After having tried my 1st bottle of Turbo Cider earlier today (and being very impressed!) I decided to take some inspiration from the Fruit Tea Bag Wine recipe on the forum. My aim is to make a nice fruity spiced cider for the winter evenings!
This is my 1st published recipe so please forgive me if it is a bit rough around the edges.
Even if only for the smell of the simmering juice I recommend you try the following recipe:-
1 Box of Twinnings Cherry & Cinnamon Fruit Tea Bags
4.5L Apple Juice
1tsp Yeast
1tsp Yeast Nutrient
1 tsp Pectolase
Step One
Bring 1l of Apple Juice to simmer and add the full box (20 bags) of tea bags to the simmering juice. Simmer for 20 mins giving a gentle stir occasionally.
Step Two
Turn off the heat and remove the tea bags giving each a gentle squeeze to extract as much flavour as possible (make sure you don't split the bags). I did this between 2 table spoons which seemed to work well. Allow the juice mixture to cool.
Step Three
Add the cooled juice to your PET or demi john then top up with apple juice to 3l (I have gone to this level just in case fermentation goes a bit mad). Give the mixture a good shake and add the yeast, nutrient and pectolase. Give it another good shake.
Step Four
At this point I took a hydrometer reading which showed 1.050 (not sure if I should have done at this point as not up to speed with using a hydrometer yet). Then put under airlock and wait for fermentation to get going.
Step Five
Depending on how rapid fermentation goes I will then top up with apple juice to 4.5l and leave to ferment out, or obviously you can stop when you are ready with your preferred method.
Step Six
Once done rack to another demi john or PET and allow to clear for 3-4 weeks. Then bottle either with a teaspoon of sugar per bottle if you want fizzy or leave it if you want still. I will probably do a mixture of both on the first batch to see which is my preference.
I hope I haven't missed any steps but please let me know if I have or if you can think of any improvements. I will provide updates as to how it is going over the coming weeks. If you have a go at it or any other variation I would like to know how it goes!
Hopefully it will be a case of :drunk: and not :sick: !!!
This is my 1st published recipe so please forgive me if it is a bit rough around the edges.
Even if only for the smell of the simmering juice I recommend you try the following recipe:-
1 Box of Twinnings Cherry & Cinnamon Fruit Tea Bags
4.5L Apple Juice
1tsp Yeast
1tsp Yeast Nutrient
1 tsp Pectolase
Step One
Bring 1l of Apple Juice to simmer and add the full box (20 bags) of tea bags to the simmering juice. Simmer for 20 mins giving a gentle stir occasionally.
Step Two
Turn off the heat and remove the tea bags giving each a gentle squeeze to extract as much flavour as possible (make sure you don't split the bags). I did this between 2 table spoons which seemed to work well. Allow the juice mixture to cool.
Step Three
Add the cooled juice to your PET or demi john then top up with apple juice to 3l (I have gone to this level just in case fermentation goes a bit mad). Give the mixture a good shake and add the yeast, nutrient and pectolase. Give it another good shake.
Step Four
At this point I took a hydrometer reading which showed 1.050 (not sure if I should have done at this point as not up to speed with using a hydrometer yet). Then put under airlock and wait for fermentation to get going.
Step Five
Depending on how rapid fermentation goes I will then top up with apple juice to 4.5l and leave to ferment out, or obviously you can stop when you are ready with your preferred method.
Step Six
Once done rack to another demi john or PET and allow to clear for 3-4 weeks. Then bottle either with a teaspoon of sugar per bottle if you want fizzy or leave it if you want still. I will probably do a mixture of both on the first batch to see which is my preference.
I hope I haven't missed any steps but please let me know if I have or if you can think of any improvements. I will provide updates as to how it is going over the coming weeks. If you have a go at it or any other variation I would like to know how it goes!
Hopefully it will be a case of :drunk: and not :sick: !!!
