After the success of the Tropical Splash iced tea I made, I really found myself wanting more iced tea and I remembered how tasty and fruity this was even when hot. I know it’s January but maybe if I keep icing tea summer will come faster. These are things I tell myself.
Anyway, I did my usual boil 1/2 gallon water, steeped 4 tbsp. tea at below parameters and sweetened with my normal amount of sweetener for an iced tea (1/4 cup sugar, which amounts to about 1/2 tsp. per cup).
I still really smell an underlying banana-ness to the peach but I like that. Normally banana kind of overwhelms any other flavor and so it’s nice to see it tempered a bit with the juicy, sweet peach notes at the forefront. This is the juiciest peach I have ever smelled, too. I said this in my previous note but it really makes me want a fresh one. Or a couple of fresh ones, to make a pie out of…
Anyway, I let it chill overnight to have the flavors settle and GAH. Peach juice, with a nice added astringency from the hops so you get that sweet peach and also a tart note that you sometimes have with an unripe one. The tea itself has a pleasant nectary consistency that makes me sad only because I imagine that will mean I finish my ounce of this far too soon.
Liquid summer, guys. That’s what this is. The best peach tea I’ve tasted.
Sounds nice!!