Iced Tea

[Mustangj]

Anyone have a recipe for Ice Tea?

 

[bob1852]

tea bag, hot water, ice?

 

[Parker36]

I go for sun tea. Big glass jar, water, bunch of teabags, stick the whole lot outside in the sun for the afternoon. Chill, serve.

 

[Brew-Happy]

If I am using the regular sized (not Family) tea bags, I will cut the number of tea bags in half that they recommend. Usually, it calls for 8 bags, but I will use 4.

It tastes much better and does not have as much bitter flavor as the 8 bag rate.

Honey, lemon and lots of sugar goes well with it!

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Mum used to freeze some of the tea into Ice Cubes so that it would'nt water down the tea.

 

[z987k]

on the topic of tea, what makes tea go bad so fast if you let it sit out at room temp?

 

[bob1852]

on the topic of tea, what makes tea go bad so fast if you let it sit out at room temp?

diacetyl? autolysis?

 

[BlindLemonLars]

diacetyl? autolysis?

Nah...hot side aeration.

I used to make sun tea. Then one day, I forgot to put it out in the sun and left it on the kitchen counter. Hey, it still turned into tea!

Later I started putting it straight in the fridge. Guess what, while it took longer, it still made tea. Smoother too, less tannins.

 

[BlindLemonLars]

tea bag, hot water, ice?

How about the ice, got a recipe for that?

 

[Rick500]

Boil about a quart of water, remove from heat, add 6 regular-sized tea bags (I like Luzianne best; Lipton is good too), steep for 5 minutes, remove bags, pour into a half-gallon pitcher, add 2/3 cup of sugar, stir well, top up with cold water to make 1.75 quarts. Pour over 1/2 teaspoon or so of fresh lemon juice and ice.

-Don't squeeze the tea bags
-Don't add the tea bags until the water is removed from heat
-For stronger or weaker tea, either use more or less tea bags or add more or less cold water rather than varying steep time

 

[bob1852]

Later I started putting it straight in the fridge. Guess what, while it took longer, it still made tea. Smoother too, less tannins.

yeah, I drink iced tea every morning -- used to fumble around with boiling water and ice; then upgraded to an iced tea maching. Now I just put a tea bag in a gatorade bottle full of warm water and it's tea in about 30 minutes. Chill in the fridge and ready to go in the morning.

but - if you do want to get serious about tea, I recommend the black raspberry blend from adagio.com

 

[elkdog]

3 regular size tea bags (Lipton, because I can't find Luzianne at my local store), 1 peppermint tea bag. Steep in a quart of water off the boil for 5 minutes. Mix steeped tea, 1/2 cup of sugar in 1/2 gallon pitcher. Top off with cold water, ice.

That's my slightly less-sweet pseudo Southern iced tea that I drink every day. Sweet enough to make me miss NC without bringing on diabetes.