How do I make Fizzies?

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I have been brewing for a little while now, I think I am on my third

batch or fourth...anyway, they haven't been very fizzy. How can I

achieve a high level of fizziness?

MammaNess

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MammaNess

I have been brewing KT for a while now and had occasional fizzy

batches, but only every 3rd or 4th batch.

Recently, all my batches have been beautifully fizzy. I suppose this

could be because my scoby has gotten more mature (but it was 10 inches

across and 3/4 of an inch thick of layers when I was given it this

spring), but personally, I think it is all down to the tea I am using

to brew.

I was using green tea. Now I am alternating between 2 different teas:

- Formosa Oolong - Apricot & peach - which is a black tea blend with

peach pieces, orange petals and safflower petals. This produces a

beautiful pale golden KT with lots of fizz and a gentle slightly sharp

peach fruity flavour.

- Ceylon & Sencha - Caliph Blend - black & green teas mixed with rose

petals and pussytoes. This also produces a pale golden fizzy KT with

a fruity flavour reminiscent of mangoes & lemons.

I get my tea blends from: www.cupoftea.uk.com

I have also started a 2nd brewing pot, and am using Pu'erh tea (a

black tea which has a very red colour and which is supposed to be

especially healthy) for that - it has a slightly sulphourous scent but

tastes good. It makes a rust coloured KT. Not every batch of that is

fizzy, but over half of them are.

So, if you want fizz, why not try a new blend of tea and see if it

makes a difference. In my experience the tea blends which have some

flower petals in seem to make fizzy tea most of the time. Jasmine tea

is easy to find, you could always start with that? I'm going to try

it for my next brew.

Adrienne in Wales

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> I have been brewing for a little while now, I think I am on my third

> batch or fourth...anyway, they haven't been very fizzy. How can I

> achieve a high level of fizziness?

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> MammaNess

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