Ingredients:
- 6 to 8 tea bags
- 1 quart water (4 cups)
- 1 quart cold water (4 cups)
- 1/2 cup sugar or 1/4 cup honey, optional
Directions:
Using a 2-quart sauce pan, bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add the tea bags. Remove the pan from the heat and allow it to steep for 10 minutes; no more, no less. If the tea sits for too long, it will extract bitter elements from the tea leaves, making the finished product taste horrible. After ten minutes, discard the tea bags.
In the meantime, put 4 cups of cold water into a 2-quart size pitcher. Pour the hot tea into the pitcher, over top of the cold water. Cold water must be poured in first, as the hot tea could melt the pitcher if it is plastic. The cold water acts as a buffer and cools the tea. Add the sugar or honey if you like, stirring to dissolve it completely. Put the pitcher into the fridge to cool, or it can be poured directly into an ice-filled cup.
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