Everyday I bring my cold brew to school, I have a friend who excitedly asks “is that a teapop?” since she has never heard of them so she is curious. Today I decided to bring a teapop to show her what it is but I took a lazy route and cold brewed it. Since cold brewing in the carbonated water directly didn’t turn out so great and I am too lazy to wake up earlier to brew tea, I decided to cold brew 4 tsps in 8 oz of water and then top off the strained tea with the perrier in the morning. That actually worked though using a plastic water bottle wasn’t the best idea since the pressure built inside (don’t worry, it didn’t explode) and the bottom bubbled so it kept rolling around the desk.
As for this as a tea pop, for one thing, it was a lovely color (think dusty rose with a bit of sparkle). Unfortunately, lovely color doesn’t mean lovely taste. I found it to be too sweet brewed this way. Granted, a tea like this is bound to be sweet but it was just too much. Something about the tea pop just emphasized the coconut which thankfully was not lotion-y but still a bit much. Luckily I have 85g of it so I can continue to experiment. I will hold off on ratings until I do so.