turbo with solids?

[bigscotty]

I have been reading these turbo cider threads on here and its got me really interested but I have a couple of quick questions.
Firstly, can you throw in some Apple segments in during the initial fermentation?
Secondly, a few people talk about using tea bags for tanning? Is that necessary and if so would using fruity tea bags work?
Sorry if this has been covered but I didn't find anything when I was looking.
Cheers.
Scotty

 

[engineer]

I often chop up a bramley and throw it in. This definitely adds to the taste.

I use 2 tea bags in half a small mug of water for tannin which occurs naturally in "proper" cider apples but is lacking in cider made from juice concentrate.

Fruity tea bags may work - depending on the fruit used ie whether it contained natural tannin or not.

 

[bigscotty]

so you basically make a strong cup of tea and throw that in at the start too?
Is it a case of the stronger the tea the more tanning?
I thought throwing some Apple in would help but in all the recipes and videos I've seen nobody done it so I thought there may have been a reason.

 

[engineer]

Yes black tea obviously (no milk and sugar :shock:)
The more tea bags you use the more tannin goes in. I have never used more than 2 in a 5 litre brew.

With the bramley i wash it then chop it up and throw it in. Most if not all juices are made from desert apples so adding a little cooking apple provides sharpness and a little more complexity to the brew.

 

[bigscotty]

Well thats mines already bubbling after a couple of hours, 2 tea bags used for 4 litres of pressed apple juice, 200g sugar and a handful of apple segments, looks brilliant already.