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What You Will Need: 1 press pot/teapot + 20 g sultana + 270 g water @ 208° F + 8-18 min = 8 oz. cup of tea
Weigh out 20 g. (1/2 c. by volume) of dried fruit. Your instinct may be to grind it, since it takes up a lot more space than coffee and leaving it whole increases the contact time needed for a strong and pleasing extraction. Trust us, it's worth the wait.
Bring 270 g. water (10 oz. by volume) to 208° F, or the brink of boiling.
Put the coffee fruit tea in your preheated brewing vessel, add the hot water, and set a timer for at least 8 minutes. From our tests, it gains more depth, complexity and viscosity the longer you allow it to extract up to 18 minutes.
Sultana Over Ice
Throw the recipe from above in the fridge and serve chilled over ice for a refreshing new take on a classic beverage.
Bolivian Traditional Sultana
is flash toasted in a pan and gently spiced with cinnamon. Half a stick makes for easy clean up and won't over-spice your concoction. "Flash" in this case means a minute or two over medium heat. It's also acceptable to skip this step and add a cinnamon stick to the Basic Immersion.
Follow the same instructions from above, just add a cinnamon stick, and that's it!
You will notice the beverage looks almost as dark as brewed coffee, anc nas a beautiful deep reddish-amber color when held up to light. Althougt it looks strong, the tea has about a quarter of the caffeine than a cup of coffee when compared gram for gram.
We think the flavors are reminiscent of tamarind, hibiscus, dried plums, lemon zest, and a brisk black tea.
We find this delightful, and hope you will as well.
Cascara Coffee Berry Tea
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Coffee Berry Tea sourced from our friends Rosalio Ventura and his family members. Cascara is a beverage made from the dried husks of the same coffee cherries used to produce roasted coffee. You might be surprised by how lively and bright this beverage is, especially after being able to compare the fruit to its roasted bean counterpart. These are from the Parainema Variety of coffee which we found in the Ocotepeque region in Honduras.
The beverage made from Coffee Berries has been referred to as "Sultana" in some regional cafés, and is commonly consumed in Bolivia with cinnamon as an alternative to brewed coffee. The Yemeni variant is called "Qshir" (we have this available for comparison!).
Brewing recipes:
Basic Immersion
What You Will Need: 1 press pot/teapot + 20 g sultana + 270 g water @ 208° F + 8-18 min = 8 oz. cup of tea
The easiest. Coincidentally our favorite.
Weigh out 20 g. (1/2 c. by volume) of dried fruit. Your instinct may be to grind it, since it takes up a lot more space than coffee and leaving it whole increases the contact time needed for a strong and pleasing extraction. Trust us, it's worth the wait.
Bring 270 g. water (10 oz. by volume) to 208° F, or the brink of boiling.
Put the coffee fruit tea in your preheated brewing vessel, add the hot water, and set a timer for at least 8 minutes. From our tests, it gains more depth, complexity and viscosity the longer you allow it to extract up to 18 minutes.
Sultana Over Ice
Throw the recipe from above in the fridge and serve chilled over ice for a refreshing new take on a classic beverage.
Bolivian Traditional Sultana
is flash toasted in a pan and gently spiced with cinnamon. Half a stick makes for easy clean up and won't over-spice your concoction. "Flash" in this case means a minute or two over medium heat. It's also acceptable to skip this step and add a cinnamon stick to the Basic Immersion.
Follow the same instructions from above, just add a cinnamon stick, and that's it!
You will notice the beverage looks almost as dark as brewed coffee, anc nas a beautiful deep reddish-amber color when held up to light. Althougt it looks strong, the tea has about a quarter of the caffeine than a cup of coffee when compared gram for gram.
We think the flavors are reminiscent of tamarind, hibiscus, dried plums, lemon zest, and a brisk black tea.
We find this delightful, and hope you will as well.
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Cascara Coffee Berry Tea
Regular price
$12.99
Sale price
$12.99
Regular price
Unit price
per