Seeing as it getting rather torrid, thought I would make another batch of Iced Tea, but Black instead of Green this time.
Anyone have a preferred type of Chilled Black Tea?
I am thinking, Assam, Ceylon, or Golden Yunnan, although Keemun might be good too.
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Of course, my favorite is Red Rose tea bags for iced tea, but most any black tea works fine in my book. I do tend to stay away from the smoky ones, so if your Keemun is like that, it wouldn't be my favorite. I tried a whole pitcher of Lapsang one time and it was just terrible for my tastes as iced tea- although it's one of my favorite hot teas.
A typical English Breakfast blend works well too.
EW
A typical English Breakfast blend works well too.
EW
Lots of times, I make black iced tea with odds and ends thrown together to make my own blend. I like Irish Breakfast blend iced very much, too. Lately, though, I am favoring iced oolongs the most... my preferred iced teas the last 2 weeks have been peach oolong/peach white combo or iced osmanthus oolong.
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You're right, a good Ceylon makes an excellent Iced Tea. I went with Ceylon Koslanda Estate OP Organic blended with SpecialTeas House Assam. Turned out pretty awesome.Chip wrote:I like to use high grown Ceylon as the base usually because it is perfect and cost effective for iced tea.
That reminds me, last year In Pursuit of Tea had a fantastic Ceylon, best Ceylon I've ever tasted. I just know this because they served it at an Organic restaurant called Blue Hill located on the Rockefeller Estate. But alas I haven't been able to find out which IPOT Ceylon it was, and last time I got Ceylon from IPOT it was nothing special. Oh well, maybe I will email them and see if they will divulge the info...
