One great part of my job is that we just did a major
renovation and I got to help open and manage the new restaurant. That in itself
is totally awesome, but one of my favorite parts was picking out new things for
the space. I was put in charge of revamping our tea and iced tea program. I'm
not a big tea drinker, unless it's a venti iced chai from Starbucks, and I
don't think that really counts. So, picking out iced tea was actually kind of
hard.
I reached out to two tea companies, and got some awesome
swag in the process. We ended up going with a great brand, Harney & Sons,
out of New York, but the runner up has a really fun way of making iced tea I
wanted to share.
Tea Forte is a company based out of Concord, MA, with as
much focus on iced tea as they do on the hot loose leaf. They've come up with a
great Tea-Over-Iced process that uses flash-chilling which helps
preserve the flavor. I was lucky enough to receive one of the brewers while
deciding. The Iced tea brewer has two compartments, one for the
tea to brew in, and the second to serve from.
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| Pre-brew! |
I decided to brew White Ginger Pear, which made my apartment
smell delicious! TF describes it: "Rarest Pai Mu Tan white tea is plucked
in early spring from a special varietal tea bush called “chaicha”. Blended with
the sweet taste of juicy orchard fresh pear and the tingle of spicy ginger for
a delicate and delighting infusion."
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| After adding about 24oz of boiling water. |
Pour boiling water over the tea bag in the top, wait 3-5 minutes. I love the little leaf that sticks out =) One it's to your preferred strength, pour over the ice.
Ta-da! Add a little agave syrup and you have one delicious pot of iced tea for two!
You can buy your own here!
*This post is in no way endorsed by Tea Forte, I just loved the blends =)
