How to Make Mead - Dry Traditional Mead FULL PROCESS - 2024 Re-edit

How to make a Traditional Mead, that just means minimal additions. Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. This mead is intended to end dry, which simplifies the process a LOT. We do use some orange zest and black tea, but those are largely tannin and acid additions. It's all about the honey.
Ingredients:
2.5 lbs (1.133 kg) Honey (Thank you Bev's Bees!)
1 cup steeped Black Tea (We used Assam. Thanks Adam!): https://amzn.to/3e1NnBX
Orange Peel
Water to Fill to 1 Gallon (We used 88 ounces or 0.07 kilograms)
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