Description
Fresh, clear, strong black tea. This tea is as purely refreshing as it gets! Make a gallon…it stays clear for two days! Or, see the bottom for how to make a 44oz thermos to get you through the day!
Ingredients
1 gallon filtered or purified water
1/2 cup Loose Black Tea
Sweetener
You will need this large tea infuser:
Instructions
- Fill a 2-qt pot with Purified Water. Bring to a boil.
- Put 1/2 cup dry loose tea into the tea infuser. This fills the infuser only about 1/3 of the way, leaving room to expand.
- Turn off the boiling water pot and insert the tea infuser. You want the water to cover the infuser.
- Set a timer for 5 minutes.
- Remove the tea infuser and let it drip into the pan of steeped tea.
- Add sweetener to this pan of warm steeped tea. We like Splenda and we use exactly 43 packets of Splenda for a gallon of tea.
- Dump steeped tea into a gallon pitcher. Add Purified water to make a gallon. Refrigerate.
Notes
Update: how I make one big 44oz thermos for daily fresh tea!
I’ve become so particular about my tea freshness that I have evolved into making it fresh daily in my 44oz. thermos. You may have a different size drink thermos than me. Adjust as needed. I purchased a few things to make this easier. Check back to the post on my site for the special mug and infuser I purchased for this.
Instructions: (1) Fill the mug 2/3 full of filtered water. (2) Microwave it for 4 minutes. (3) Put a heaping tablespoon of loose tea in the infuser. (4) Infuse the tea for 4 minutes. (5) Remove infuser and add sweetener. (6) Fill the thermos 2/3 full of ice. (7) Pour hot infused tea over ice. Stir. Fill the rest of the thermos with filtered water. Stir.