For concentrated tea it's better to use normal espresso machine with pressurised portafilter. I even tried a normal opened portafilter and it extracted a very concentrated tea.
I went to a coffee shop in South Africa that did a Rooibos(South African Red Tea, delicious) Latte. I think they would grind up the Rooibos in a dedicated grinder and then put that in the portafilter, pulled an espresso-esq shot in terms of raito, and then made a latte with that. Absolutely delicious, I'm still craving it a year later!
To get finer leaves and more concentrated flavor I ran the tea leaves through my coffee grinder. I have seen some stores grind their tea leaves as well
You should try a good light fermented oolong you can get some interesting flavors out of them. Usually the quality stuff is whole leaf I'm curious if whole leaves would work in there (longer extraction maybe to compensate?) But that's cool if that company provides good tea that's finely ground/chopped.
Curious if you considered running your first tea leaves through your grinder to make them more fine? I know nothing about tea but it seems like maybe that could help with the problem you mentioned of leaves being too coarse?
I've always wondered if using these tea portafilters would impart a tea flavor to your group head when switching back to pulling espresso. Have you noticed any flavor contamination with your decent?
None whatsoever. I've been using the tea portafilter daily for almost a year and with normal/regular cleaning there's no build-up of tea residue or transfer of flavors.
I've had some pretty good results replicating this technique on my flair classic with the pressurized basket. The smaller basket seems to help with "puck" depth. I just make sure to hit longer steep times since it's difficult to hit anything above 5 bars with the tea I'm using.
You actually don't want to go so high when making tea. There's a video where john(decent's creator) explains that the special portafilter is made with a 4bar valve, since going higher than that can create bitter flavours.
Brian, did you think this process ended up producing a better tea specifically when used for milk teas? Or was it not much different in note/taste when compared to using regular steeped tea?
Sorry, should have been more specific. I'm also a boba drinker! Did this make a better end result boba milk tea? Or would you not notice a difference/improvement?
Can you link to your cups? It looks like a nice double-wall cup that transitions to single-wall so it'd have the best properties of both types of cups. I don't like the feeling of drinking from a double-wall cup, but want the insulating properties of the double-wall design.
Do you happen to still have the purchase links for the aliexpress portafilter shown in the video? Dont really feel like spending $100 for smt I might seldom use. Thanks
Great video. I'm going to make my first London Fog today using your 80ml out with two teaspoons of looseleaf Earl Gray Cream tea with the Decent Tea Portafilter on my DE1. I use the Black Tea Profile. What profile do you use? I couldn't make it out on the video, I thought you said 'Lively', but I can't find that under tea profiles. Thanks for the great content.
Looks fun. I have been watching your content, but I am still not a Decent owner. I go back and forth getting a manual pressure profile machine or the Decent. I will pull the trigger soon. Unfortunately I can’t get both and experiment which I like better. Can’t justify the cost or the counter space. First world problems…
damn I would have got the decent if I knew this lol, any chance a E61 machine can make milk tea with pressure profiling and aliexpress tea portafilter? lol
Send help, I can't read Chinese. Also, total side note, I highly recommend getting a kyusu and brewing high quality Japanese green tea (sencha or even better gyokuro).
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For concentrated tea it's better to use normal espresso machine with pressurised portafilter. I even tried a normal opened portafilter and it extracted a very concentrated tea.
I went to a coffee shop in South Africa that did a Rooibos(South African Red Tea, delicious) Latte. I think they would grind up the Rooibos in a dedicated grinder and then put that in the portafilter, pulled an espresso-esq shot in terms of raito, and then made a latte with that. Absolutely delicious, I'm still craving it a year later!
To get finer leaves and more concentrated flavor I ran the tea leaves through my coffee grinder. I have seen some stores grind their tea leaves as well
Yorkshire Tea is the ultimate form of tea and is beyond improvement. A drink of gods.
Do you mind going over what changes you actually made to the tea profile you chose? Thanks!
You should try a good light fermented oolong you can get some interesting flavors out of them. Usually the quality stuff is whole leaf I'm curious if whole leaves would work in there (longer extraction maybe to compensate?) But that's cool if that company provides good tea that's finely ground/chopped.
Great video Brian. Can we get Eighteen Tea locally here in California. Keep up the great work.
Have you tried using matcha in the portafilter?
Curious if you considered running your first tea leaves through your grinder to make them more fine? I know nothing about tea but it seems like maybe that could help with the problem you mentioned of leaves being too coarse?
It would really need to be a tea only grinder. It would definitely flavor your coffee afterwards
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I've always wondered if using these tea portafilters would impart a tea flavor to your group head when switching back to pulling espresso. Have you noticed any flavor contamination with your decent?
None whatsoever. I've been using the tea portafilter daily for almost a year and with normal/regular cleaning there's no build-up of tea residue or transfer of flavors.
@@ryancasey500 Good to know. Thanks!
Pretty much what Ryan said!
Do you think something like this would be able to replicated on a slayer BDB with a pressurized portafilter? 🤔
Only one way to find out
I've had some pretty good results replicating this technique on my flair classic with the pressurized basket. The smaller basket seems to help with "puck" depth. I just make sure to hit longer steep times since it's difficult to hit anything above 5 bars with the tea I'm using.
You actually don't want to go so high when making tea. There's a video where john(decent's creator) explains that the special portafilter is made with a 4bar valve, since going higher than that can create bitter flavours.
Brian, did you think this process ended up producing a better tea specifically when used for milk teas? Or was it not much different in note/taste when compared to using regular steeped tea?
Hey Michael, I think these work really well with milk teas or drinks that required concentration to be diluted. I am a complete tea noob though
Sorry, should have been more specific. I'm also a boba drinker! Did this make a better end result boba milk tea? Or would you not notice a difference/improvement?
Honestly if you're adding syrup/boba/sweetners it doesn't really make too big of a diff haha
Can you link to your cups? It looks like a nice double-wall cup that transitions to single-wall so it'd have the best properties of both types of cups. I don't like the feeling of drinking from a double-wall cup, but want the insulating properties of the double-wall design.
I am curious what these are too. I've seen them in a couple of videos now and would love to get some.
Have you tried grinding the tea leaves?
I was using my breville machine and it comes out pretty good too. but i cant find a tea portafilter like yours. do they make them for other sizes?
Do you happen to still have the purchase links for the aliexpress portafilter shown in the video? Dont really feel like spending $100 for smt I might seldom use. Thanks
Great video. I'm going to make my first London Fog today using your 80ml out with two teaspoons of looseleaf Earl Gray Cream tea with the Decent Tea Portafilter on my DE1. I use the Black Tea Profile. What profile do you use? I couldn't make it out on the video, I thought you said 'Lively', but I can't find that under tea profiles. Thanks for the great content.
Have you figured out the tea profile on the Decent?
hi Brian, have you tried whole leaf tea with the tea portafilter?
Hey Brian do you think you could replicate this on the Sanremo you? I just bought a decent tea portafilter to try haha.
Do you know if 54mm versions exist? So far I only saw 58mm
Unfortunately I haven't found one in 54mm!
Looks fun. I have been watching your content, but I am still not a Decent owner. I go back and forth getting a manual pressure profile machine or the Decent. I will pull the trigger soon. Unfortunately I can’t get both and experiment which I like better. Can’t justify the cost or the counter space. First world problems…
I’m in the same exact boat debating Lelit Bianca and a Decent. Decent is looking like it will be the way to go
damn I would have got the decent if I knew this lol, any chance a E61 machine can make milk tea with pressure profiling and aliexpress tea portafilter? lol
I've always wondered since hearing about the Decent tea filter if the coffee taste doesn't get added to the tea when brewing in an espresso machine
Ok but how dumb would it be to put loose tea leaves in my espresso portafilter? 🤔
Too much monetization
What would happen if you mix espresso, milk and...tea?! I've heard that mixing coffee and tea might open a black hole that can destroy the universe. 😂
I'd rather do a shot of both separately
People do! It's called coffee milk tea and my preferred order at the bubble tea shops.
Send help, I can't read Chinese.
Also, total side note, I highly recommend getting a kyusu and brewing high quality Japanese green tea (sencha or even better gyokuro).