How to Make Sun Tea With Tea Bags
On a hot summer day, using your stove to boil water for tea can make your kitchen even warmer. Then you must wait for the hot tea to cool before pouring it over ice cubes to make iced tea. Give yourself a break from the heat by using the power of the sun to brew your tea. Making sun tea with tea bags is an easy way to make a delicious, refreshing summer beverage. Multiply the recipe when entertaining a large group of friends at a summer picnic or barbecue. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 4 to 6 tea bags
- 2-quart glass container
- Filtered water
- Ice cubes
- Glass
- Sugar (optional)
- Lemon wedges (optional)
- Honey (optional)
Instructions
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Select the type of tea bags you want to use. Use green or black tea bags for a traditional iced tea flavor. Choose herbal, white or spiced teas to add alternative flavors to your iced tea beverage.
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Place four to six tea bags in the bottom of a 2-qt. glass container. Fill the container with cold filtered water. Put a tight lid on the container to insure contaminants do not enter your tea.
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Place the glass container in direct sunlight to brew sun tea. Let the sun tea steep for 3 to 6 hours. Move the container if necessary to keep it in the sunlight.
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Taste the sun tea to see if it is as strong as you prefer. Let the tea steep for an additional hour or two if it tastes weak. Place the jar in the refrigerator when the sun tea is ready.
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Remove the tea bags from the sun tea container. Place ice cubes in the bottom of a glass. Pour sun tea over the ice cubes to make an iced tea beverage. Add sugar, a lemon wedge or honey to flavor your sun tea if you desire.
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Tips & Warnings
Making sun tea with tea bags does not result in as strong of a flavor as traditional hot-brewed tea. To avoid diluting the sun tea with melting ice cubes, pour sun-brewed tea into an ice cube tray and freeze. Use these frozen tea cubes to make your iced tea.
Making sun tea with tea bags can be dangerous. Bacteria thrive in the warm conditions of summer sunlight. To avoid getting sick from sun tea, wash your glass container thoroughly before use. Refrigerate sun tea immediately after it finishes brewing to halt bacterial growth. Discard tea that you have not consumed by the end of the day.
References
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