Iced Darjeeling
A grown up, unsweetened iced Darjeeling, brewed strong and served clean over ice to show off its wine like muscatel character.
Most iced teas lean sweet, but Darjeeling is the one to drink clean. Its light, wine like muscatel character makes a glass closer to a chilled white wine than to a sugary cordial, which is exactly why it needs no honey, no fruit, nothing. The only trick worth knowing is to brew it strong and chill it before it meets the ice, so the flavour does not wash out as the cubes melt.
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You'll need
- 2 pyramid tea bags of Teapigs Darjeeling
- 200ml freshly drawn water cooled to 90C
- 200ml cold still water
- 1 tall 450ml glass, chilled in the freezer for ten minutes
- Enough cubed ice (about 250g)
- 1 small jug for steeping, 1 saucer for covering
Method
- Boil the kettle and let it stand a minute to come down to around 90C.
- Steep the 2 pyramid bags in 200ml of the cooled water for five minutes under a saucer, then lift them out.
- Cool the brew right down, standing the jug in cold water or chilling it.
- Fill a tall glass with ice and pour the cooled tea over.
- Lengthen with the cold water, easing it down the back of a spoon.
- Tip: a twist of lemon peel, oils squeezed over the glass, is the only addition Darjeeling ever really needs.
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Brewed with: Teapigs Darjeeling, 15 Tea Bags 37.5g
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