Iced Red Tea Recipes

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add tea bags and steep for 4 to 6 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags. Add remaining 2 cups water. Refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour.
• Fill a large pitcher with ice. Add orange and lemon slices and chilled tea. Pour into glasses with ice, and garnish with mint.

Steps:

• Hot-Brewed:
• Bring 8 cups water to a simmer; remove from the heat and add 3 tablespoons loose tea or 6 tea bags. Let steep about 4 minutes, until it's the strength you like. Strain loose tea with a fine-mesh sieve or remove the tea bags. Let cool, then transfer to a pitcher, cover and refrigerate.
• Cold-Brewed:
• Combine 8 cups cold water and 6 tablespoons loose tea or 10 tea bags in a pitcher. Cover and refrigerate 15 to 36 hours, until it's the strength you like. Strain loose tea with a fine-mesh sieve or remove the tea bags.
• Sweet Teas:
• Combine 3/4 cup each sugar and water in a saucepan and add 1 infuser, if desired. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then remove from the heat and let cool. Strain the infused syrup through a fine-mesh sieve (you'll get about 1 cup).
• Orange Add 6 strips zest
• Blackberries 1 cup
• Cinnamon 2 sticks
• Lavender 3 tablespoons dried
• Vanilla 1 halved bean
• Mint 3 sprigs
• Ginger 1 cup sliced
• Lemon 8 strips zest
• Nectarine 1 cup chopped
• Cucumber 2 cups chopped

Steps:

• Cut the orange and lemon into 4 thick slices each.
• Put all the ingredients into a glass jug and cover with boiling water.
• Leave to stand for 30 minutes.
• Strain, lightly squeezing the excess liquid from the teabags, fruit and mint.
• Pour strained tea into a 2L container and top up with cold water.
• Serve over ice with a little sugar syrup (if you like it sweeter) and a few slices of mixed citrus fruit (if you want to show off) -- .

Steps:

• Pour 4 cups boiling water over tea bags, cover and steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags from water, squeezing gently. Add 2 cups of cold water, and 1/2 cup sugar or Splenda, and stir until sugar dissolves. Serve over ice.