine, particularly if you add nutrients like
apple juice. Give the bottle a few easy shakes and watch the fizz come out
of the slit in the E-Z cap if you question whether fermentation is
happening. 15 days should be plenty sufficient.

-----Original Message-----
From: E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com [mailto:E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Dee and Ken
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 6:52 AM
To: E-Z-Caps@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [E-Z-Caps] My hard ice tea

After leaving my tea outside and shaking it up a bit I got a decent
amount of foam going on the surface. It has been 15 days since I
started it. Should I let it keep going? If so for how long?

Ken








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