Iced tea
So, last summer I made some really delicious iced tea. It was sort of time consuming, but mmmm, it was good.
I tried to make it this morning, in a simpler way.
1. Fill large nalgene-type water bottle with ice. Completely full.
2. Boil water
3. Poor water into a glass measuring cup filled with tea leaves
4. Let tea brew
5. Place tea-strainer on mouth of nalgene bottle
6. Poor in tea
First batch didn't taste too good. Figured it was because the leaves were old, or it was brewed too long, or something. So I tried it again (with PG Tips tea bags) and... it isn't that bad, but I couldn't describe it as delicious. Need to figure out what I did right last time. I'm thinking the major differences, in order of importance, are:
1. Brewed it for less time
2. Did not water it down- added it to glass bottles when it was hot, let it cool on the counter, then stuck it in the fridge
3. Different type of sugar? The German's have "tee zucker" which is more like tiny little lumps. But not like sugar cubes. It isn't grainy.
4. Different type of tea. Which I don't have any more.
I obviously need to get a glass container that can handle hot liquids. I'm wondering if brewing it in a mason jar would work? It seems silly but whatever.
I tried to make it this morning, in a simpler way.
1. Fill large nalgene-type water bottle with ice. Completely full.
2. Boil water
3. Poor water into a glass measuring cup filled with tea leaves
4. Let tea brew
5. Place tea-strainer on mouth of nalgene bottle
6. Poor in tea
First batch didn't taste too good. Figured it was because the leaves were old, or it was brewed too long, or something. So I tried it again (with PG Tips tea bags) and... it isn't that bad, but I couldn't describe it as delicious. Need to figure out what I did right last time. I'm thinking the major differences, in order of importance, are:
1. Brewed it for less time
2. Did not water it down- added it to glass bottles when it was hot, let it cool on the counter, then stuck it in the fridge
3. Different type of sugar? The German's have "tee zucker" which is more like tiny little lumps. But not like sugar cubes. It isn't grainy.
4. Different type of tea. Which I don't have any more.
I obviously need to get a glass container that can handle hot liquids. I'm wondering if brewing it in a mason jar would work? It seems silly but whatever.