Iced tea is a refreshing beverage that has to be prepared ahead of time and best kept refrigerated.
Steps
- Bring 2 cups (480 ml) of water with a pinch of baking soda in a small pan to a rapid rolling boil. Baking soda reduces any bitterness from steeping too long etc...
- Turn off the heat and add 3 tea bags of your favorite tea.
- Keep the tea bags in the hot water for 5 minutes only. Anymore than that and your tea is going to be too bitter.
- Pour the concentrated tea into a container of your choice that can hold 2 quarts (2 L) of liquid after it cools down. Add sugar to your taste and fill with water.
- Put the tea in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Tips
- You might want to add a few mint leaves semi-crushed to your tea as it cools, to give it a light and minty flavor.
- You can also add a squeeze of lemon to make it lemon iced tea.
- As an alternative to lemon, try adding a few lemon myrtle leaves
- You can also make tea with ginger for extra taste.
- For colder, faster ice tea, you can put the tea in the freezer for an hour or two.
- Never brew tea in a coffee maker like most resturants. The taste is unmistakeable. Homemade Tea is always better!
Warnings
- Don't go over the 5 minute limit with your tea bags in the hot water
