Iced Sun Tea
Created by Sue on February 22, 2013
- Servings: 4-5
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 3h
- Recipe #8200
Ingredients
- 6 small orange pekoe and black tea bags
- 3 small flavored herbal tea bags (fruit, rose hip or hibiscus flower are great)
- 1/2 fresh lemon (optional)
- 1/2 fresh lime (optional)
- Honey or sugar, amount to taste (optional)(for Southern sweet tea, add about 3/4-1 cup sugar)
How to Make
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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.
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Step 2: Fill with cold water , add lemon and lime and cover with plastic wrap and a rubber band.
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Step 3: Place outdoors in the sun (can do out of the sun as well, but takes just a bit longer).
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Step 4: Allow to brew for 5-6 hours or until it is as dark as you like (warmer weather brews it faster).
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Step 5: Remove tea bags and fruit and serve tea over ice, sweetened with honey if desired (mix it in while tea is warm).
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Step 6: Tea will keep about 6 hours, after which the quality decreases rapidly (just like old brewed coffee).
Nutritional Facts
- 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