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Making Tea SW Alaska Style
Posted: Jan 16th, '12, 00:57
by Saayuq
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Step 1 Get ice.
Step 2 Melt ice.
Getting the ice to make tea water. It seems like I get a lot more mileage out of my CNNP brick when I use melted river ice than I do when running well water through the Brita filter.
Re: Making Tea SW Alaska Style
Posted: Jan 16th, '12, 01:00
by Chip
Brrrr ... I wish you a warm welcome to TeaChat!
And watch out for the polar bears!
Re: Making Tea SW Alaska Style
Posted: Jan 16th, '12, 08:47
by Drax
Wow, that's really... cool...
Do you have a... what's-it-called... ice house (? usually w/ sawdust?) to keep blocks through summer, too?
Re: Making Tea SW Alaska Style
Posted: Jan 16th, '12, 11:10
by Saayuq
No. For tea we get rain water off the roof. My father-in-law used to get lake water during dry spells, which interestingly enough has that tundra taste of the last infusions of shu straight out of the lake.
We do keep small block ice in the chest freezer for slushing our subsistence fish come summer time.
Re: Making Tea SW Alaska Style
Posted: Jan 16th, '12, 12:04
by BioHorn
Cool post! Thanks for sharing. That slush ice may work well with some shu!?
Please post more photos of you arctic tea adventures!
H.
Re: Making Tea SW Alaska Style
Posted: Jan 17th, '12, 17:02
by teaisme
Ah living the dream in the great american frontier lucky you
Welcome to teachat and stay warm!
Chip wrote:watch out for the polar bears!
+1 don't get eaten
