Steeped vs fresh= no contest! Awesome thread, thank you all for the great info!
perhaps an odd idea, but along the heat lines, I live in florida, and it gets quite hot here, especially in my truck. could making some juices and placing them in the truck (not in direct sunlight) while its hot help steeping?
perhaps I should make 2 samples of the same flavor and leave one in the house and put one in the truck... I feel a science experiment coming.... lol
I'm in the road construction business and I'm usually out of town for the week. So I make a new batch on Sunday to get me threw the week. The last couple of batches I made, I let my juice steep for a day on the dash of my truck, in the sun. Works great.