Basic Iced Tea

Name: Basic Iced Tea
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients: Tea Bags: 6 Black; Water: 2-3 Cups Hot; Water: 6 Cups Cold; Sugar: 2/3 Cup; Lemon; Mint Leaves: 24 Fresh

When you want iced tea fast, you can make iced chilled tea. Try this basic iced tea at home.

10-20 m
Serves 6
Easy

Ingredients

6 Black Tea Bags
Tea bags of any good-quality black tea
2-3 Cups Hot Water
6 Cups Cold Water
2/3 Cup Sugar
Granulated sugar for garnish
Lemon
Lemon or orange wedges for garnish
24 Fresh Mint Leaves
Mint leaves for garnish

Directions

Basic Iced Tea is easy to make and testy drink that you get a refreshing. That chilling tea takes less than 10-20 minutes. Enjoy this for flavoring your homemade basic iced tea (recipe below) or the ice!

Steps

1 Done	Boil Water In a small saucepan, bring the 2-3 cups water to a gentle boil.
2 Done 5-12 m	Add Tea Bags Add the tea bags, remove the saucepan from the heat, and cover. Steep for 5-12 minutes. [The longer you brew the tea, the stronger it'll get but it’ll also get more bitter. Don’t steep for more than 8 minutes to prevent this from happening. 5 minutes to be the sweet spot.]
3 Done	Remove Tea Bags Remove the tea bags without squeezing them (which would add bitterness) and discard.
4 Done	Cool - Pour the simmering water into the pitcher. Add the 6 cups cold water and mix and let it steep for at least 5 minutes. - Refrigerate the tea until cool.
5 Done	Garnish & Serve To serve, fill iced tea glasses with ice and pour the tea over the ice. - Sweeten with simple syrup, if desired. - Garnished with lemon or orange wedges, and mint sprigs.