Although, I love coffee, I do drink black tea in the summer.
Hot coffee was not an option in the afternoons. I could not sit
on my porch drinking a hot beverage when the weather was
over 90 degrees!
I had a friend who loved tea. I asked her advice on which
tea was good for a beginner. She took me to the mall
to visit her favorite tea shop. I was impressed because
there was several types of loose tea in decanters.
Black tea was my favorite after drinking samples of teas.
I bought a cute tea pot that had angels on it. A cute baggie
of black tea was also purchased.
I still had a dilemma. I didn't want to ride to the mall for tea
every day. That tea was too expensive for me too buy often.
I settled for organic black tea from a nearby market. Making
several glasses of tea from single serving tea bags was tedious.
I didn't like tea in gallon jugs from the grocery store. The market
near my house only had family size tea bags.
I got the idea to make tea concentrate in a mason jar. I only like
unsweetened tea. A gallon jug took up too much space in my fridge.
I decided to brew 4 family size bags of black tea. I let the tea steep
and come room temperature. I filled up a 24 ounce recycled pickle
jar and placed it in the fridge.
The next time I made concentrate, I recycled one of my Mom's
empty instant tea jars.
The black tea concentrate usually last a couple weeks in my fridge.
I add mint or pineapple sage leaves from my garden to the tea
concentrate occasionally.
TIPS :
* Other types of tea may work as a concentrate ( Green tea, Chai, Flavored teas)
* Orange & Lemon peels & Cinnamon Stick can be added to taste
* One serving: 12 oz glass:
1/4 c brewed tea, 8 oz purified water, ice cubes
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