At a recent bridal shower, we decided to freeze 100% tea into ice cube trays to add to our large tea dispenser to keep it cold and yet not to dilute it. I also froze some of my garden's spearmint leaves in a separate ice cube tray, in case anyone wanted to add it to their individual glasses!
Now that I think of it; raspberries, blueberries or even watermelon cubes could also be frozen as additions, just for fun!
(The photo is just to show you the cubes, taken after the party.)
When you get iced tea from a fast food place, it is often too strong. If you are at the take out window, ask for an extra cup of ice water or just a cup of ice - then you can use it to dilute the iced tea to make it more tasty.
Every once in a while, I get Starbucks cappuccino or frappuccino at the grocery store. They come in nice glass bottles.
Iced tea will last longer once it is made if you store it in a sealed glass jar instead of a plastic pitcher.
Use spaghetti sauce jars in the summer as tea jars. They are just the right size. Most people like to drink their cold ice tea from a jar in the south.
Does tea in a plastic pitcher really leach plastic into the drink? I have a lovely Lucite double wall plastic pitcher that I use and would hate to swtich to a heavy glass one.
By Ellen
I can't promise it doesn't happen, but I've used a plastic tea pitcher for many years with no problems.
If you run out of iced tea, you don't have to make a whole pitcher. Here's how to do it for one glass.
I like the taste of flavored teas, but making iced tea with them can get expensive if you drink a lot of it like I do. My solution is to use anywhere from 1 to 4 flavored tea bags and 4 regular tea bags mixed together when making a half gallon of iced tea.
When brewing iced tea, to take out some of the bitter taste, add a pinch of baking soda to the container.
I like the health benefits of green tea, but I'm not too hip on the taste of it. To remedy this, when I make a half gallon of iced tea, I use 4 green tea bags and 4 regular (black) tea bags, instead of all regular tea bags.
The best way to make tea for me is to microwave a family size tea bag (I really like Tetley, Lipton seems to fall apart and tea leaves go everywhere) in a cup of water for a couple of minutes until it is boiling.
My husband used to drink a lot of bottled "iced tea" that was too sweet and too expensive. I weaned him off it by placing a dispenser jug from a thrift shop in the frig and keeping cold tea in it at all times.
I like to drink tea, soda, etc. from the smaller bottles and an inexpensive way of having them ready to go is place your favorite teabag in the bottom of the bottle and fill with water and place in your fridge. Within a few hours, you have unsweetened tea ready to go without pouring or mixing anything.
Tips and recipes for making iced tea. Post your ideas.
Add a packet of unsweetened flavored drink mix (kool-aid) to a batch of iced tea for a great change. I love lemonade with tea. It makes a great tea cooler.
By Dee
Tips for making iced tea. Post your ideas.
When making iced tea, add a pinch of baking soda to hot water to make it less bitter and that way you use less sugar to sweeten it.
By Dee
Make Sun Tea It is the best......6 Large tea bags in a gallon glass jar....Leave in the sun 3-4 hours bring in and put in 1/2 - 1 C of sugar...Pour over Ice...the best ever
We drink iced tea year round even though we live in Maine. Here is the recipe that I developed:
Steep 6 Red Rose Tea bags in a quart of boiling water, let sit until cool. Pour tea into a gallon container, squeeze tea bags and add that. Add 1/3 cup sugar and 1 - 12 oz.
hello,
I read that in the south they make a syrup with sugar and water to add to ice tea.
Stirs in easily :-)
Everyone always likes my tea and wants to know how I make it. I take 4 cups of filtered water in a glass measuring cup and put it into the micro-wave for 7 mins. Then I put in 4 family size teabags and let this seep for about 15 to 20 mins. with plastic wrap over it. In large gallen pitcher, put in 1/2 cup sugar, then sqeeze the tea from the tea bags, and pour over sugar and stir. Add filter water until pitcher is full and stir.
