Description
Make this summer staple with your family a tradition for warm sunny days.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 to 1 cup of granulated sugar (to taste)
- 64 oz boiling hot water
- 5–6 bags of tea
- 1 – 1/2 gallon glass canning jar
Instructions
- In a 1/2 gallon glass canning jar, add 1/2 to 1 full cup of granulated sugar, to taste.
- Heat tea kettle with water until boiling and fill your jar nearly full to the neck (approximately 64 oz). Using a wooden spoon or spurtle, mix the sugar water until the sugar fully dissolves.
- Unwrap and add 5 to 6 bags of tea (I prefer the basic Lipton tea), making sure to hang the strings + tags over the edge of the jar so they don’t fall in completely.
- Give it another swirl with the spoon and allow to steep for at least 2 hours in full sunlight. Bring inside and discard the tea bags, mixing again with wooden spoon until fully combined. You’ll notice the color of your tea is now much darker.
- Pour over a glass of ice and enjoy! Screw the lid on your jar and refrigerate the remaining tea to store.