Brewed Sun Tea Food

SUNSATIONAL SUN-BREWED ICED TEA

Steps:

• Place 2 quarts water in a large clear pitcher.
• Add 6 large mint sprigs, crushed.
• Add 1/4 cup sugar.
• Add 6-7 tea bags.
• Cover pitcher and let stand in sun 2 to 4 hours.
• Remove tea bags.
• Serve over ice, garnished with additional mint sprigs, if desired.
• Refrigerate tea up to 3 days, if it lasts that long.

SUN TEA

Steps:

• You will also need: 1 gallon container or jug, with a screw on lid.
• About 9am, fill your pitcher with the water, and tea bags.
• The reason for the screw on top, is so that ants don't get to the tea.
• Let the tea sit in the sun for most of the day, a prime full sun location is best.
• When bringing the tea in, boil one cup, and then mix it with the sugar (but, in the summer, the heat from outside can be enough to dissolve the sugar).
• Boiling the cup of tea only helps to make dissolving the sugar easier.
• Combine the sugar, tea, and more water to make one gallon.
• Serve with thick 1 1/2" wedges of lemon.
• It usually takes 4-6 hours of being in the sun, in order to steep.
• You can eye ball the tea, and bring it in, after the tea looks dark enough.
• Since the tea is best served cold, put it in the fridge right away.
• It does not last as long as boiled tea for some reason.
• And I usually leave the tea bags in the jug until the tea is gone.
• Then, I take the tea bags and sprinkle them in my flower garden, or over my roses.

SUN TEA WITH MINT

Steps:

• Combine water, tea bags, rind, and mint leaves in a glass pitcher and set in sun for 6 to 8 hours.
• No time? Boil water, add ingredients and steep for 5 minutes.
• Refrigerate until chilled and serve over ice; garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.