Sunday Afternoon Homemade Iced Tea
Want the best iced tea you ever tasted at a fraction of the cost? A couple of months ago I picked up an iced tea at Dunkin Donuts-- it was fresh made and my wife and I were convinced it was time to start making it ourselves.
I make two quarts at a time-- here is how to do it:
- Put two quarts of water and 5-6 tablespoons of sugar (more or less if you like) into a saucepan and bring to a boil
- Carefully pour the hot sugar water into the container, put 5 teabags into the container, cap it and shake twice
- Let it sit for 5 minutes, then remove the teabags (mine go to the compost pile)
- Chill in the refrigerator
- Serve with ice and sliced lemon in tall glasses
The taste is unbeatable. The personal satisfaction of making it yourself isn't bad either.
As for saving money-- the kids love iced tea and we were going through plenty of mix. Mix costs about $5 to make 20 quarts (10 containers) or 50 cents per container. Making fresh costs $3 for 100 Lipton tea bags which makes 40 quarts (20 containers) or 15 cents per container (adding sugar brings it up to about 20-25 cents).
Enjoy.
Posted by DDFD at 8/17/2008 3:39 PM 
Categories: Money Savers, recipes, Frugality
Tags: Money Savers Frugal Recipes Frugality
Categories: Money Savers, recipes, Frugality
Tags: Money Savers Frugal Recipes Frugality
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