Step 5: Enjoy!
Once your tea is done fermenting place it in the fridge until you're ready to drink it. While (I at least think) it tastes pretty good straight, I generally prefer to flavor my YeasTea with some sugar and some lemon juice or vanilla soy milk as I would a regular glass of tea.
As the second and third picture show, however, adding soy milk to YeasTea causes its fluid components to settle out. While I was a bit unnerved to see my drink do this, the fact that a concoction of vodka, soy milk, and soda I like to drink does a similar separation act makes me pretty sure that this is due to the presence of a minute amount of alcohol in my drink rather than some scary, inadvertently brewed up toxin. Furthermore, I think the fact that I'm still here to write this after drinking several batches solo should support the idea that it isn't poison.
On a final note, I hope it should go without saying that you shouldn't drink the layer of yeast cake at the bottom of the vessel; not only will pouring the yeast cake into your cup probably give your drink a strong, "yeastie" flavor, but in consuming the little guys you won't be able to reuse the yeasties left over to brew another batch of YeasTea.
As the second and third picture show, however, adding soy milk to YeasTea causes its fluid components to settle out. While I was a bit unnerved to see my drink do this, the fact that a concoction of vodka, soy milk, and soda I like to drink does a similar separation act makes me pretty sure that this is due to the presence of a minute amount of alcohol in my drink rather than some scary, inadvertently brewed up toxin. Furthermore, I think the fact that I'm still here to write this after drinking several batches solo should support the idea that it isn't poison.
On a final note, I hope it should go without saying that you shouldn't drink the layer of yeast cake at the bottom of the vessel; not only will pouring the yeast cake into your cup probably give your drink a strong, "yeastie" flavor, but in consuming the little guys you won't be able to reuse the yeasties left over to brew another batch of YeasTea.
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betweenureyes
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Nov 20, 2011. 8:25 PMReply
.......i have a bottle of bakers wine in basement that i am scared to consume...its been aging for 6 months........I'm sure its vinegar by now
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20StoryLincoln (author)
in reply to Nov 27, 2011. 8:28 PMReply
Oh, ew. Maybe you could test to see if it's vinegar or not by checking its pH with something?
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