Ice Tea

[triplebq]

What brand tea do you use and do you keep in the ice box for several days or make it fresh each day ? Sudden;y my ice tea has gone bad very quickly in the ice box and I wonder if I need to try a new kind . I use Luzzane Tea .. Thanks for any answers

 

[ahampleman]

I use Lipton Loose leaf and make two gallons at a time... been doing it that way the last sixteen years.

 

[pignit]

I drink close to a gallon of green tea a day. There aren't a lot of choices in brands so I just buy whatever is available. I slice and boil a lemon for about 5 minutes then turn off the burner, add 14 green tea bags and let it sit for about 20 minutes and pour it in a gallon container. I sweeten slightly with stevia. It's really good stuff if you like tea. I was raised on tea when I was growing up. We didn't have kool aid. Green tea has a lot of good things goin for it so I figure why not make a habit of it since I'm gonna drink somethin.

 

[triplebq]

I'm tryin that tonight .

 

[triplebq]

So with loose leaf does that mean you strain it ?

 

[chef jeff tx]

Don't make tea much any more but when I did I did 4 gals at a time and it would keep for up to a week in the fridge. Always used the large Luzianne bags.

Friend of mine used to add a pinch of baking powder to her gallon jugs, swore it kept the tea from getting cloudy.

Another friends Grandma makes sweet tea base. She boils 7 cups of water, adds 5 of the big luzianne bags and continues to boil for 2 mins. She lets it steep for about an hour, removes the bags and stirs in 3 cups of sugar. She keeps this syrup in the fridge and mixes it with water to taste when someone wants a glass. The syrup keeps for about 10 days but is usually gone long before that. :)

 

[triplebq]

Maybe I ain't drinking it as much as I did and it goes bad ... Before the ulcer I would drink four to six big glasses of ice tea each evening sitting around ...

 

[mulepackin]

I had to cut way back on my tea. The doctor told me it was most likely contributing to my kidney stones. Don't want to be doing that any more.

 

[chefrob]

i try different ones........i just put 10 bags in a gallon and set it out in the sun for 4-6 hrs.

 

[triplebq]

What is the SUN ? We have not seen that orange ball since last September !


I am tryin your way this Saturday provided we have sun . Thanks to all

 

[reichl]

weed + lemonade = John Daily

weed + water = Micheal Phelps

 

[ahampleman]

No, I use a 12 cup coffee maker, that has never seen coffee and 2 pots make a gallon. Also mix the surgar while it still hot...

 

[timtimmay]

I use 4 bags of walmart generic tea, and 2 bags of some kind of flavored tea, which I rotate. It gives a nice light flavor, the flavored teas are too strong for iced tea even touth they are good in hot tea.

I store it in the fridge for up to about 5 days max. It seldom lasts more than a day and a half as tea and coffee are my primary beverages, but sometimes it does.

Summer time I make it on the deck, put in the sun for about 6 hours, wintertime I use the coffeemaker by brewing 2 pots through.

 

[ellymae]

For iced tea I use Luzianne, but we don't drink much ices tea in the winter.. burrr....

 

[jirodriguez]

LOL... you sound like us up here in the Pacific NW. 6-7 months of "gray" skies.

 

[triplebq]

It has been miserable this winter in Texas . I mean damn most times in Dec we are fishing , this dec we were cutting firewood each weekend .


" For iced tea I use Luzianne, but we don't drink much ices tea in the winter.. burrr.... "

I just went to Luzianne tea from Lipton . It seems really good now . Thanks .

 

[linehand]

I hope tea doesn't cause kidney stones!!! =-O