One of the true delights of

warm weather living is iced tea.

We advocate making iced tea from scratch. Why?

There are several good reasons.

Fresh tea tastes best. You can experiment with flavors and strength until you find your favorites.
Fresh tea contains more of the health benefits of tea than processed and bottled teas.
Fresh tea is cheaper. You pay extra for processing and packaging.

Making fresh tea from scratch is actually pretty easy if you develop a system. Here's one approach.

• For one quart of iced tea, brew five teaspoons of loose tea in twelve ounces of hot water for 5 - 7 minutes.
• Strain the tea into a heat resistant pitcher that has a 1 quart volume line.
• Allow to cool.
• Add ice and cold water up to the one quart line.

To use tea bags to make a quart of tea:

• Place 5 tea bags directly into the pitcher.
• Add 12 ounces of hot water and allow to steep for 5 - 7 minutes.
• Remove tea bags and allow to cool.
• Add water and ice to the once quart line.

Adjust proportions for different amounts of tea or to suit your taste. Enjoy!

Hint: You can load an empty tea bag with loose tea and use the tea bag method. (See our Infuser page for empty bags.)

A suggested list of teas for icing:

Loose teas

• Nilgiri Corsley Estate - plain black, doesn't cloud
• Lady Londonderry
• Prince of Wales
• Apricot Afternoon
• Mandalayan Raspberry
• Ginger Peach
• Apricot Decaf
• Raspberry Decaf
• Summer Herbal Cooler

Tea bags

• Monk's Blend
• Spiced Chai
• Peach Apricot
• Key Lime
• Passion Fruit