Iced Tea Recipe
Make homemade Iced tea, like the cold and sweetened tea served at restaurants! Ice tea is a chilled drink made from orange pekoe black tea that is sometimes flavored with lemon. Serve Iced tea sweet or unsweetened. This is the ultimate guide on how to make iced tea in 3 ways using tea bags!
Equipment
- 1 coffee maker or pot, (to brew tea)
Ingredients
ingredients:
- 12 black tea bags*, (orange pekoe black tea)
- 24 cups of water, (divided)
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
Instructions
Directions:
- Brew tea bags in 12 cups of boiling water. Steep for 5 minutes. Do this by bringing water to a boil then adding the tea bags or using a coffee maker.
- Remove tea bags and whisk in the sugar until dissolved.
- Stir in 12 cups of cold water and cool the mixture in the fridge.**(Shortcut below.)
- Pour tea over a glass of ice and serve.
Notes
- NOTE: to make iced tea fast, omit adding the cold water and fill a one-gallon pitcher of ice. Pour the hot tea concentrate over the ice.
- This Iced Tea Recipe makes 1 gallon of tea.
- **Use 12 standard tea bags*, 3 family-size tea bags, or a 1-gallon pouch tea bag, to make one gallon of iced tea. Tea bags come in different sizes but either one will make perfect iced tea or use 1/3 cup of any loose-leaf black tea.
- For 2 Quarts of Tea: halve the recipe by brewing 6 tea bags in 4 cups of boiling water. Add 3/4 cup sugar and 4 more cups of cold water.
- Healthy Sweetener: omit the sugar and add 1 cup of honey.
Nutrition Facts
Iced Tea Recipe
Serving Size
1 (12oz serving)
Amount per Serving
Calories
116
% Daily Value*
Fat
1
g
2
%
Sodium
29
mg
1
%
Potassium
1
mg
0
%
Carbohydrates
30
g
10
%
Sugar
30
g
33
%
Calcium
17
mg
2
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
