I did a short western brew to reduce caffeine content. I know this isn’t the proper method but I didn’t have time to steep it properly if I wanted to take it with me this morning.
15 second rinse in cold water, 12 second steep in hot water (boiling)
The liquid is a medium amber colour and smells very strongly like honey and light fermentation.
It does not taste super sweet like I expected, more like fermentation with a strong “tea” flavour characteristic of strong white or black teas. It does have a bit of the honey flavour (but without the sweetness) which is very nice. The odd thing I noticed is that I found the liquid “spicy” like when you taste vinegar and breath through your nose it is almost “stings” to breath through your nose. I don’t know, maybe my travel mug has soap residue on it or something. I will be trying this again in the future to see if I can get rid of that.
Flavors: Honey, Spicy, Tannin, Tea
