Making Home Brewed Iced Tea

Even though americans drink 80 of their tea iced much of that is in the form of bottled iced tea.

Making home brewed iced tea. In fact according to the tea association of the usa americans purchased 1 8 billion gallons of bottled iced tea. Therefore it s important to choose your sweeteners wisely. Here s how the make the best iced tea possible. Let steep about 4 minutes until it s the strength you like.

To make this citrus flavored tea begin by making ordinary black tea by boiling 2 cups of water steeping 3 5 tea bags in it for 5 minutes and pouring 2 cups of water into the mix. Remove from the heat and add 3 tablespoons loose tea or 6 tea bags. The method itself is incredibly simple. Just combine loose leaf tea or whole tea bags and water in a pitcher and let the tea infuse the water for 6 to 12 hours in the refrigerator see instructions below for specifics.

Make lemon iced tea. However hot brewed iced tea will offer more health benefits. When you make home brewed iced tea you can adjust the different factors that go into making the perfect iced tea. Then squeeze the juice from a lemon to fill 1 2 a cup with lemon juice.

You can add sweeteners honey or other ingredients but try to avoid refined sugar. A box of your favorite tea bags is very economical and with a little planning you can always have freshly brewed iced tea on hand for your family. Here s a little hint you can certainly serve your homemade iced tea in your favorite pitcher but i like to pour and store single servings into mason jars. And while you could simply dunk a tea bag in some hot water and throw in a handful of ice a little extra tlc can go a long way in making a better brew.

Homemade iced tea will be as healthy as you make it. Bring 8 cups water to a simmer.