Showing posts with label Iced Teas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iced Teas. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Summertime Iced Tea

I happen to come across this iced tea recipe at Food.com which Nif originally posted the recipe, but I did tweak the recipe to suit my taste.  When making the tea, I used fresh spearmint leaves from my garden, plus I added more.  I also added more tea bags, and used a 12 ounce can of lemonade concentrate, to almost fill a gallon size jar, so I had more iced tea to enjoy.



Summertime Iced Tea

8 cups water
14 orange pekoe and black tea bags
25 fresh spearmint leaves
1 cup sugar
1 (12 oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate
4 cups cold water
lemon slices, to garnish
sprigs of fresh spearmint, to garnish
1 gallon size heat-proof glass jar

1.)  Place the spearmint leaves and tea bags in a heat-proof gallon size jar.

2.)  In a large saucepan, bring the 8 cups of water to almost a boil, just until you see a few bubbles starting to come to the surface.

3.)  Pour the heated water into the large heat-proof jar; cover the jar with a glass plate.  I used an 8-1/2 inch glass dessert plate, and let stand for 15-20 minutes.

4.)  After the tea has steeped, discard the tea bags and mint leaves. Add the sugar, and stir thoroughly.

5.)  Cover the jar with the plate, and let set at room temp to cool. (I let mine sit for 1 hr. & 30 mins.)

6.)  Now add the frozen lemonade and cold water; stir well.

7.)  Refrigerate to chill and serve later, or pour into beverage glasses filled with a few large ice cubes, and serve immediately.

8.)  Garnish beverage glasses with lemon slices, and sprigs of fresh spearmint leaves, if desired.

9.)  Yields: 108 ounces of tea

10.) Note: I just wanted to let everyone know... The other day I made this iced tea, but found I only had 12 mint leaves, so I also used 2 Bigelow Plantation Black Spearmint Tea Bags (along with 12 black flavored tea bags).  I felt the taste of the spearmint really came through, and the tea was quite refreshing and delicious!

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Sweet Lime Iced Tea

During the Summer I make several gallons of this iced tea.  I never thought adding lime juice to iced tea, could taste sooo good!  It's a nice change from the sweetened lemon iced tea I usually make.









Sweet Lime Iced Tea 

6 cups boiling water

7 tea bags (I used orange pekoe & black)

3/4 cup sugar, plus 2-1/2 tablespoons of sugar

2 limes (Plus half of one lime, see *Note)


1.)  In a (2-quart) heat-proof glass pitcher, add the tea bags to it.  (If the tea bags have strings attached, be sure to remove them first.)


2.)  Pour boiling water over tea bags in the pitcher.  Cover the pitcher, and allow the tea to steep for 45 minutes.  (I covered the pitcher with Saran Wrap.) 


3.)  After the has steeped for 45 minutes, remove tea bags from the pitcher, and discard them.

4.)  To the pitcher, add the 3/4 cup of sugar, plus the 2-1/2 tablespoons of sugar; stir thoroughly to dissolve the sugar.


5.)  Add the juice of 2 limes to the pitcher, and stir.  (For more lime flavor, add the juice from half of a lime as well.)

6.)  Let the tea cool to room temperature, then place tea in the refrigerator to chill.

7.)  Pour chilled tea into glasses filled with ice.  Serve tea immediately.

8.)  Yields: About 55 ounces

9.) *Note: For more lime flavor, add the juice of 2 and a 1/2 limes.  Also, I usually double this recipe, and make the tea in a gallon size glass jar.  Then I'll use 12 cups of boiling water, 14 tea bags, 1-1/2 cups of sugar, plus a 1/3 cup of sugar, and the juice of 4 limes (possibly 4-1/2 limes).  This makes: 13-1/2 cups of tea (or) 105-ounces.  One more thing I wanted to mention, if using a gallon size glass jar to make the tea, I'll cover the jar with an 8-1/2 inch glass dinner plate, while the tea is steeping.  Below is a photo of the gallon size jar I used to make the iced tea.

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Here's an additional photo of the Sweet Lime Iced Tea served in a glass.














Sweet Lime Iced Tea | Just A Pinch Recipes

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Sugar Free Strawberry Iced Tea πŸ“

This is a delicious sugar free strawberry flavored iced tea. πŸ“             The ingredients I used to make this tea were... orange pekoe and black tea, and 1 packet of Walmart's Great Value Sugar Free Strawberry Flavored Drink Mix.


Sugar Free Strawberry Iced Tea 

9 regular size tea bags (orange pekoe & black tea)
8 cups water, divided
1 packet sugar free strawberry flavored powdered drink mix
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1.)  Place tea bags in a 2-quart size glass pitcher.

2.)  In a medium size saucepan, bring 4 cups of water all most to a boil.  Remove pan from heat as soon as you see bubbles start to come to the surface.


2.)  Pour the hot water over the tea bags in the glass pitcher.  Cover pitcher with a plastic wrap, and let tea steep for 1 hour.

3.)  After one hour; carefully squeeze the tea/water from the tea bags into the pitcher; stir, then discard the tea bags.  Cover the pitcher, then let sit until the tea has cooled down a bit more.

4.)  Once the tea has cooled; add the packet of sugar free strawberry flavored drink mix, and the 4 cups of cold water into the pitcher, and stir.

5.)  Refrigerate the tea until it's chilled.

6.)  Serve tea in a glass filled with ice.

7.)  Yields: 2-quarts

Additional photos of Sugar Free Strawberry Iced Tea, and ingredients I used when preparing this beverage.  When it came to the tea bags, I used 9 orange pekoe & black tea bags.



 




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