Comments on: How to make Sweet Ice Tea http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/ You have tried it in a restaurant, now make it at home. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:57:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: plastic http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 plastic Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:23:53 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-1083 When I use a glass pitcher, i place a knife in the pitcher prior to adding the hot water so the pitcher will not crack. When I use a glass pitcher, i place a knife in the pitcher prior to adding the hot water so the pitcher will not crack.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Stephanie Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:55:09 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-1041 I have to make a follow up comment on this. I never realized everyone was so passionate about tea making. I learned a lot of my tea making from the folks at http://www.teamerchants.com , I love their tea, it is fabulous. I have gone onto purchase a special water heater that dispenses hot water at three different temperatures for perfect tea. I appreciate so many of your comments. So regarding the plastic pitcher, I had glass one there, people complained, people complained over plastic, so I am curious what type of container do you put your tea into? I have to make a follow up comment on this. I never realized everyone was so passionate about tea making. I learned a lot of my tea making from the folks at http://www.teamerchants.com , I love their tea, it is fabulous. I have gone onto purchase a special water heater that dispenses hot water at three different temperatures for perfect tea. I appreciate so many of your comments. So regarding the plastic pitcher, I had glass one there, people complained, people complained over plastic, so I am curious what type of container do you put your tea into?

]]> By: Nay http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Nay Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:05:20 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-1020 Woody, your method seems WAY too complicated for a simple tea. I agree with the plastic pitcher though...no way. My grandmother always would steep the tea bags in the pot after boiling the water, then pour it into the ice filled glasses, then let everyone else sweeten their own tea. What's bad, is if you use sugar, it doesn't dissolve very well in a gold glass, but if you use sweet n low or splenda, it dissolves just fine. Woody, your method seems WAY too complicated for a simple tea. I agree with the plastic pitcher though…no way. My grandmother always would steep the tea bags in the pot after boiling the water, then pour it into the ice filled glasses, then let everyone else sweeten their own tea. What’s bad, is if you use sugar, it doesn’t dissolve very well in a gold glass, but if you use sweet n low or splenda, it dissolves just fine.

]]> By: La Guera Preciosa http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-577 La Guera Preciosa Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:36:12 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-577 All of you missed the most important ingredient of all... LOVE!! My mom always tells me that if you cook in a kitchen without putting a little love into it, it just won't turn out right... =) NC Born and raised...I still enjoy home made sweet tea with my family. It's tradition. Thanks for sharing your secrets... All of you missed the most important ingredient of all… LOVE!! My mom always tells me that if you cook in a kitchen without putting a little love into it, it just won’t turn out right… =) NC Born and raised…I still enjoy home made sweet tea with my family. It’s tradition. Thanks for sharing your secrets…

]]> By: Woody says: http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Woody says: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:16:45 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-573 I put about 2 inches of water in two pans. Pan one gets three large or six small tea bags and I bring this to a boil and remove from heat. While pan one is heating up, I put a Tsp of baking soda in pan two along with 1 cup of Splenda. Stiring soda and splenda together till water is clear. When pan one comes to a boil I take it off and heat the mixture of pan two. When it comes to a boil I just turn off the burner. Take the Ice Tea jug and fill half way with ice. Then pour tea and sweetner in the jug over ice. As for my tea jug I have to add water to the top. I put about 2 inches of water in two pans. Pan one gets three large or six small tea bags and I bring this to a boil and remove from heat. While pan one is heating up, I put a Tsp of baking soda in pan two along with 1 cup of Splenda. Stiring soda and splenda together till water is clear. When pan one comes to a boil I take it off and heat the mixture of pan two. When it comes to a boil I just turn off the burner. Take the Ice Tea jug and fill half way with ice. Then pour tea and sweetner in the jug over ice. As for my tea jug I have to add water to the top.

]]> By: Michael Wood http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Michael Wood Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:14:13 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-360 I have been making sweet tea all my adult life and I am 54 years old. First of all I have never found that leaving the tea bags in the hot water for more than 1 to 2 minutes makes the tea bitter. I do know the longer you leave them to steep the stronger the tea, and have left mine in for hours and to me it is just fine. Once the water begins to boil you must remove it from the stovetop burner after adding the tea bags.My mother told me what makes it bitter is if you have the bags in the water and boil them or leave them on the burner after the water has come to a boil. Also the video shows a plastic pitcher, this is a big no-no. Adding hot water to a plastic container will give it a plastic taste as the hot water causes something in the plastic to be released into the water. I always use a glass pitcher, fill pitcher 1/3 with ice, add sugar to ice, and then pour in semi-hot to warm steeped tea I have been making sweet tea all my adult life and I am 54 years old. First of all I have never found that leaving the tea bags in the hot water for more than 1 to 2 minutes makes the tea bitter. I do know the longer you leave them to steep the stronger the tea, and have left mine in for hours and to me it is just fine. Once the water begins to boil you must remove it from the stovetop burner after adding the tea bags.My mother told me what makes it bitter is if you have the bags in the water and boil them or leave them on the burner after the water has come to a boil. Also the video shows a plastic pitcher, this is a big no-no. Adding hot water to a plastic container will give it a plastic taste as the hot water causes something in the plastic to be released into the water. I always use a glass pitcher, fill pitcher 1/3 with ice, add sugar to ice, and then pour in semi-hot to warm steeped tea

]]> By: Someone :) http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Someone :) Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:27:42 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-280 "The only difference is, if you make it at home, it’s likely to be made with table sugar, and not high fructose corn syrup, as you find at so many restaurants." -- Rob Rob is mistaken. The only high fructose corn syrup you'll find in restaurant tea is if you order the flavored Lipton brands. Even in the corporate places (Applebees, Ruby Tuesday), sweet tea is brewed with tea bags and sugar. :) “The only difference is, if you make it at home, it’s likely to be made with table sugar, and not high fructose corn syrup, as you find at so many restaurants.” — Rob

Rob is mistaken. The only high fructose corn syrup you’ll find in restaurant tea is if you order the flavored Lipton brands. Even in the corporate places (Applebees, Ruby Tuesday), sweet tea is brewed with tea bags and sugar. :)

]]> By: jess http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-235 jess Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:21:18 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-235 my husband puts that much sugar (1 to 2 cups) in a HALF gallon of tea. my husband puts that much sugar (1 to 2 cups) in a HALF gallon of tea.

]]> By: kevin http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-232 kevin Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:31:27 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-232 I think it's funny somebody actually has a recipe for sweet tea. :) In SC, we normally have 1 to 2 cups of sugar per gallon of tea! I think it’s funny somebody actually has a recipe for sweet tea. :)

In SC, we normally have 1 to 2 cups of sugar per gallon of tea!

]]> By: Jem http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Jem Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:37:53 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-184 Let me make a correction to Lisa's comments. If you put the sugar in the pitcher of room temp water, it won't dissolve. Pour the hot water over the tea bags in a Pyrex bowl. Add sugar and let sit for about five minutes. Strain out the tea bags, squeezing the bags to get the most out of the tea. THEN add it to the room temp water. ( I already have the ice in the pitcher at this point but its not important) I suppose that means the only correction to the original post would be to not add water into a glass pitcher. Enjoy! Let me make a correction to Lisa’s comments. If you put the sugar in the pitcher of room temp water, it won’t dissolve. Pour the hot water over the tea bags in a Pyrex bowl. Add sugar and let sit for about five minutes. Strain out the tea bags, squeezing the bags to get the most out of the tea. THEN add it to the room temp water. ( I already have the ice in the pitcher at this point but its not important) I suppose that means the only correction to the original post would be to not add water into a glass pitcher. Enjoy!

]]> By: admin http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-163 admin Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:48:14 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-163 Gail says: I have a suggestion for this recipe that will take all of the bitterness out and you only have to use 1 family size teabag, because it draws the tea from the tea leaves. I go ahead and put the teabag in when you put the water on to boil, but the trick is to add a pinch (1/8 teaspoon or less) of baking soda. I always keep baking soda by my stove anyway (in case something catches on fire), but I sprinkle it on top of the teabag as I drop it in the cold water to boil. It can steep as long or as short as you would like, but there is no bitterness. The trick is to not put too much baking soda. Gail says:
I have a suggestion for this recipe that will take all of the bitterness out and you only have to use 1 family size teabag, because it draws the tea from the tea leaves. I go ahead and put the teabag in when you put the water on to boil, but the trick is to add a pinch (1/8 teaspoon or less) of baking soda. I always keep baking soda by my stove anyway (in case something catches on fire), but I sprinkle it on top of the teabag as I drop it in the cold water to boil. It can steep as long or as short as you would like, but there is no bitterness. The trick is to not put too much baking soda.

]]> By: admin http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-136 admin Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:02:23 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-136 I never anticipated the responses on this either. I personally love bulk tea leaves from http://www.teamerchants.com, and that is what I use in my ice tea. I can't understand why so many people buy prepared iced tea from the grocery store, it is so easy to make at home. I never anticipated the responses on this either. I personally love bulk tea leaves from http://www.teamerchants.com, and that is what I use in my ice tea. I can’t understand why so many people buy prepared iced tea from the grocery store, it is so easy to make at home.

]]> By: Alex http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Alex Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:15:33 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-135 BDW...I usually use one small bag of tea per 300 ml water and three tea spoons of sugar. this seems to be as good as it can and if u add some lemon juice it's perfect! This is for those who are not sure how much of everything goes in the tea :P BDW…I usually use one small bag of tea per 300 ml water and three tea spoons of sugar. this seems to be as good as it can and if u add some lemon juice it’s perfect! This is for those who are not sure how much of everything goes in the tea :P

]]> By: Alex http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Alex Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:12:26 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-134 Wow...I never thought that making ice tea was such a mystery for some people. Don't take it the wrong way, I don't mean to offend anyone, just that when I read about those "special steps" I was expecting something mode...complex. I was making ice tea when I was 7 and I used plants my grandmother picked, packaged tea was a luxury :)) Well, Lipton is good and no garden herb has that flavor. Ice tea is easy to make and a delicious healthy refreshing treat! U can use honey instead of sugar and if your throat is sore, drink warm tea with honey and chew bees wax. You'll be better in no time! Cheers! :D Wow…I never thought that making ice tea was such a mystery for some people. Don’t take it the wrong way, I don’t mean to offend anyone, just that when I read about those “special steps” I was expecting something mode…complex. I was making ice tea when I was 7 and I used plants my grandmother picked, packaged tea was a luxury :) ) Well, Lipton is good and no garden herb has that flavor. Ice tea is easy to make and a delicious healthy refreshing treat! U can use honey instead of sugar and if your throat is sore, drink warm tea with honey and chew bees wax. You’ll be better in no time! Cheers! :D

]]> By: eowyn http://www.copykat.com/2009/07/04/how-to-make-sweet-iced-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-129 eowyn Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:59:06 +0000 http://www.copykat.com/?p=4546#comment-129 can't find leroy hill up here in the north! can’t find leroy hill up here in the north!

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