Homemade Iced Tea Food

PERFECT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Hot-Brewed:
• Bring 8 cups water to a simmer; remove from the heat and add 3 tablespoons loose tea or 6 tea bags. Let steep about 4 minutes, until it's the strength you like. Strain loose tea with a fine-mesh sieve or remove the tea bags. Let cool, then transfer to a pitcher, cover and refrigerate.
• Cold-Brewed:
• Combine 8 cups cold water and 6 tablespoons loose tea or 10 tea bags in a pitcher. Cover and refrigerate 15 to 36 hours, until it's the strength you like. Strain loose tea with a fine-mesh sieve or remove the tea bags.
• Sweet Teas:
• Combine 3/4 cup each sugar and water in a saucepan and add 1 infuser, if desired. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then remove from the heat and let cool. Strain the infused syrup through a fine-mesh sieve (you'll get about 1 cup).
• Orange Add 6 strips zest
• Blackberries 1 cup
• Cinnamon 2 sticks
• Lavender 3 tablespoons dried
• Vanilla 1 halved bean
• Mint 3 sprigs
• Ginger 1 cup sliced
• Lemon 8 strips zest
• Nectarine 1 cup chopped
• Cucumber 2 cups chopped

EASY HOMEMADE ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour the boiling water over the tea bags and allow to brew for 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags and allow to cool. To speed up the cooling process, add some ice to the brewed tea.
• Once cool, pour the cooled tea into a large jug and top with the fruit juice. Add ice and fruit of your choice and serve.

EASY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Put the tea bags, sugar, honey and 1.5 litres water in a large jug. Leave to infuse for 10 mins, then remove and discard the tea bags. Chill until ready to serve.
• Stir in the lemon juice, lemon slices, orange slices and mint leaves. Fill the jug with plenty of ice and stir again.
• Fill tall glasses with ice and pour over the iced tea, then serve with extra honey to taste.

BASIC ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring the 2-1/4 cups water to a gentle boil. Add the tea bags, remove the saucepan from the heat, and cover. Steep for 15 minutes.
• Remove the tea bags without squeezing them (which would add bitterness) and pour the steeped tea into a 2-1/2-quart heatproof container (like a large Pyrex liquid measure). Add the 6 cups cold water and mix. Let cool at room temperature and then refrigerate until cold. Serve over ice, garnished with sugar, lemon wedges, and mint sprigs.

REAL THAI ICED TEA

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Steep the tea, star anise, cardamom, cinnamon stick, vanilla bean, tamarind powder, and almond extract (if using) in the boiling water for 5 minutes.
• Strain the tea.
• Stir in the sugar and sweetened condensed milk until both are completely dissolved.
• Fill 2 tall glasses with ice.
• Pour the tea over the ice, leaving an inch or so of space at the top for the evaporated milk.
• Top up with more ice if needed, and then drizzle with 1 teaspoon of evaporated milk on each glass of tea.

THE 5 BEST ICED TEA RECIPES

Steps:

• Cut off the tags of the tea bags (if they have them).
• In a large pot bring the water to a boil.
• Add the tea bags, remove cover and remove from heat. Allow to steep for 15 minutes.
• Remove the tea bags and add in the additional ingredients (fruit, zero calorie all-natural sweetener, mint, etc.) mix and allow to cool completely.
• Strain the fruit etc. out, and pour into a pitcher. Refrigerate until cold.
• Serve over ice, with additional garnishes... If the recipe called for lemons, add lemon slices, etc.

ICED TEA

Steps:

• Place tea bags in a 6 cup tea pot.
• Add boiling water and steep for 15 minute.
• Pour steeped tea into pitcher.
• Add sugar and stir to dissolve.
• Add lemons.
• Fill pitcher with cold water to taste.
• Putting in fridge makes ice tea cloudy so I just add ice to a glass and pour in tea.

ICED TEA II

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat water to a rapid boil. Remove from heat and drop in the tea bags. Cover and let steep for 1 hour.
• In a large pitcher, combine the steeped tea and the sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then stir in lemon juice. Refrigerate until chilled.

HOMEMADE ICED TEA

Steps:

• Steep the tea bags for 5 minutes in boiling water and discard them afterward. Pour it into a 1-liter glass bottle or large jug.
• Add the cold water, juice of two lemons, and granulated sugar. Stir until dissolved.
• Leave it for one hour on your countertop to cool down. Store if for 2-3 hours in your fridge until properly chilled.
• Serve over ice.

HOMEMADE ICED TEA

Steps:

• Boil 1/2 gallon of water and then place in your 1 gallon pitcher.
• While water is boiling open your tea bags and tie the strings together, this will make it easier to remove them later. Also removed the paper tags on the string.
• Place tea bags in the pitcher of water (important to do this after the water was already in the pitcher or the tea bags could open).
• Let sit for at least 1 hour, I sometimes let it sit all day, not more then 12 hours.
• Remove tea bags.
• Add sugar and the additional 1/2 gallong water and mix well.
• Chill in the refridgerator and serve.

HOMEMADE PEACH ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 3 cups (750ml) water and the sugar to a boil in a pot. Add the peaches and vanilla bean (including the seeds). Simmer over medium heat for about 30 minutes.
• Discard the vanilla bean. Pour the peaches and syrup into a blender and puree until smooth. Strain the peach puree through a sieve into a pitcher.
• Bring 4 cups (1 liter) water to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from the heat, add the tea and steep according to the package directions. Strain to remove the tea leaves, then add the tea to the pitcher with the peach puree. Stir to combine. Refrigerate until cold.
• The pulp from the fruit may have separated from the tea during chilling, so be sure to stir it before serving. Pour over ice cubes in tall glasses and garnish with vanilla beans.
• Cook's Note: When blending hot liquids, remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Transfer liquid to a blender or food processor and fill it no more than halfway. If using a blender, release one corner of the lid. This prevents the vacuum effect that creates heat explosions. Place a towel over the top of the machine, pulse a few times then process on high speed until smooth.

30 REFRESHING ICED TEA RECIPES + HOW TO MAKE THE BEST ICED TEA

Steps:

• Put tea and water in a pitcher or glass container. Cover pitcher and put in refrigerator for at least 12 hours.Use cool or room temperature filtered water. No need to boil any water to make cold brew tea. Use filtered water for the best tasting cold brewed tea.
• Strain out tea leaves.Use a mesh strainer if using loose tea or just take out the tea sachets or tea bags.