I make a very different style of iced tea; it is an ice tea concentrate. I bring water to just a boil and pour it over 10 tea bags in a mason canning jar: I wrap the tea bag strings around a spoon so they do not get lost in the jar. I let the tea steap and remove the bags and let the tea cool to room temperature before covering it and putting it in the refrigerator, cooling it keeps it from getting cloudy.
To make the tea I add the concentrate to a glass or pitcher and and cold water, ice and lemon (never sugar, some things should not be sweet
. It probably is about 1-2 Tbsp concentrate per glass, depends on how strong I want it to be.
The main reason I do it this way is that it takes up less room in the refrigerator.
You can also do it as a cold brew by using the same method above and adding cold water to the jar and letting it brew in the refrigerator overnight before removing the tea bags, this can remove some of the bitterness.
Pat
in Minnesota where it is finally starting to warm up