Green Tea Sun Tea

Anyone make sun tea with green tea before? Does it get too bitter? Well I am having a go at it today anyway so we'll see what happens. Stuck my jar out there with 7 bags. Is that overdoing it? I have no idea. Perfect weather for it. Imagine, sun tea in Belfast! Who would have thought. Supposed to hit the 80s today.

How big is your jug?
7 bags sounds an awful lot to me... I make regular (orange pekoe) sun tea every day in a 1 litre glass jar, with 2 tea bags, and it's the perfect strength (for me!).

Nevermind... if you make it too strong, you can always dilute it and that will make it last longer. 

I have a sun tea jug from the US - the big kind w/a spigot.  I do 4 bags.

I got a tip from a mag that's great.  Take the syrup or juice from tinned fruit and freeze it into ice cubes, then add that to your tea.  It's delicious!  Even Andrew is a sun tea convert.

My sister has an iced tea maker.  She used to take the mick out of Brits and their tea habit, till I pointed out that she and her husband are . . . erm, tea drinkers.

I have a big giant plastic sun tea jug that I lugged home the last time I was over visiting. With the spigot and all. Think I got it at a 99cent store along with matching palm tree cups. On sale, even.

Yeah 7 might be much but diluting may help. Live and learn. How long do you leave it out, all day, or just a couple hours? Back in Cali we'd leave it out all day more or less.

I would love an Iced Tea maker, oh man. I think I would get more use out of that than the coffee pot. Then again it might just end up making friends with my popcorn popper in the back of the cupboard. One of those things you are glad to have when you want it but don't use all the time. Nah I'd use it.

I am at the bottom of my Nestea jar that I'd been hoarding. So I thought I'd try the green tea like the Arizona tea - used to love that - green tea with jasmine. Using the Twinnings bags.

Any difference in using plastic jugs vs glass?

I wouldnt use plastic...  i feel like it gives the tea a funny taste.
Glass all the way, for me!

Yeah 7 might be much but diluting may help. Live and learn. How long do you leave it out, all day, or just a couple hours? Back in Cali we'd leave it out all day more or less.

i leave mine out all day... even overnight sometimes.
i tend to drink my iced tea before i go to work in the morning, so if i leave it out overnight, it's nice and cool and ready to drink in the morning.

How long do you leave it out, all day, or just a couple hours? Back in Cali we'd leave it out all day more or less.

Any difference in using plastic jugs vs glass?

I put mine out in hte morning and leave it out all day.

To me it makes no difference if it's glass or plastic.  I like my plastic thingy b/c it has a nice spiggot.

Don't forget to make ice! 

Another thing I do if I have lemons that are about to go off is cut them up and freeze them w/water in an ice cube tray or in yoghurt pots.

Ice - my husband has taken it upon himself to be the ice-man in our house. He doesn't use it, much, but he knows I like it. He monitors the ice trays, keeps it topped up. It's nice. This week he has outdone himself. I can barely open the ice tray, it's so much ice in it. Nice.

My folks sometimes send Bear Creek stuff over (they do really tasty dried soups), and they sent this prickly pear cactus juice slushy stuff they found. That's for tomorrow, where the ice will really come in handy. Sweet.

http://www.bearcreekfoods.com/index.html

Lemons, mmm. I'm on a lemon scent kick now, got a lemon soap from Lush awhile back and it put me onto it. Nice for summer.

My ice tea jug is just a 1 litre Sarsons pickling vinegar jar... i prefer glass, and also need it to be slim enough to fit in the fridge door, so that jar is perfect for me.  I've had it for years! 

I've been seriously considering getting one of these:

http://www.alacook.co.uk/item--Lock-and-Lock-Fridge-Jug-HPL735--HPL735.html

It's the first fridge door, 2 litre jug I've seen.

We have found jugs with a locking lid that fit into the fridge door at Asda, Dunnes, and other grocery stores - for a lot less than £6 - try the Pound shops too. I am pretty sure Asda has a whole outdoor dining set that features the jug.

I've seen plenty of fridge door jugs under £6, but none of them at 2 litre.  Most appear to be 1.1 or 1.5.

I am pretty sure one of the ones we got was 2 liter - the others may be smaller. I'll try to remember where we got the big one. They are one of those things I always keep an eye out for because they are so handy.

Well, if you do remember it Stella, please do let me know.  Making 1 litre of tea at a time is a bit of pain.

I've been making cold Japanese green tea these past couple of weeks.

Found a site that said the best way to do it, was to put the tea bags in water and put it in the fridge overnight.  The tea stays that nice yellow/green colour and not that slightly browny/greeny colour.