- Measure and boil four cups of water.
- Measure out 3 scant tablespoons of looseleaf tea into large T-Sac Tea Filters.
- Brew leaves for four minutes.
- Remove leaves and pour hot tea over 4 cups of ice.
- Add 1/4 cup of sugar. (optional)
- Chill.
Friends, there is no reason to buy a powdered mix filled with chemicals or sweeteners. There is no reason to buy bottled iced tea (that’s expensive water and high fructose corn syrup you’re purchasing! Save your money to fill your gas tank.).I make a pitcher of blackberry
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I will have to try this. I like my tea unsweetened, but maybe my son will drink it if it’s sweetened. Thanks!
I agree! During the summer my sun tea jar is always filled with tea brewed from whole leaves! I keep mine unsweetened and have a simple sugar syrup ready in a cleaned out honey bear ready to go.
We drink tea all summer long,too. And peach and blackberry (unsweetened) are our favorite.
Yay for tea season!
My signature is orange pekoe and black tea mixed in a yummy iced tea. I use 1 orange tea bag for every 3 black. It’s so good!
We love fruity herbal iced teas here. 🙂
I’m gonna make some plain iced tea right now along with lemonade – I like to add a little in.
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I am recently learning to like iced tea as a healthier alternative to juice and soda.
If I do not have loose leaf tea, about how many tea bags should I use?
My mom just sent me a variety of fruit flavored teas, and I am eager to try them out.
Thanks!
I like to use 3 mint medley and one lemon.
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I love sweet tea! Looking forward to sipping on some of this…
I am having a luncheon tea for my grand daughter next month. The strawberries are out this month so I sliced a quart of burries and added a cup of sugar to each cup of burries. They sat out all night and the next morning the remaining sugar was at the bottom of the bowl and the strawberries and juice was at the top. I then placed the berries and juice in a saucepan for about twenty minutes. When the mixture cooled I put it in a freezer bag and frozed the strawberries and juice. I froze the sugar left in the bowl to sweeten the tea, then I’ll add a tablespoon of the stawberries and juice mixture for each glass. This is strawberry tea and very little trouble to me.
I recently did some research on the ingredients in instant teas. There are so many chemicals that I question if there is actually any tea in there.
I brew iced black tea everyday and you are right it is so easy and cost effective to do. I find that with a slice of lemon added I don’t need to add sugar which is another plus.
Childhood obesity is a major problem in the United States. Home made iced tea is so much healthier than soda and artificially sweetened beverages in my opinion.