Iced Tea Specifics, Frozen Fruit, and the Lack of Humility
Iced Tea is the second-most popular beverage in the whole world. Water is the first.
I brew one gallon of tea at a time. I know, that’s not much, it doesn’t last long. I’d like to make more at a shot but I haven’t figured out a good way yet.
I usually cold brew, it’s much easier and the Lipton cold brew stuff tastes great. They say it only needs 3 or 5 minutes, but I usually do it for anywhere from a half-hour to several hours. I want to make sure I get it all out of those bags! I always used filtered water, four bags of tea to one gallon. I add around a cup of sugar, sometimes more, sometimes a little less. Then finish it off with a shot of lemon juice, maybe a shy tablespoon or so.
Now, this is where I’ve pretty much given up on trying to remain humble. In fact, I’m almost ready to label myself a genuine genius.
Don’t use ice cubes! Instead, use frozen fruit. The official ITF preferred fruit is peaches, but we also love raspberries and blackberries. It’s probably no coincidence that those three magnificent products of nature are found in abundance in Utopia!
You’ll notice in my brilliant Monster Diet Burger post that there are indeed frozen peach slices in the iced tea shown in the pics. And watch for some (non-photo-op, Naomi) raspberries in the iced tea in an upcoming post!
2 Responses
August 17th, 2005 at 11:45 am
hey!! when i make tea i just use mom’s mint tea that she has or we have planted and then i add 1c sugar to it. every once in a while i will use the plantation mint tea but that is only when we are out of the other. hope this helps a little.
Tammy
November 1st, 2005 at 4:09 am
living in the pacific northwest, i didnt know what trests i was missing. sure i did the nestea thing, and the sun tea thing with the bags and the galss jar in the yard. then i met my husband, a good old southern boy. two words SWEET TEA. red rose to be exact. oh man, one gallon of red rose last about 1/2 an hour in our house. (and thats just with the two of us drinking it!)