Making iced tea?
Annie Deighnaugh
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Comments (3)I grew spearmint from seed (Burpee) and it had two distinctive types, one glossy and one fuzzy. They smell similar but the glossy one's stronger. Apple mint smells quite different, has round leaves and is better fresh....See MoreI'm an iced tea idiot....
Comments (33)Two ways... quick and quicker. I can hang a couple three bags in my Mr Coffee drip coffee maker and just run plain water. Usually I drink a cup or so hot and the rest goes in a bottle in the fridge. For tea to take to work I nuke a mug with a couple tea bags. Let it steep for about 5 minutes and pour it in an old gatoraid bottle with the help of a funnel. A shot of honey that I shake into it for sweetness. Top it off with cold water and I have a quart of tea ready for transport. We have an ice machine at work so I can pour it in a cup of ice. A favorite is chai spice tea with honey... a very drinkable ice tea. The rest of the time I change up black teas and green tea... sometimes a bag of each. Assam is a favorite and I'll also go for ceylon... not really a big fan of orange pekoe. I get heartburn from soda pop so in the summer I drink iced tea by the gallons. Found honey tends to make mold grow in my tea bottle so I have to bleach it clean every few days. Most of my honey is used to sweeten iced tea... drink my hot tea unsweetened. : ) lyra...See MoreHow do you make iced tea?
Comments (35)As much as I hate to say this, Wal-mart is now carrying Lusianne. (I hate to say it because I loathe WM, but it's the only place out here that I can get Lusianne.) And check the price because I discovered it's cheaper to buy two of the 24 ct boxes than a 48ct box. Go figure. I grew up in the south and didn't realize until I was a teenager that anyone drank unsweetened tea except diabetics. :) My DH is from the west and nearly went into convulsions the first time he had iced tea down south because it was so sweet. We reached a compromise, and now even I can't drink it as sweet as most places there serve it. Note, I have never know sugar to cause tea to go bad or taste funky. Old tea, improperly stored tea, teas sweetened with artificial sweeteners or with lemon or other "stuff" added to it, sure, but not refrigerated sweet tea. I use six family size bags per gallon (we like it strong and use lots of ice.) I heat water in my tea kettle. After it's steeped (which I don't bother to time), I add 1/2 cup sugar. I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's perfect for us. Even my MIL is hooked on my tea now.) Note, you can't get away with that "however long" steeping with Lipton or Tetley, it gets bitter. Yes, tea bags can go "off", especially in humid climates. That's different from them going stale, and you'll know it immediately. It's a nasty, musty, metalic flavor. And, yes, tea can breed some nasty bacteria that will keep you occupied in the privy for awhile. In restaurants, the culprit isn't the urn itself as often as it is improper holding temps or the spigot on the urn. I went to work in one place where the spigot had NEVER been taken apart for cleaning. They cleaned the urn twice a day, but no one realized the spigot had to be taken apart for cleaning. I threw it out and ordered new ones....See More"Cold Brew" tea
Comments (5)I used to use the Mr. Coffee iced-tea machine, too, but then I switched to just putting tea bags (Luzianne, if it's for regular iced tea, or Celestial Seasonings' Red Zinger) in a lidded pitcher with some ice cubes and water and popping it in the fridge. I usually add a bit of Splenda to the regular iced tea. A few years ago, a friend made me some "sweet tea." It was delicious, and she sure got that "simple syrup" recipe down (she's from N.C.). But I was bouncing off the walls from the sugar -- never again!...See Moremtnrdredux_gw
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