alex's iced tea
recipes online are a disaster. I want recipes written by people. Here is one that I developed through trial and error over the course of about a month and 6 batches of tea. I like my tea to be lightly sweet and about average strength.
- Acquire a container that holds about 8 ounces. I have a large ball mason jar.
- Acquire some tea. I think for iced tea, which we are adding stuff too, bagged tea is preferable to loose leaf. I picked up some relatively cheap tea from Whole Foods and it works quite well.
- Add 8 ounces of water to your container and 8 bags of tea
- Steep the tea cold overnight. 8-12 hours (it doesn't have to be precise)
- Remove tea bags, squeeze 1/2 medium lemon and add juice.
- Add 64g white sugar
- Enjoy iced!