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Notice that the key here is to not boil your teabags, and limit steeping. Too much steeping (and for sure boiling) releases too much tannins, which is what makes your tea bitter.
If you want to pre-sweeten your tea, you can add 1 cup of sugar while the water is getting to a boil.
Scale this recipe to a volume appropriate for you.
The first answer is what I would say. Having a dishwasher, my hot water is really hot so I use it. Most hot water from the tap isn’t hot enough so bringing it to a boil would be best. Also Lipton tea is the best.
i’ll tell you how i make mine. i boil a pot of water on the stove. remove it from heat and throw in 4 of those family size (big) tea bags. if you only have the little ones, i found that ten of those work just fine. i let my tea soak till the water has slightly cooled. i dump that tea stuff in my gallon sized container and if you drink your tea sweet, add in 1 1/2 cups of sugar at this point. if not, just continue by filling up the jug with cold water. yay! it’s tea! the key is, and it’s really important….do NOT boil your tea bags! that leads to it being icky! i’m the queen of tes from my parts, lol. OR, sit your full jug out in the direct sunlight with your tea bags in it and then you have sun tea! even better! good luck to ya!!!
The heat you’re using is just way too hot for making smoothly flavored iced tea. The ideal way is to take a large glass jug (preferably one made for tea that has a spigot at the bottom), fill it with filtered water, and stick several tea bags in it (depends on how strong you want it, but I use 3 quart-sized bags in a gallon sized jug and it makes the tea pretty strong; alternately, use 1 regular tea bag per 12 ounces of water) and stick it out in the sun for a few hours on a sunny day.
If you can’t do that, heat your water on the stove and remove it from the heat just before it starts to boil (should be at a pretty good simmer) and add your bags. This should prevent bitter tea. Don’t simmer/boil your bags with the water!
One last resort… they do make iced tea makers which heat the water to the proper temperature, then filter it through tea like a coffee maker does. Coffee makers just heat water too hot to make good tea.
Make sun tea- get a gallon glass jar, fill it with water and add about 10 tea bags, let it set outside in the sun all day. Serve with ice and keep it stored in the frig.
To make Iced Tea, I have a recipe that makes about 7 cups of it.
First, a boil 4 cups of hot water in the kettle, and after that put it in a bowl, with 3 standard Lipton Yellow Label Tea bags. After I let the Teabags seep for 5 minutes, I take them out without squeezing the bags, and I add about 3/4 cup of sugar. After the sugar is added, I add the water into another pitcher of 3 cups of cold water. Then, If I want I’ll add 4 tablespoons of concentrated lemon juice and stir. Tastes good.
But I don’t know if this is the kind of Iced Tea your talking about. Here in Canada, Iced Tea refers to sweetened cold tea. If that helps. =)
November 9th, 2008 at 2:48 am
Bring 1 gallon of water to a boil in a large pot. Turn off heat immediately.
Steep 8-9 Lipton tea bags for 3-4 minutes. Remove tea bags immediately.
Notice that the key here is to not boil your teabags, and limit steeping. Too much steeping (and for sure boiling) releases too much tannins, which is what makes your tea bitter.
If you want to pre-sweeten your tea, you can add 1 cup of sugar while the water is getting to a boil.
Scale this recipe to a volume appropriate for you.
November 11th, 2008 at 4:30 am
your using to many tea bags. use 4 instead
November 13th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
The first answer is what I would say. Having a dishwasher, my hot water is really hot so I use it. Most hot water from the tap isn’t hot enough so bringing it to a boil would be best. Also Lipton tea is the best.
November 17th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
very easy, use a bag of ice to chill the hot tea, so not to water it down. there are pitchers with this equipment. and also use glass pitchers
November 18th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
i’ll tell you how i make mine.
i boil a pot of water on the stove. remove it from heat and throw in 4 of those family size (big) tea bags. if you only have the little ones, i found that ten of those work just fine. i let my tea soak till the water has slightly cooled. i dump that tea stuff in my gallon sized container and if you drink your tea sweet, add in 1 1/2 cups of sugar at this point. if not, just continue by filling up the jug with cold water. yay! it’s tea! the key is, and it’s really important….do NOT boil your tea bags! that leads to it being icky! i’m the queen of tes from my parts, lol. OR, sit your full jug out in the direct sunlight with your tea bags in it and then you have sun tea! even better! good luck to ya!!!
November 20th, 2008 at 8:51 am
The heat you’re using is just way too hot for making smoothly flavored iced tea. The ideal way is to take a large glass jug (preferably one made for tea that has a spigot at the bottom), fill it with filtered water, and stick several tea bags in it (depends on how strong you want it, but I use 3 quart-sized bags in a gallon sized jug and it makes the tea pretty strong; alternately, use 1 regular tea bag per 12 ounces of water) and stick it out in the sun for a few hours on a sunny day.
If you can’t do that, heat your water on the stove and remove it from the heat just before it starts to boil (should be at a pretty good simmer) and add your bags. This should prevent bitter tea. Don’t simmer/boil your bags with the water!
One last resort… they do make iced tea makers which heat the water to the proper temperature, then filter it through tea like a coffee maker does. Coffee makers just heat water too hot to make good tea.
November 21st, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Make sun tea- get a gallon glass jar, fill it with water and add about 10 tea bags, let it set outside in the sun all day. Serve with ice and keep it stored in the frig.
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:24 pm
To make Iced Tea, I have a recipe that makes about 7 cups of it.
First, a boil 4 cups of hot water in the kettle, and after that put it in a bowl, with 3 standard Lipton Yellow Label Tea bags. After I let the Teabags seep for 5 minutes, I take them out without squeezing the bags, and I add about 3/4 cup of sugar. After the sugar is added, I add the water into another pitcher of 3 cups of cold water. Then, If I want I’ll add 4 tablespoons of concentrated lemon juice and stir. Tastes good.
But I don’t know if this is the kind of Iced Tea your talking about. Here in Canada, Iced Tea refers to sweetened cold tea. If that helps. =)