How can I make good iced tea?
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Dennis The B
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We buy Lipton's Cold Brew tea bags. We use warm water to start the brewing. Then, we cut a bit with cold water.
I drink mine in a 25oz beer mug, crushed ice, with a small lemon wedge squeezed, and sweeten to taste.
We live in Michigan (originally from Kentucky), and we drink it this way 365 days per year.
I drink mine in a 25oz beer mug, crushed ice, with a small lemon wedge squeezed, and sweeten to taste.
We live in Michigan (originally from Kentucky), and we drink it this way 365 days per year.
jaykellogg
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All good suggestions. If you squeeze the tea bags when you take them out the tea will get cloudy.
12-14 regular size tea bags or 6-8 family size bags. Put them in a boiler with just enough water to cover the bags. Bring to a slow boil, turn off, cover and let it all set there for about 1/2 hour. Put about 3/4 cup sugar (more or less) in a gallon container and pour in the tea (stir at this point to make a syrup). Re-fill the container containing tea bags, slosh it around and pour it in the gallon jug. Do this until the water is clear. Add water until the jug is full. Chill and serve over lots of ice and lemon. Tea is always better in a glass container and drank from a fruit jar.
WalMart has Luzianne tea. It's much more expensive than the Lipton, but I'll try it!
I read a couple recipes that say to put a pinch of baking soda in the tea for clarity. I have done that on the last couple of gallons and my tea is always clear. I'll try a gallon without.
The last gallon I put 6 Lipton tea bags in my Bunn coffee pot strainer and ran water through them. The Bunn runs hot water through pretty quick, so maybe the steep is too short. But it sure was fast and easy. I'm going to try to use a double coffee filter to increase the steep time.
So my next batch will be 8 bags of Lipton in the Bunn basket with double strainers, 1 cup of sugar and fresh lemon.
This is kind of fun! I hope tea isn't bad for me!
I read a couple recipes that say to put a pinch of baking soda in the tea for clarity. I have done that on the last couple of gallons and my tea is always clear. I'll try a gallon without.
The last gallon I put 6 Lipton tea bags in my Bunn coffee pot strainer and ran water through them. The Bunn runs hot water through pretty quick, so maybe the steep is too short. But it sure was fast and easy. I'm going to try to use a double coffee filter to increase the steep time.
So my next batch will be 8 bags of Lipton in the Bunn basket with double strainers, 1 cup of sugar and fresh lemon.
This is kind of fun! I hope tea isn't bad for me!
Alpo
Member
If you think the Bunn is running the water through it too fast, next time try this. After the water has gone through the basket into the coffee pot, take the basket full of tea bags and set it atop of your tea pitcher and pour the liquid in the coffee pot through it. You're running the same hot water through the tea twice. Should make it stronger.
Don't know whether it will make it better (I don't do tea bags), but it should make it stronger.
Don't know whether it will make it better (I don't do tea bags), but it should make it stronger.
carpriver
US Veteran
Two quarts of water heated to just off boil, remove from heat add 3-4 family sized tea bags of your choice, or as I do about 10 small bags of Earl Gray tea bags and set it steep for 10 mins. pour over ice into a 2 quart pitcher. and enjoy. Sorry folks I don't like sweet drinks, soda, Kool Aid, tea or coffee I tend to like things natural.
Ogandydancer
Member
4 family size Luzianne in your Mr. coffee, run two full pots of water thru them, barely 1 1/2 cup of sugar. Then let cool to room temp before using "do not weaken by adding cold water or ice". Makes 1 gallon.
CAJUNLAWYER
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It ain't rocket science 
Boil some water
Put a family size tea bag in the container into which you are going to pour said boiling water.
Let sit there until it gets real dark.
Take the tea bag out (or not)
Put in the ice box ( I don't give a whit whether it gets cloudy or not so long as it's cold).
I like my tea like I like my women-cold and bitter which means strong and lots of lemon (no sugar for this fay boy-neve rdid like it in tea).
If you want to complicate things a bit, instead of lemon mix it 50/50 with crystal light lemonade (already made) and ya gots an "Arnold Palmer". If you want to soil poor Arnold's memory-add a couple of shots of Pimms #1 and you've got a kinda sorta Pimms cup-It ain't the real thing, but it shore goes down smooth!!!.
Now if you're playing poker at the casino and it's getting late and you need a picker upper-get the waitress to get you a hot tea with two lemon slices and two little things of honey. Tasty and it will perk you right up and let you play a bit longer-let the other guys keep drinking their whiskey-they'll laugh at you with your tea whilst you stack your new found chips
Boil some water
Put a family size tea bag in the container into which you are going to pour said boiling water.
Let sit there until it gets real dark.
Take the tea bag out (or not)
Put in the ice box ( I don't give a whit whether it gets cloudy or not so long as it's cold).
I like my tea like I like my women-cold and bitter which means strong and lots of lemon (no sugar for this fay boy-neve rdid like it in tea).
If you want to complicate things a bit, instead of lemon mix it 50/50 with crystal light lemonade (already made) and ya gots an "Arnold Palmer". If you want to soil poor Arnold's memory-add a couple of shots of Pimms #1 and you've got a kinda sorta Pimms cup-It ain't the real thing, but it shore goes down smooth!!!.
Now if you're playing poker at the casino and it's getting late and you need a picker upper-get the waitress to get you a hot tea with two lemon slices and two little things of honey. Tasty and it will perk you right up and let you play a bit longer-let the other guys keep drinking their whiskey-they'll laugh at you with your tea whilst you stack your new found chips
I just checked in with my wife. She said you are going in the right direction. Listen to her. She comes from a long line of outstanding Southern cooks. She knows what she is talking about.
She said you might want to cut down to one cup of sugar. She also said that if you substitute Splenda in equal volumes you will find the taste to be excellent with the added bonus of no sugar issues with your children.
For the record this evening she made... iced tea to go with the evening meal. As always, it was excellent! HTH. Sincerely. brucev.
Sun tea in a gallon glass jar.
Also, sweet tea is best used as a solvent for removing residual product from the inside of rail cars used to carry molten sulfur. It can also be used as a tranquilizer for those 16 foot earthworms crawling around at Chernobyl.
But to drink it? Intentionally?
No. Stay thirsty my friends.
Also, sweet tea is best used as a solvent for removing residual product from the inside of rail cars used to carry molten sulfur. It can also be used as a tranquilizer for those 16 foot earthworms crawling around at Chernobyl.
But to drink it? Intentionally?
No. Stay thirsty my friends.
crstrode
Member
Shoot 'em if you got 'em!
Yup - that Costco diet green tea is good stuff.
36 bottles for less than ten bucks makes it a great deal as well.
One of the cool hidden features is using the empty bottles for target practice. I put one drop of food coloring in a bottle and then fill with tap water. Makes a great target!
Yup - that Costco diet green tea is good stuff.
36 bottles for less than ten bucks makes it a great deal as well.
One of the cool hidden features is using the empty bottles for target practice. I put one drop of food coloring in a bottle and then fill with tap water. Makes a great target!
mg357
Absent Comrade
My Grandma may she rest in peace may the best iced tea in the world.
cussedemgun
Member
Yep, I'm a yankee
If I'm gonna go to that much trouble to brew anything, it'll be beer.
Here where I live, muskeg ponds are everywhere. Just dip some water when you're thirsty.
Color is right, taste is close, & if you want sugar you add your own to taste. As for ice, you may want store bought stuff about 3 weeks out'a the year.
The rest of the time mother nature provides.
If I'm gonna go to that much trouble to brew anything, it'll be beer.
Here where I live, muskeg ponds are everywhere. Just dip some water when you're thirsty.
Color is right, taste is close, & if you want sugar you add your own to taste. As for ice, you may want store bought stuff about 3 weeks out'a the year.
The rest of the time mother nature provides.
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Long Island Iced Tea
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Long Island Iced Tea
IBA Official Cocktail
The Long Island iced tea was named for its resemblance to non-alcoholic Iced tea.
Type Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume
Gin
Tequila
Vodka
Rum
Triple sec
Served On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish
lemon slice
Standard drinkware Highball glass
IBA specified ingredients*
1.5 cl Vodka
1.5 cl Tequila
1.5 cl White rum
1.5 cl Triple sec
1.5 cl Gin
2.5 cl Lemon juice
3 cl Gomme Syrup
1 dash of cola
Preparation Mix ingredients in glass over ice, stir, garnish and serve.
* Long Island Iced Tea recipe at International Bartenders Association
A Long Island Iced Tea is a type of mixed drink that tastes similar to iced tea and is made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequila, and rum. A popular version mixes equal parts vodka, gin, tequila, rum, and triple sec with 1½ parts sour mix and a splash of cola. Most variants use equal parts of the main liquors but include a smaller amount of triple sec (or other orange-flavored liqueur). Close variants often replace the sour mix with lemon juice, replace the cola with actual iced tea, or add white crème de menthe; however, most variants do not include any tea, despite the name of the drink. Some restaurants substitute brandy for the tequila.
The drink has a much higher alcohol concentration (about 22 percent) than most highball drinks due to the several liquors and the relatively small amount of mixer. Long islands can be ordered "extra long", which further increases the alcohol to mixer ratio.
Outside the United States, this highball is often altered, due to the unpopularity of sour mix. Long Island Iced Tea served outside the US is often made of liquors and cola alone (without sour mix), with lemon or lime juice, orange juice or with lime cordial.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Long Island Iced Tea
IBA Official Cocktail
The Long Island iced tea was named for its resemblance to non-alcoholic Iced tea.
Type Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume
Gin
Tequila
Vodka
Rum
Triple sec
Served On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish
lemon slice
Standard drinkware Highball glass
IBA specified ingredients*
1.5 cl Vodka
1.5 cl Tequila
1.5 cl White rum
1.5 cl Triple sec
1.5 cl Gin
2.5 cl Lemon juice
3 cl Gomme Syrup
1 dash of cola
Preparation Mix ingredients in glass over ice, stir, garnish and serve.
* Long Island Iced Tea recipe at International Bartenders Association
A Long Island Iced Tea is a type of mixed drink that tastes similar to iced tea and is made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequila, and rum. A popular version mixes equal parts vodka, gin, tequila, rum, and triple sec with 1½ parts sour mix and a splash of cola. Most variants use equal parts of the main liquors but include a smaller amount of triple sec (or other orange-flavored liqueur). Close variants often replace the sour mix with lemon juice, replace the cola with actual iced tea, or add white crème de menthe; however, most variants do not include any tea, despite the name of the drink. Some restaurants substitute brandy for the tequila.
The drink has a much higher alcohol concentration (about 22 percent) than most highball drinks due to the several liquors and the relatively small amount of mixer. Long islands can be ordered "extra long", which further increases the alcohol to mixer ratio.
Outside the United States, this highball is often altered, due to the unpopularity of sour mix. Long Island Iced Tea served outside the US is often made of liquors and cola alone (without sour mix), with lemon or lime juice, orange juice or with lime cordial.
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It's not rocket science!! About a gallon of water in a big pot on the stove to a boil with about 10 Lipton tea bags - turn off heat when it comes to a boil and let it sit for about 10 minutes while your making up a container of frozen lemonaide - when the stuff is ready and the lemonaide is ready pour the two together. Then pour in a glass over ice good stuff.
Pete
Pete
Buy tea, I like LIpton, read and follow instructions on box.
The last batch was 9 packets of Lipton cut open and dumped into a double coffee filter in the Bunn. I poured in half a pot of water and the Bunn did it's job.
I put the hot tea into my gallon jug and added a cup of sugar and mixed. Then filtered water to total one gallon.
Now I like this tea, but the kids and the warden turned their noses up and want more sugar!
My wife is adding a teaspoon of some raspberry tea powder to each glass she drinks and my boy is adding all kinds of stuff in his, probably ketchup too since ketchup goes on everything and is a staple food for pre-teens.
The next batch will be a 10 minute steep in hot water to see if the Bunn method works as well or if I am wasting tea using it.
By the way, is tea bad for me? I'm going through a gallon in a day and a half.
I put the hot tea into my gallon jug and added a cup of sugar and mixed. Then filtered water to total one gallon.
Now I like this tea, but the kids and the warden turned their noses up and want more sugar!
My wife is adding a teaspoon of some raspberry tea powder to each glass she drinks and my boy is adding all kinds of stuff in his, probably ketchup too since ketchup goes on everything and is a staple food for pre-teens.
The next batch will be a 10 minute steep in hot water to see if the Bunn method works as well or if I am wasting tea using it.
By the way, is tea bad for me? I'm going through a gallon in a day and a half.
