• @delirious_owl
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    12 months ago

    So basically its like boiling grape juice to make it more concentrated?

    • southsamurai
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      92 months ago

      Nope, the process gives a different flavor. That’s partially because of the varieties used, and partially the heat changing the juice.

      Think of it more like balsamic vinegar. You can kinda get a similar taste to barrel aged by taking grape must and mixing it with other things, but it is still a different taste, and the viscosity can’t even be close. So, when you reduce the faux balsamic with heat, you and to with a very different taste indeed.

      The process of dehydration is slower and gentler than a reduction can be, so the flavor gets preserved better. When you then extract the juice, you end up with a less altered taste. Mind you, it’s also different from the grape the raisins were originally from; dehydration does change things some by itself.

    • @MissJinx@lemmy.world
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      12 months ago

      Its concentrate juice of concentrate grape. Dry grape will leave only the concentrate flavor of grape, than make dry grape tea and concentrate that too.