Green tea

[Elmer]

My wife brought home a bottle of green tea aperitif that she loved.
She also likes green tea.
So I am going to experiment with green tea wine.
The recipe below was taken from Jack Keller, but altered. Any feed back is appreciated, otherwise I will post my progress:

19 teabags of Green Tea
1/3 cup chopped raisins
1 oz honey 2 lbs granulated sugar
zest & juice of 2 small lemons
4 cups of sugar
water to 1 gallon
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp energizer
1 pkt wine yeast (lalvin 1118)

Boiled 1 cup of water, added 1 cup of sugar.
Added very warm water to Ingredients (over tea bags)
Sg to 1.080

 

[Elmer]

Racked at 1.010 ( I know a little late, but been busy)

Took a taste and I am not sure what it tastes like.
I will let it age and add some sugar in a few weeks/months

 

[hardisky2]

Elmer how did this green tea wine turn out I'm thinking of making a batch

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[Elmer]

Elmer how did this green tea wine turn out I'm thinking of making a batch

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To be honest, It has been sitting in a bottle on the shelf since I bottled on 10/25/2013.

I keep meaning to bust open a bottle and give it a try, but a little voice tells me to let it age a while longer!

I hope to try one in the next month or so!
By May at very latest!

 

[Scott]

What does it look like cleared? Sounds interesting

 

[Elmer]

What does it look like cleared? Sounds interesting

I dont think I took any pictures before I bottled, but it has the same greenish color as any green tea drink!

 

[hardisky2]

Please keep me updated my wife seen I asked about it and she wants me to make a batch but if it does turn out well I'd like to know b4 I start I've made 8 different batches of wine so far and the only one I liked was my blackberry wine

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[Elmer]

So I gave this batch a taste after about aging for close to six months, or more.
Best way I can describe just wanted is it is Green tea with honey. At first taste you get a strong sense of green tea then it's followed by a slight touch of honey and it goes away quickly then there's alcohol aftertaste.
I have two bottles left trying to figure out who I can give them to. I just don't see this as a type of wine sit around and casually drank


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[hardisky2]

Elmer that is awesome I'm excited to start a batch of it myself I like green tea and I love alcohol so I see this working

 

[hardisky2]

I thought I'd send you a picture today we hit the secondary I followed ur recipe but I doubled it