Fermented Tea
August 7th, 2007
When I was in my late teens, living in a sharehouse on the southside of the Brisbane, one of my house-mates used to make this untasteful, cider-like drink from tea. He would brew black tea, and put in in the cupboard in a sealed container. Apparently it was healthy for you, or something - I didn’t pay much notice.
Any, one of my other house-mates jumped on the bandwagon, and decided to make some of his own. But he decided to add sugar because he thought it would taste better. And than he forgot about it and left in the cupboard for about three or four weeks too long. When he cracked it open, it tasted better, and had in fact fermented, and was mildly, but noticeably alcoholic. Just what a couple of lads with not much money were looking for!
We drank it for a while, but soon tired of it, and just stopped making it.
Anyway, I noticed that BoingBoing has a post about this tea here (the ‘proper’ variety anyway - none of this alcoholic stuff!). Enjoy!