Iced Sun Tea
Recipe: #8200
February 22, 2013
Categories: Beverages, Non-Alcoholic, 5-Minute Prep, July 4th, Picnic, more
"This is how I like sun tea. You can make Southern sweet tea this way, and I used to do that before I stopped adding sugar to my tea when I was in my twenties. Now I just take mine with some lemon. On a picnic or while camping, just set this out in the sun while you are having fun, and it will soon be ready. Just cover the top with saran wrap and a big rubber band to keep out unwanted pests."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (143.1 g)
- Calories 102.8
- Total Fat - 1.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.4 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 22 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 22.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.7 g
- Sugars - 14.7 g
- Protein - 1.2 g
- Calcium - 49 mg
- Iron - 1.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Remove any tags from the tea bags (prevents dye from leeching into the tea) and place them in the bottom of a clear, glass, 1/2 gallon pitcher.
Step 2
Fill with cold water , add lemon and lime and cover with plastic wrap and a rubber band.
Step 3
Place outdoors in the sun (can do out of the sun as well, but takes just a bit longer).
Step 4
Allow to brew for 5-6 hours or until it is as dark as you like (warmer weather brews it faster).
Step 5
Remove tea bags and fruit and serve tea over ice, sweetened with honey if desired (mix it in while tea is warm).
Step 6
Tea will keep about 6 hours, after which the quality decreases rapidly (just like old brewed coffee).
Tips
No special items needed.