Plantation Iced Tea Recipes

Steps:

• Pour the barely boiling hot water into a large pitcher, and add the tea bags. Steep the tea 2 to 4 minutes.
• Remove the tea bags, and pour in the ice water.
• Pour in the pineapple juice.
• Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Pour the tea over ice, garnish with pineapple spears, and serve.

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:

• Pour 4 cups boiling water over tea bags, mint, and sugar in a pitcher.
• Steep for 30 minutes.
• Remove tea bags and mint.
• Add prepared lemonade to tea.
• Add pineapple juice and stir.
• Refrigerate and serve over ice.

Steps:

• Pour the barely boiling hot water into a large pitcher, and add the tea bags. Steep the tea, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove the tea bags and pour in the ice water. Pour in the pineapple juice. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Pour the tea over ice, garnish with pineapple spears, and serve.

Steps:

• Pour 4 cups boiling water over the tea bags, mint, and sugar in a pitcher. Steep for 30 minutes. Remove the tea bags, squeezing out excess liquid. Remove the mint.
• Prepare the lemonade according to the instructions and add to the tea.
• Add the pineapple juice and stir. Serve over ice.

Steps:

• 1. Use "Mr Coffee Iced tea Maker". Other cheaper brand ofice tea maker don't work. You get what you pay for. Its worth it! Read instructions thoroughly to use machine properly. I got my maker at Walmart for $15. It's been working well for 5 years!
• 2. Take pitcher and use markings to indicate how much water is needed. Make the 3 qt...the 2 qt goes to fast & the tea stays good for a week [mine never makes it that long]. Pour water into space at top of iced tea maker.
• 3. Take bag of ice and throw on the ground HARD until it breaks up the ice that may have melted & formed lumps rather than cubes. Fill pitcher to designated 3 QT marker.
• 4. Put 2 round, fluted coffee filters in the brewing cup. 2 filters help to keep the iced tea & sugar longer in the brewing cup for stonger tea.
• 5. Take 8 tea bags in place in brewing cup making sure they cover as much bottom area as possible.
• 6. Fill the rest of the brewing cup with sugar. I may take a few tries to find your family's sweetness prefernce. The sugar also brings out the natural sweetness in the mint flavor of the tea bags.
• 7. Put filled brewing cup in proper place of ice tea maker. Place water dispenser directly over brewing cup.
• 8. Set Brew strenth all the way to the right for strong tea.
• 9. Push "start" button. It will light up to indicate you pressed it hard enough.
• 10. When "start" button goes off, your tea is ready. You will notice the final sound of gurgling steaming water & ice crackling. You'll also enjoy the fragrance of the mint or lemon while its brewing.
• 11. Immedately enjoy your icy cold beverage. If you need larger quantites, get regular picthers to store pre-made batches in, so you can use the maker's pitcher to make more.
• 12. Note: Iced tea used to make my stomach feel acidy. Especially Sun Tea, for those of us old enoughto remember this phenomenon. I don't know why, but this iced tea never gives me acid stomach.
• 13. Feedback appreciated!

Steps:

• Put 1 quart water in a pot and bring to a boil.
• Turn off heat and steep tea bags and mint in hot water for 15 minutes or more.
• Remove tea bags and mint and discard.
• Add sugar, stirring to dissolve.
• Add orange and lemon juices.
• Add enough water/ ice to make 4 quarts.