donnamcr

I come from a long line of iced tea drinkers, die-hard. We drink it unsweet. Reputedly, my daddy's family drank iced tea year around, which was apparently unusual for a farm family before the advent of electric refrigerators.

At our family table, my daddy considered it the heightof hospitality to keep the guest's tea glass filled. And he would come around and add ice to your glass, whether you wanted it or not.

My mother did not refrigerate leftover iced tea, as she said it would turn cloudy. And in those days, I think she was right. This was before Tupperware.

So for years I didn't. However, now I do with no problem. In fact, it will keep more than one day.

I have read not to squeeze tea bags, because I might cause bitterness, and I don't.

I do use tea bags today, although my mother never would even in her 90s.

These days, we enjoy one small Ginger Peach black tea decaffeinated tea bag (Republic of Tea) for each family size decaffeinated black pekoe tea (Tetley or Lipton). I just serve it and don't say it's decaffeinated. They can't tell the difference. Using decaffeinated, flavored, tea bags would scandalize my daddy (who, thankfully, isn't here to see it). :-0