Iced Tea 3 Delicious Ways

ICED TEA TIPS
DON’T use crappy tea
DON’T oversteep your tea
DON’T add sugar to cold tea
DON’T put tea into the refrigerator until it’s cool – it will result in
cloudy tea
DON’T make too much in advance. Iced tea is best when it’s fresh.

Classic Iced Tea
6 black tea bags 
8 cups hot water
1 lemon, zested and sliced
¼ honey (optional)
1 cup hot water (optional)
ice

Using a vegetable peeler, peel the zest of one lemon being careful not to get the white rind which is quite bitter.
Add the lemon zest and tea bags to hot water and stir.
Allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes.
Remove the tea bags and the zest and allow the tea to cool
completely.
For sweetened iced tea, add hot water to honey and stir until the honey is completely dissolved. Allow the mixture to cool completely.
In a pitcher combine ice and lemon slices.
Add tea and honey mixture and stir thoroughly.
Enjoy!

Raspberry Peach Iced Tea
6 tea bags (I used rooibos)
8 cups hot water
¼ honey (optional)
1 cup hot water (optional)
4 ripe peaches, sliced
1 cup fresh raspberries
ice

Add tea bags to hot water and stir.
Allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes.
Remove the tea bags and allow the tea to cool completely.
For sweetened iced tea, add hot water to honey and stir until the honey is completely dissolved. Allow the mixture to cool completely.
In a pitcher combine ice, peach slices and raspberries.
Add tea and honey mixture and stir thoroughly.
For best results, allow tea to infuse with flavor for 1-2 hours before
serving.
Enjoy!

Mojito-Inspired Iced Tea 
6 green tea bags
8 cups hot water
¼ cup superfine sugar (optional)
1 cup hot water (optional)
3 limes
10-12 mint leaves
ice

Using a vegetable peeler, peel the zest of one lime being careful not to get the white rind which is quite bitter.
Add the lime zest and tea bags to hot water and stir.
Allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes.
Remove the tea bags and the zest and allow the tea to cool completely.
For sweetened iced tea, add hot water to sugar and stir until the honey is completely dissolved. Allow the mixture to cool completely.
In a pitcher combine ice and lime slices and mint.
Add tea and sugar mixture and stir thoroughly.
For best results, allow tea to infuse with flavor for 1-2 hours before serving.
Enjoy!

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How to Make Sweet Watermalon lced Tea

Ingredients

• 1 small watermelon, about 2 lbs
• 5 black tea bags
• 4 cups water
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2-3 drops of red food coloring ( optional)
• mint leaves ( optional)

Instructions

1. Bring the 4 cups of water to a boil, then remove from the heat.
2. Toss in tea bags, and let sit for 20 minutes.
3. Cut the top of the watermelon off, and save for later
4. Scoop out the red part.
5. Place the red part of the watermelon into a blender of food processor, and liquify.
6. Pour the watermelon juice into a pan, and sprinkle in the sugar.
7. Mix until well combined, then bring to a boil, and cook for 2 minutes.
8. Turn the heat off, then remove the pan from heat, and let sit for 5 minutes.
9. pour the watermelon juice into a pitcher, along with the now concentrated tea.
10. Add in a few drops of red food coloring ( optional)
11. Stir,then let it sit until it cools.
12. Cut the leftover watermelon into cubes, and clean the mint leaves.
13. Place the mint leaves,watermelon cubes, and ice into a pitcher.
14. Pour the watermelon tea over the ice.
15. Let sit for 5 minutes.
16. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

You can add more or less sugar

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How to Make Blooming Tea

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   Place one blooming or flowering tea ball in a clear, medium to large sized glass teapot or tempered glass pitcher.

2

Prepare the water. If you know what kind of tea is in the ball (white, green, or black) follow the guidelines in How to Make Tea when determining how hot to make the water. For example, if it is predominantly white tea, the water should not be boiling (170 degrees is best) when poured onto the tea. If the tea is black, bring the water to a full boil.

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   Pour the hot water into the glass container.
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   Watch for three to five minutes as it unravels from a tiny ball into a beautiful flower-like bloom.
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   Steep the tea for at least 3 minutes (longer for a darker, more robust tea). Taste the tea as it steeps to see if it has reached a desired strength.
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   Pour all the tea into cups. If you're not going to drink it all, pour it into another teapot where it can stay warm. Leaving the hot water in contact with the tea for too long can adversely affect the taste.
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   Re-steep the tea. You may be able to do this 2-3 times, depending on the size, brand, how much tea you made, and how long you steeped the tea the first time. Remember that after a few re-steepings, the flavor will not be as bold as before in other pots.
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   Finished.

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How to Make Flower Tea

1

Collect flowers. Chrysanthemums, jasmine, dandelions, and lavender are commonly used in teas. You can use a single flower or a combination.

2

Wash the flowers! You don't want a mouthful of pesticides and bugs.

3

Heat up a cup (or however much tea you wish to make) of water on the stove.Get it so it's warm, but cool enough to put one's hand in. (Boiling the flowers will result in a bitter, unpleasant flavor)

4

Put a cup of the flowers (fresh or dried) into a tea ball, or directly into the pot (you'll strain later)

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   let the flowers steep for 2-5 minutes, tasting as you go.

6

Strain any flower bits out using a fine strainer or a paper towel.

7

Pour into a cup, add a little lemon juice, sugar, or milk, and enjoy!

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How to Make a good Tea

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Boil the water. Using a non-reactive tea kettle, bring more than enough water to a boil.

• The better tasting your water, the better tasting your tea. The best water is filtered or bottled (but not distilled). If using tap water, let it run cold for 10 seconds before using it for tea.^[1]
• Make sure you only boil the water one time. If you boil the water more than once, the oxygen levels in the water will be reduced and make the tea taste flat.

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Pre heat whatever you want to put the tea in. This will prevent the steeping water from dropping in temperature as soon as it is poured in. Add a little boiling water to a ceramic or porcelain teapot or the individual cups--wherever the tea will be steeped (ceramic and porcelain retain heat well). Cover the teapot with the lid and a cozy, if you have one. Let the water stand until the vessel is warm, then pour out the water and proceed immediately to the next step.

3

Put the tea in an infuser, strainer, or directly in the bottom of the teapot.Steeping without an infuser or strainer gives the tea more room to unfold and release additional flavor.^[4][1] Start with one heaped teaspoon per cup of tea to be made, unless you have instructions which say otherwise. The amount of loose tea you use will depend on the type and strength of the tea, as well as your individual taste, so a little experimentation may be in order.

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Add hot water. Pour it over the tea. Use an amount in proportion to the quantity of tea you've added (eg. 5 cups of water for 5 teaspoons of tea). The ideal water temperature varies based on the type of tea being steeped. The more oxidized (fermented) the tea (e.g. black tea) the hotter the water should be, whereas less oxidized teas (white, green) should be steeped in water that isn't as hot.^[3]

• White or green teas (full leaf): Well below boiling (170-185 F or 76-85 C).^[4] When the water boils, turn off the heat and let the water cool for 30 seconds for white tea and 60 seconds for green tea before pouring it over the leaves.^[5]
• Oolongs (full leaf): 185-210 F or 85-98 C^[4]
• Black teas (full leaf): Water must be at a rolling boil (212 F or 100 C).^[4] The most common mistake is to steep black tea with water that is not hot enough, which can prevent the active substances in black tea from developing.^[3]
• Pu-erhs: Full rolling boil (212 F or 100 C).^[4]
• Tea bags: Never let the water boil. Since tea bags often include tea dust and fannings (the smallest tea particle grades) and so have more surface area, use slightly less hot water.

5

Let the tea steep. Cover with the cozy to retain warmth. Different teas require different steeping times. In general, whole-leaf tea should be steeped longer than broken-leaf tea.^[6] Check the box for guidance. If there are no instructions, steep for a minute or two, then taste frequently until it's flavorful but not bitter. If practicing gong-fu brewing to make multiple infusions, use shorter infusion times, typically 30 seconds to 1 minute.^[7] For normal (Western) brewing, the steeping times are longer. The following recommendations are guidelines:

• Oolong teas: 4-7 minutes
• Black teas: 3-5 minutes
• Green teas: 2-3 minutes

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Remove the tea leaves. Get rid of the tea leaves in the pot (if you have a strainer or infuser) or pour the liquid into another vessel with a strainer to catch any tea leaves. Tuck the teapot back inside a tea cozy if there is tea remaining in the pot after serving everyone. This helps keep the tea hot longer.

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Serve. Depending on your taste, you may want to serve black tea tea with milk, sugar, lemon or honey. Do not serve the tea with both lemon and milk or the milk will curdle. If you use milk, add the milk to the cup first and then add the tea; this prevents the hot tea from scalding the milk by heating it gradually.

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Infuse again if you want to make more tea for a second serving. Many teas, especially whole-leaf green and oolong teas, can be infused multiple times, so repeat the above steps, increasing the steeping time with each infusion, to get the most out of your tea.^[4][7]

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Finished.

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How to make Indian Tea

Chai - Indian Tea - Hot Beverage Recipe by Ruchi Bharani [HD]
INGREDIENTS -
water
milk
tea powder
small ginger pieces (2-3)
2 pieces of cardamom

METHOD
- Boil 1 and half cup of water in a steel vessel. Let it boil for some time.
- While the water is boiling, pound 2-3 small pieces of ginger & add them to the boiling water. Pound 2 cardamom pieces and add them to the water. 
- Add 2 teaspoons of tea powder. Let it boil for 2-3 minutes.
- Add a cup of milk to the boiling hot water mixture.
- Add 2 and a little more teaspoons of sugar. 
- Let it boil a little more. Pour it hot in the serving cup, straining it through a fine sieve. 

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