Make Iced Tea You Can Drink Immediately

Normally, to make iced tea you'll need to boil a liter of water and wait a long time for it to cool before you can drink your homemade iced tea. If you want something quick, your alternative is to use instant iced tea powder. But here's a recipe for real iced tea that you can drink immediately, whether you like green or any other tea. This recipe takes about two minutes to make and after just one minute you can drink your iced tea.

Ingredients

For {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} of green iced tea, you'll need:
  • 800 ml (27.05 fl oz) of cool water, from a refrigerator or just tap water
  • 200 ml (7.76 fl oz) of hot, boiled water
  • 4 to 5 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 4 green teabags, 3 clear green, and 1 mint tea
  • Liquid sugar[1] (or regular, fine sugar, see the Tips) (to taste)
  • 2 tablespoons fruit syrup[2] or fruit juice (this is the secret ingredient, don't forget)
  • Ice cubes

For 1 liter (33.8 fl oz) of any other tea type, you'll need:

  • 4 teabags of your favorite tea
  • 800 ml (27.05 fl oz) cold water
  • 200 ml (7.76 fl oz) hot, boiled water
  • 3 or 4 teaspoons lemon juice
  • Liquid sugar (or regular, fine sugar, see the Tips) (to taste)
  • Ice cubes

Steps

  1. Fill a pitcher with the 800ml/27.05 fl oz of cold water.
  2. Fill a heatproof glass with the hot water, freshly boiled. Dip one or two of the teabags at the same time in the water until you have a glass with very strong tea.
  3. Slowly pour the hot tea you made in the glass into the pitcher.
  4. Repeat with the remaining teabags.
  5. Sweeten. Once you have added all the tea, add the liquid sugar to taste.
  6. Add 3 or 4 teaspoons of lemon juice into your tea.
  7. Add the fruit syrup or fruit juice into the iced tea.
  8. Add ice cubes and chill for about 1 minute. Enjoy your homemade iced tea!
  9. Finished.



Tips

If you don't have liquid sugar, combine hot water with an equal amount of sugar. Bring to a boil in a large pot over medium heat..boil about 2 minutes until all the sugar dissolves. Use right away to sweeten your tea.Cool and store the rest in the fridge. Use it to sweeten all cold beverages. 1 TBS of this syrup is slightly less sweet than 1 tablespoon of dry sugar.

Warnings

  • Be careful with hot water.
  • Make sure to pour the cold water in the pitcher first. Pouring in cold water after hot water can cause the pitcher to crack.

Things You'll Need

  • Heatproof glass
  • Pitcher
  • Kettle

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ Wisegeek, What is liquid sugar, http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-liquid-sugar.htm
  2. ↑ Cook's Thesaurus, Fruit Syrups, http://www.foodsubs.com/SyrupsFruit.html

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