Fall is quickly turning to winter but I find myself making ice tea
more and more these days. Having a couple of jugs of iced tea in the
fridge is a great alternative to drinking soda and fruit juices that
contain lots of sugar. Iced tea can be made with pretty much any type
of loose leaf tea! Below are a couple of ways that I like to brew my
favourite iced teas!
Making Iced Tea With White, Green or Black Tea Leaves:
Option 1:
Since these types of teas tend to get bitter if you over steep them
in hot water, I like to make them the night before using cold water.
Tea In Picture Is Gourmet Grape White Tea
Step 1: Using a glass jar, add the appropriate amount of tea leaves (dependant on the jars size). All of our bags of tea have
instructions on how many teaspoons of tea to use per 250 ml.
Step 2: Add cold water to the jar until it is full, then place it in the fridge for 8 hours or more.
Tea In Picture Is Gourmet Grape White Tea In Cold Water
Step 3: Strain the ice tea through our
LuxBerry Infuser or any other tea strainer when you are ready to drink
it. Add sweetener and lemon if you desire!
Option 2:
If you don't have time to leave the tea in the fridge overnight and
instead prefer to make the tea as you want to drink it, you can use
these instructions instead.
Step 1: Add the amount of tea leaves required for the size of tea
steeper you are using. Double the amount of tea leaves suggested.
Remember that you will be adding ice to this so if you only want to
make one cup of tea, you may want to brew less than you normally would.
Step 2: Brew the tea as per the instructions on the bag in your LuxBerry Infuser or any other tea infuser.
Step 3: Strain the tea into your cup filled with ice. Add sweetener and lemon if you desire!
Making Iced Tea with Rooibos Tea, Herbal Tea or Fruit Tisanes:
Since these types of teas do not get bitter, you can steep them in hot water for as long as you like.
Option 1:
Step 1: Using a glass jar add the appropriate amount of tea leaves (dependant on the jars size). All of our bags of tea have
instructions on how many teaspoons of tea to use per 250 ml.
Step 2: Add cold or hot water to the jar until it is full, then place it in the fridge for 8 hours or more.
Step 3: Strain the ice tea through our
LuxBerry Infuser or any other tea strainer when you are ready to drink
it. Add sweetner and lemon if you desire!
If you don't have time to leave the tea in the fridge overnight and
instead prefer to make the tea as you want to drink it, you can use
these instructions instead.
Step 1: Add the amount of tea leaves required for the size of tea
steeper you are using. Double the amount of tea leaves suggested.
Remember that you will be adding ice to this so if you only want to
make one cup of tea, you may want to brew less than you normally would
to your cup.
Step 2: Brew the tea as per the instructions on the bag in your LuxBerry Infuser or any other tea infuser.
Step 3: Strain the tea into your cup filled with ice. Add sweetner and lemon if you desire!
Option 3:
You can also brew the tea as you normally would and then pour the hot
tea into a container to cool in the fridge. Often when I choose to
make iced tea out of my herbal teas and/or fruit tisanes this way, I
will let the tea steep for a longer time period in order to get more
flavour out of it. I will usually steep the tea for 10-15 minutes since
it wont get bitter no matter how long you leave it. I also like to
steep these teas a second time and then add my first and second batch of
tea to the same container in the fridge. This way, you will get more
iced tea out of the tea leaves!
