Tea is good. Wine is good. Tea Wine? Great. Can’t knock it ’til you try it right?

Ingredients:

5 tbs Instant Tea

½ pt Wht grape conc.

7 pts Water

2 ½ lb Sugar

1 tsp Acid Blend

1 tsp Nutrient

1 Campden, crush

1 pkg Wine yeast

Starting S.G. 1.090-95

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Method:

1. Measure out instant flavour and sugar (or honey) into primary fermentor. Pour water (hot) over and stir thoroughly.
2. Stir in all other ingredients except yeast. Cover primary.
3. After 24 hrs., add yeast. Cover primary.
4. Stir daily, check S.G. When ferment reaches S.G. 1.040 (about 3-5 days) syphon wine off sediment into glass jug secondary. Attach airlock.
5. When ferment is complete (S.G. has reached 1.000—about 3 weeks) syphon off sediment into clean secondary. Reattach lock. Syphon again in 2 months and again if necessary until clear before bottling.

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