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sun tea in progress
Sun tea is refreshing summer drink often made in my area of southern New Mexico.
Even though glass gallon-sized sun tea makers/containers are commonly sold in this area, IMHO they make way too much for one person to conveniently consume in a few days. Plus, in my view, the gallon size takes up too much room in the refrigerator.
Preparation is simple. Fetch a convenient size jar with lid, in this case a quart canning jar with a recycled lid off another container. Fill with water, put in tea bags to suit the taste (two regular size tea bags per quart does it for me), put on the lid, and let it heat up in the full sun for about 4 hours or so. When sufficiently done, remove the tea bags, add other flavorings/sweeteners to suit (note the mint in the background, which I harvest routinely ;-} ), and refrigerate.
I like this stuff a lot better than sodas, and it's cheap too.
Yes, you can use green tea or other varieties that you like. And a tea ball works with this setup, too
sun tea in progress
Sun tea is refreshing summer drink often made in my area of southern New Mexico.
Even though glass gallon-sized sun tea makers/containers are commonly sold in this area, IMHO they make way too much for one person to conveniently consume in a few days. Plus, in my view, the gallon size takes up too much room in the refrigerator.
Preparation is simple. Fetch a convenient size jar with lid, in this case a quart canning jar with a recycled lid off another container. Fill with water, put in tea bags to suit the taste (two regular size tea bags per quart does it for me), put on the lid, and let it heat up in the full sun for about 4 hours or so. When sufficiently done, remove the tea bags, add other flavorings/sweeteners to suit (note the mint in the background, which I harvest routinely ;-} ), and refrigerate.
I like this stuff a lot better than sodas, and it's cheap too.
Yes, you can use green tea or other varieties that you like. And a tea ball works with this setup, too