Microwave Iced Tea Food

MICROWAVE ICED TEA

Steps:

• Fill a glass Pyrex 4-cup pitcher with water.
• Add a family-size tea bag.
• Microwave for 5-6 minutes.
• Allow it to steep for an additional 4-5 minutes. Dunking the tea bags will make it stronger.
• Pour the tea into a 2-quart or 1-gallon pitcher.
• Add the sugar and mix until completely dissolved.
• Fill the pitcher up with water and mix with the tea.
• Serve over ice.
• Add lemon or lime slices if desired.

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

MICROWAVE SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Add 3 cups of water to a 4-cup microwave-safe measuring cup, preferably with a handle.
• Add baking soda (or just a small pinch to prevent cloudiness or bitterness).
• Add tea bags.
• Microwave on high 7-8 minutes.
• Add sugar to 1 gallon pitcher.
• Pour the tea into pitcher on top of sugar, squeezing tea bags gently.
• Mix tea and sugar at the bottom of the pitcher.
• Allow to sit for approximaltey 10 minutes.
• Stir.
• Fill gallon pitcher with water.
• Stir well.
• May serve immediately over ice but even better chilled a while in the fridge (best chilled until next day or overnight).

MICROWAVE ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour 2 cups of water into a 2 cup microwave safe glass measure. Microwave on high for 4 minutes. (It should just come to a boil.).
• Add teabags, dunk a few times, and let steep 15+ minutes, to your tastes.
• Pour into gallon sized pitcher, add remaining water, and ice if desired.
• Chill and drink :-).
• NOTE: If you use bottled water it will super heat and could come to a boil suddenly when you add the teabags, so use caution.

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.

LAZY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Stew the tea bags in the boiling water. I only stew them for a minute or so as I don't like my tea too strong, but you can stew them to taste.
• Leave to cool.
• Add the orange juice.
• Add the bitter lemon (it will fizz up a lot initially and this pretty much knocks all the fizz out of it leaving you with a fizz-free iced tea).
• Add the mint sprigs (if you can be bothered) and lots of ice.
• Serve!