Iced Tea Recipe (Extra Easy) (2024)

FAQs

How to make iced tea taste better? ›

Fruit juices, chopped frozen fruit and fruit purees are great natural sweeteners. White grape and pomegranate juices are great with both black and green tea and make a delicious, refreshing iced tea. If you use purees or chopped fruit, strain the tea before serving to remove the solids.

Once you've brewed your ice-tea a dash of baking soda helps to neutralize the tannin content, offering a smoother taste, and reducing that murky appearance. The tannin content is high in black tea and green tea, so be sure to add baking soda if you're using these types of tea.

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.

Fruit is always a great addition.

Adding strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or peaches to the warm water in your teacup will draw the flavor out of the berries and into your beverage. If you don't have fresh fruit in your fridge, you can also add a splash of fruit juice for a similar flavoring effect.

Iced Tea Tips

Have fun with tea garnishes: sprigs of herbs, lemon or orange wheels, apple slices, whole strawberries (extra delightful when dipped in sugar!), frozen strawberries or blueberries (float them on top of the drink).

Adding a little baking soda to your tea will clear away any cloudiness left from the mixing process, and it's also thought to cut down on any lingering bitter tastes from the steeping tea bags, leaving your tea clarified and smooth and providing your get-together with one fantastic pitcher of tea.

If you have ever tried brewing tea at home over ice you might have created a cloudy, or even muddy, iced tea. Certain teas are susceptible to fast temperature changes. Shocking the tea, from hot to iced, quickly creates a chemical reaction that severely clouds the tea.

Sprinkle a pinch of baking soda into a 64-ounce, heat-proof glass pitcher. Pour in boiling water and add tea bags. Cover and allow to steep for 15 minutes.

Do you know the difference between ICED tea and ICE tea? Iced tea refers to hot tea that has been poured over ice. Ice tea is tea that has either been brewed cold or has been cooled down before serving.

Is it cheaper to buy or make iced tea? ›

From green to black, brew them yourself for a great boost of antioxidants. Three fast reasons to brew your own iced tea, rather than buy bottled: It's cheaper. You'll likely add much less sugar.

For Loose or Tea Bags:

Steep for 2-4 minutes. Strain and pour over ice. Or strain, let cool, and refrigerate to chill.

Steep 4-6 tea bags/sachets or 3-6 tablespoons of loose leaf tea in the water for 3-5 minutes. This might sound like too much tea, but doubling the amount you normally use will make your tea twice as strong. This ensures that the dilution from melting ice cubes won't make your tea taste watery.

Simply brew 2 tea bags in a gallon of cold/iced water for 3 minutes, and sweeten to taste. Then sip and let great-tasting Lipton Cold Brew black iced tea brighten your day!

Pour 8 cups of cold or room temperature water over the tea bags and give it a gentle stir. Pop the lid on the container and place it in the refrigerator for a minimum of eight hours (maximum 12 hours). Remove the tea bags and enjoy your tea. Serve over ice with fresh lemon.

White sugar or sugar syrup are neutral in flavour, serving to simply sweeten or enhance the rest, while brown sugar lends a delicate caramel note alongside the sweet. Honey and agave tend to be sweeter than sugar, but bring out more floral notes, making them a good match for floral oolongs or fragrant black teas.

Your Iced Tea Tastes "Off" Just like cloudy tea, a funky tasting tea could have something to do with glassware, water, or brewing methods. If your tea is tasting overly astringent, try adjusting the amount of tea you're adding or the length of time you're brewing.

Adjust your water temperature.

Water temperature is commonly overlooked in the process of everyday brewing, but many teas, especially delicate, lightly oxidized styles like green tea or white tea, can produce radically different flavors when brewed at different temperatures.