Keeping iced tea overnight???
05-07-2014, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by loisf
My husband makes tea with tea bags and hot tap water. He just lets it sit on the counter for a few hours 'til it's cool and dark, and then into the frig. There is nothing better than an Arnold Palmer - 1/3 to 1/2 lemonade and the rest tea. Oooh, I could go for one now.
05-07-2014, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 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.
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
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
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05-07-2014, 06:46 PM
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refrigerating ice tea
Like a lot of you, we drink tea all year round. My trick for great tasting tea that tastes even better the next day without getting cloudy is: I use a family size tea of LIpton tea and I add 1 single serving package of earl grey tea and bew the same as usual. Sweeten as usual also. If there is any left, I will refrigerate in either a glass covered container or a plastic container with a lid that has ONLY been used for iced tea. It taste better the next day without being cloudy and has a wonderful flavor
05-19-2014, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Billi
Its so funny how different we all our in making our beloved Tea We like our ice tea unsweetened
Mostly I make sun tea 1gallon glass container filled with filtered water 12 tea bags and sunshine 4-8 hours. When I bring it in and remove the tea bags I leave it on the counter till its cool or room temp before putting it in the fridge. It will last 48 hours easy without getting cloudy. I have also found if I use just off the boil water I only need 8-9 tea bags again if I let it cool on the counter before refrigerating it does not get cloudy.
I have never heard of using baking soda in tea.
Mostly I make sun tea 1gallon glass container filled with filtered water 12 tea bags and sunshine 4-8 hours. When I bring it in and remove the tea bags I leave it on the counter till its cool or room temp before putting it in the fridge. It will last 48 hours easy without getting cloudy. I have also found if I use just off the boil water I only need 8-9 tea bags again if I let it cool on the counter before refrigerating it does not get cloudy.
I have never heard of using baking soda in tea.
05-20-2014, 03:02 PM
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I make ice tea year around. It's mostly what I drink. I heat a gallon of water in the microwave for 10 minutes. I use a gallon tupperware pitcher. Put the sugar in, then pour the hot water over it, stir & add the tea bags. I use Celestial Seasonings herbal tea. I let the bags in & toss them when my tea is all gone. My tea is never cloudy or has a bad taste the next day or after.
06-13-2014, 08:53 AM
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baking soda for Iced Tea
Originally Posted by Tiggersmom
Never heard of using baking soda in the tea...........what does it do besides keeping it clear and darker???????
will take the bitter taste out of the tea......Love it ..........over night
in the refrigerator is the way I like it. It taste more like tea the next
day
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