Should I try it just to be sure? The recipe starts with a brine, but not just any brine. This one calls for making a gallon of tea with 38 tea bags (preferably from Charleston Tea Garden), 1 cup ...
so 140g for my brine recipe below, which requires about two litres of water. The argument is that if you’re adding sugar to the brine as well as salt, the ratio should be around ¾ of salt to ½ ...