Making Your Own Sun Tea Made Easy

Posted on October 15, 2009
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Making sun tea is an iced tea recipe that is easy to do. But if you want to make the best out of your sun tea, there are some things you can do to attain this. You will need to have some patience and a few supplies. Although this ice tea recipe requires the least amount of effort on your part, making tea with solar power takes a lot longer than other methods of making iced tea.

Choosing Your Type of Tea

Some people may prefer making their sun tea with regular black tea bags, but other people find the result a bit on the weak side. If you prefer strong hot black tea, then you the taste of this iced tea recipe will not be ideal for you. The advantage of sun tea is that you can use any kind of tea bags, and even comine two or more kinds of tea bags for your sun tea.

Instead of the usual black tea, this writer recommends taking green tea. You could also combine different tea bags as part green tea, and part herbal tea, perhaps with a fruity flavor. Green tea needs less time to brew than black tea and tastes better if the water is hot but not at its boiling point. The sun will heat up the water with the tea really well, but will not boil it.

Choosing Your Container

There are many containers you can use for this iced tea recipe. But it is very vital that your containers should have lids. If your container does not have a lid, there is a high chance that insects will be attracted to the liquid’s color and unintentionally get inside it. Your iced tea container needs to be have at least a half gallon capacity in order to make a few glasses of iced tea.

Some people can may be able to detect when your iced tea recipe is made in a plastic container or in a glass one. The difference is quite subtle but some people may be sensitive to this. This employs the same logic as when you’re comparing the taste of bottled soft drinks that have previously been packaged in glass containers. There is a difference that can be tasted in those that come in plastic bottles.

For best results for this iced tea recipe, simply use one regular sized tea bag per cup of water in the container, fill with cold water and set in a spot that gets the most sun during the day. In the evening, place the container in the refrigerator to cool overnight. For a cool and refreshing finish, serve over ice.

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