Now I want to try seeping teabags in coffee or maybe mixing coffee and tea leaves before brewing it.
Addition: So I tried it. Brew a large mug of coffee and tea, coftea I suppose, with a percolator. Used 1:1 ratio, as many spoons of coffee and leaves. Coffee used, dark arabica roast. Tea used, black, presumably pekoe of some sort, only thing written on the bag with labels in Italian only.
Result:
Interesting, I presumed the flavours wouldn't blend at all, but surprisingly it formed a coherent blend of black tea and coffee. Bit lacking dark, so I added milk and eventually honey and that turned it into this mild, but deep drink. Curiously, the coffee aroma is somehow almost completely subsumed by the fragrance of tea. Similarly the first taste is that of the pekoe, but then it gets this stream of coffee and the two fuse into one unique texture that I can't precisely explain. I theorise that if I brewed a whole pot, the tea would have more time to soak, as the percolator cycle for just one mug is quite short, compared to the 3-5 minutes you are supposed to let the tea soak in to extract the flavours. Next time I shall try making a whole pot. Research will continue. Science marches onwards!
last edited at Oct 20, 2026 11:06PM
LimsAqua
Oct 21, 2026 11:29PM
^ very interested in how this research develops
Madologist
Oct 24, 2026 9:13AM
Second attempt: Mug of dark roast with a bag of darjeeling soaked in it for the appropriate time.
Result:
This time the darjeeling was overwhelming. As before, the fragrance of tea overpowered the aroma of the coffee, however, unlike before the tea was way more strong, with the aroma of coffee barely cutting in whether during initial tasting or the after. Much more to what I expected in my initial attempt, the two flavours barely mixing and the drink being rather two palettes clashing. Added milk and it didn't really help, I think rather made it worse, with the tea now being even stronger and coffee just being a confusing after taste hiding behind the darjeeling. Once more finished with honey and that completed the drink, finally tying together the two flavours.
Now I am not sure if it's just that soaking a teabag/tea directly in the drink produced this result, or just that darjeeling is that strong of a leaf. But it is clear that compared to percolating the leaves with the beans, it does result in the tea flavour being much more present. Further research will be conducted with different tea leaves and mixtures. Science marches on!
Addendum 1: Attempt brewing tea with the percolator alone and see how well it turns out to have a comparison towards soaking tea regularly in a pot or a cup.
Addendum 2: Acquire a french press for combined brewing experiments as it will give better control over brewing time, especially allowing different soaking times for coffee and tea. Initial hypothesis: allow coffee to brew longer and tea less for best combination of flavours.
last edited at Oct 24, 2026 9:16AM
LesbianNorthernlion
Oct 27, 2026 6:46AM
Late to the party so you probably won't see it, but thanks for the fun read Madologist
Madologist Oct 20, 2026 4:43PM
Now I want to try seeping teabags in coffee or maybe mixing coffee and tea leaves before brewing it.
Addition: So I tried it. Brew a large mug of coffee and tea, coftea I suppose, with a percolator. Used 1:1 ratio, as many spoons of coffee and leaves. Coffee used, dark arabica roast. Tea used, black, presumably pekoe of some sort, only thing written on the bag with labels in Italian only.
Result:
Interesting, I presumed the flavours wouldn't blend at all, but surprisingly it formed a coherent blend of black tea and coffee. Bit lacking dark, so I added milk and eventually honey and that turned it into this mild, but deep drink. Curiously, the coffee aroma is somehow almost completely subsumed by the fragrance of tea. Similarly the first taste is that of the pekoe, but then it gets this stream of coffee and the two fuse into one unique texture that I can't precisely explain. I theorise that if I brewed a whole pot, the tea would have more time to soak, as the percolator cycle for just one mug is quite short, compared to the 3-5 minutes you are supposed to let the tea soak in to extract the flavours. Next time I shall try making a whole pot. Research will continue. Science marches onwards!
last edited at Oct 20, 2026 11:06PM
LimsAqua Oct 21, 2026 11:29PM
^ very interested in how this research develops
Madologist Oct 24, 2026 9:13AM
Second attempt: Mug of dark roast with a bag of darjeeling soaked in it for the appropriate time.
Result:
This time the darjeeling was overwhelming. As before, the fragrance of tea overpowered the aroma of the coffee, however, unlike before the tea was way more strong, with the aroma of coffee barely cutting in whether during initial tasting or the after. Much more to what I expected in my initial attempt, the two flavours barely mixing and the drink being rather two palettes clashing. Added milk and it didn't really help, I think rather made it worse, with the tea now being even stronger and coffee just being a confusing after taste hiding behind the darjeeling. Once more finished with honey and that completed the drink, finally tying together the two flavours.
Now I am not sure if it's just that soaking a teabag/tea directly in the drink produced this result, or just that darjeeling is that strong of a leaf. But it is clear that compared to percolating the leaves with the beans, it does result in the tea flavour being much more present. Further research will be conducted with different tea leaves and mixtures. Science marches on!
Addendum 1: Attempt brewing tea with the percolator alone and see how well it turns out to have a comparison towards soaking tea regularly in a pot or a cup.
Addendum 2: Acquire a french press for combined brewing experiments as it will give better control over brewing time, especially allowing different soaking times for coffee and tea. Initial hypothesis: allow coffee to brew longer and tea less for best combination of flavours.
last edited at Oct 24, 2026 9:16AM
LesbianNorthernlion Oct 27, 2026 6:46AM
Late to the party so you probably won't see it, but thanks for the fun read Madologist