Ice Tea Concentrate Food

LAVENDER ROOIBOS

Steps:

• Heat water in medium size pot until it begins to boil.
• Turn off heat and add rooibos and lavender.
• Steep 20 minutes.
• Strain into a quart-size Mason jar.
• Add vanilla and honey and stir to mix.
• Cover and refrigerate for up to 1 week.
• Create a ratio of one part concentrate to two parts water or milk.
• For a sweeter, stronger tea, dilute 1:1.
• Heat and serve.
• Adjust the ratio of concentrate to water/milk to your liking.

SWEET TEA CONCENTRATE

Steps:

• Remove peels from lemons; squeeze fruit, reserving 1/3 cup. Save remaining juice for another use., In a large saucepan, combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until sugar is dissolved, 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; add tea leaves and lemon peels. Cover and steep for 15 minutes. Strain tea, discarding tea leaves and lemon peels; stir in lemon juice. Cool to room temperature., Transfer to a container with a tight-fitting lid. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks., To prepare tea: In a tall glass, combine water with 1/4 cup concentrate; add ice.

THE BEST LEMON ICED TEA

Steps:

• Place green tea bags and black tea bags in a 1-gallon glass jar. Pour boiling water over tea bags; steep for 30 minutes.
• Remove tea bags; stir in sugar and lemonade concentrate until dissolved. Fill jar to the top with cold water; stir in lemon juice. Chill in the refrigerator until cold. Serve over ice.

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.

ICED TEA CONCENTRATE

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil, remove from heat and add tea bags. Steep for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove tea bags, add sugar and bring to a boil again. Refrigerate.
• To serve: add 3 to 4 parts water to 1 part concentrate (depending on how sweet you like it!).

ICED TEA SYRUP

Steps:

• Bring water to boiling; remove from heat then add tea bags.
• Steep 15 minutes; discard tea bags (do not squeeze for the tea will become bitter).
• Add sugar and baking soda; stir to dissolve.
• Add to mixture the lemon juice.
• To serve: pour enough tea syrup to taste in tall iced tea glass filled with ice cubes. Fill remainder of glass with water. Enjoy!

COLD BREW ICED TEA

Steps:

• For the best flavor, if you're using tea bags, snip off the corners and dump the loose tea into your pitcher. Or, just put the whole bags in the pitcher for tea that is *almost* as awesome and way easier to make. Pour in room temperature or cold water.
• Cover the pitcher and refrigerate. Steep white or green tea for 6 to 8 hours; steep black or oolong tea for 8 to 12 hours.
• Once your time is up, strain the loose-leaf tea out of the pitcher by pouring the tea through a fine mesh sieve (for best results, cover the sieve with a cheesecloth or paint-straining bag used exclusively for food products) or just pull out the tea bags. Discard the tea or tea bags.
• Serve tea as is or with any add-ins of your choice. Tea will keep well, covered and refrigerated, for 3 to 5 days.

ICE TEA CONCENTRATE

Steps:

• 1. Place water in microwave set to high. Set microwave for 6 to 10 minutes (depends on your microwave). Bring water to a full rolling boil. Remove from oven.
• 2. Remove tea bags from envelopes. Dip the tea bags into the hot water several times. Leave the tea bags sit in the hot water. Every few minutes re-dip the tea bags. You want to create a very strong tea concentration. Let cool. Remove tea bags.
• 3. OPTIONAL INGEDIENTS: Squeeze the juice from two lemons and add to the concentrated tea. Add sugar or artificial sweetner to tea mixture. Stir very well. Store in refrigerato with tight lid.
• 4. When you want a glass of tea or a pitcher of tea... place concentrate, water and ice into glass or pitcher in amount that appeals to your taste.