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Have you ever had sumac tea?? I make my wine exactly how I like my tea. First, as this is a flower (really a berry except that is nearly impossible to seperate flowers from berries) wine, it takes the longest to make of anything I have ever done. You will need 10lbs of sugar for 5 gals. one teabag (for tannen) and 5 tsp of lemon juice (for cit. acid) . I take a 5 gal bucket of sumac horns and add all of the sugar. steep with 2 1/2 gallons of boiling water which dissolves the surger nicely. Add 2… Continue