Posted: 5/8/2008 2:05:18 PM EDT
 Maybe throw in a recipe or what specifics you use? |
This is about how I do it. I put 2-3 family size bags in a gallon container that is sorta made for making sun tea, it has a spout on the bottom. After it sits outside for awhile, I bring it in and put a little over a cup of sugar in it. It is good. |
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I brew a gallon every other day. I use 13 bags of decaf Luzianne tea ( I thinkt hat this is the best for Iced Tea). Then, I throw in one bag of Chai tea. Many love the taste and always ask what the backround is - even folks who don't like Chai (Ginger, Clove, Anise, Cinnamon, etc.) like it when it is a distinct, yet backround, flavor. I love Iced Tea and homebrew! Mmmmmmm! |
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California Sun tea: 1 gallon glass container. Don't use plastic. Only Nancy boys worried about dropping it use plastic. Real tea-baggers use glass. 6-8 regular tea bags Whatever knid you have. Lipton, etc. Trade secret Get a box of flavored tea. Doesn't matter if Bigelow, Celestal Seasonongs, etc. Flavor is wharever you like, or wanna try. I like to get a "sampler" pack cause I get bored of the same flavor. Use 2-4 bags Water I use tap water cause I trust the local government. You can use bottled of you're scared. Add one gallon water to the jar. Add in tea bags. Let sit in sun for 6-8 hours in a sunny spot. You'll have one gallon of sun tea. Added over a large cup of ice, and drink up. Sun tea is weaker than normal Iced tea, but so what. One gallon will only last a day or so in the fridge, so drink it quick. |
Do you breathe the air in public places or do you carry around a SCBA air tank when out and about? My parents let me play outside in the dirt when I was kid. I've got a stong gut, and eat at the local taco trucks. Not too worried about this issue. |
+1. The worst problem that you'll likely end up with is a case of diarrhea. Everyone gets that from time to time. Shit happens. 
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 Does your mommy still pin your mittens to your jacket in the winter? Where were you last night when I cooked my steak bloody rare? You might have saved me from a terrible case of...nothing. |
It happens. Just putting it out there in interest of "full disclosure". I bet you don't wash fruit from the store either, right? |
No need to be an idiot about it. it's a legitimate issue, especially for the young and the elderly. I eat my steak bloody too, so nice try. |
But the bigger question is, did you get pics? |
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Some recipies here. ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=10&f=19&t=610886 |
+1 Pics or ban! |
I always thought sun-tea and southern sweet tea were two very different drinks. Didn't know you could make sweet southern style sun tea. Not that I'll try it. Likes my tea sans sugar. |
They are different but there are some sun tea posts in there as well. |
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Ok, here are my old family recipes for sun tea. You fill up the sun tea jar, (which is usually one of those ones that's about a gallon with the spigot at the bottom) with water, add four regular sized tea bags and set it in the sun. You'll know when its done. This one is from the deep south. I don't like it, its WAY too sweet for me. First, we make simple syrup. In a large pot, boil just over a half gallon of water. When it comes to a boil, add sugar. You want to add right around 3/4 of a lb of sugar. You'll have to stir like a madman to be sure not to burn the sugar before it can dissolve. Stir and boil until you cannot see any sugar in the water. Let cool. Add the simple syrup that we've just made to the sun tea pot, fill half way and fill with water the other half. Add 4-6 teabags and leave in the sun. |
Too weak for me too. I like my tea almost as dark and strong as my coffee.  You only get that with boiling water and pure ceylon tea.
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And as a refresher: Appropriate Sun Tea container:  Inappropriate Sun Tea Containers:  |
Holy shit! That tea kit come with a vial of insulin?
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She didn't get the job? Lame.
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I wonder what the magical temp is. Today I placed my gallon jar in the direct sun where the thermometer was reporting a 140 degree reading. Yeah, the thermo was not reading the ambient temp, but would be nice to know what the real temp of the water was. I'd bet it was hotter than the surround air and such. |