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!
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