How to Make a Basic Tea Mead at Home

[@ravens_rambling]

I used tea for mead twice, once for Hibiscus and another for mixed berry zinger. So far it's Good 😊

[@juliaharbeck774]

I make a lot of tea blend meads. I have a black current that is amazing and just bottled a chocolate mint today. There are so many good tea blends and they turn out wonderful.

[@devincallarman3977]

What flavor /brand of tea did you use for both?

[@CassiopeiaHughes-mh4bt]

I’ve used Thai tea before for both tannin and color, it turns the mead a very vibrant bright orange!

[@ManMadeMead]

That’s awesome!

[@kobiennen2805]

May I have the recipe cuz thats sounds delicious 😋

[@Purelychem]

Thai tea is black tea with vanilla flavor and yellow dye- very good and iconic look

[@tinybadastronaut]

I've been making tea meads for a bit now. My favorite is chamomile :)

[@georgenordahl792]

I made a Moroccan tea mead, with whatever blend of plants they sold me in a market in Marrakech. Some rosehip, some mint and other things. It’s been 8 months or so since I made it and it’s only now starting to mellow out a bit, but still tastes unmistakably like the tea that went into it. Wouldn’t make it again, but with the range of teas out there the possibilities are enormous!

[@Ravenkiwi]

A Rooibos/Clover mead would be great. Rooibos is a sweeter tea I grew up drinking with a teaspoon of honey in it. May have to get this recipe on the go! :)

[@TigerPat_9180]

Really Appreciate Your Video , Thanks ! 🐯🤠

[@PaulXerxen]

Is that the varietal of tea that is rooibos instead of black tea?

[@battle-brotherthiel1563]

Most importantly. Where did you got that horn? I need it

[@ManMadeMead]

I found it on Etsy!

[@hanglow8101]

I would love to see a video on you mixing your 2 favorite yeast together in one batch to see if it makes a better tasting mead. I can't find any videos on the subject of mixing 2 yeast together. Love the videos you make and hope to see more.

[@xander1052]

If you want a stronger tea flavour, loose leaf black tea at near boiling is the way to go.

[@gregvaughntx]

I've been meaning to try a tea mead. I hear of people getting surprising fruity flavors sometimes. You mentioned the yeast being excited when you add fermaid. Do you think they react so quickly? I always assumed it was the fermaid providing nucleation sites to the CO2 in solution, like mentos in diet coke.

[@ManMadeMead]

Generally the brew just puts out CO2 from solution like coke and mentos when you do that. I don't necessarily think the yeast get super excited haha

[@bendthebow]

Earl grey òr lady grey tea might be good

[@Damiancontursi]

I wonder if I could just make a base batch of mead and then bottle with a teabag and some controls too turn down the flavor if leaving it there too much time is overpowering. I mean, would it make a difference in doing it like that or before fermentation?

[@Damiancontursi]

Another thing I wonder is if when back-sweetening, does it really make a difference if I use cheap honey for fermentation and some better quality when back-sweetening? I believe if you are not an expert you wouldn't really taste a difference, less so if you add some flavor like the teas in the video or some fruit, or tanning or co2.

[@ManMadeMead]

I think leaving a tea bag in a container would be too much exposure to a flavor. Backsweetening honey is probably the most tasted honey! I’d use a higher quality kind if you can

[@philired]

This looks great. By reducing the OG could this be keg and carbonated. As I am in Australia I can not get red star yeast. What would be a good substitute.

[@ManMadeMead]

Any lalvin yeast or even an ale yeast could work here!

[@gregr5]

Was the tea you used cafenated? Does the cafein survive fermentation?

[@ethanhohensee7127]

The tea he used was an herbal tea that contains no actual tea leaves. There was no caffeine.

[@ManMadeMead]

I don’t think so… I don’t know the answer to that!

[@RobertMoore-mm9ub]

I did a sweet tea acycerglen, which I liked

[@wfqsfg]

Is that a black tea. Other sources say black tea has the tannins.

[@agonizedlord480]

Can you please convert the pound to kilograms and Grams.

[@Damiancontursi]

Sorry to use this space but who could I talk to to get back in the discord server? I got a virus some time ago and got kicked out (fair enough) but now I can't reapply to enter.

[@ManMadeMead]

I’m not sure why it would kick you out! Try this link: www.manmademead.com/discord

[@Jage_]

That's a cool drinking horn

[@danalampkin7983]

Something about this music gets me triggered.

[@PB-ie8cj]

I found it useful to take in the chronological order of the recipe