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Lemon Iced Tea by Michael Chu
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The ingredients are simple, but the proportions are critical. For
2 quarts of water, we'll need 3/4 cup (150 g) sugar, 2 ounces
(60 mL) lemon juice, and two bags of black tea. The lemon
juice can be fresh, but I used bottled juice since I always have
a bottle handy in my kitchen.

Bring two quarts of water to a rolling boil.

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Drop the two tea bags into the water and remove from heat. Cover with
a lid and allow steeping for at least 1 hour. Although, in general, black
teas should not be steeped for this long because of the excessive release
of bitter tannins, this did not seem to be an issue when brewing this "Tina and I love the perfect
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Once the tea has been sufficiently steeped, remove the tea
bags and add the sugar and lemon juice. Stir until the sugar
completely dissolves.

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Pour tea into a pitcher and add ice cubes until the volume has returned to two quarts.

Refrigerate until completely chilled (at least four hours) before serving.

Lemon Iced Tea (makes two quarts or 1.9 liters)


1/2 gallon (1.9 L) bring to rolling
water boil cover & remove from steep one
heat hour
2 bags of black tea
mix add ice until liquid returns to 1/2 refrigerate until fully
3/4 cup (150 g) sugar
gallon chilled
2 oz. (60 mL) lemon
juice
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37 comments on Lemon Iced Tea: (Post a comment)


On March 02, 2006 at 10:36 AM, pudding (guest) said...
marry me, michael...

On March 02, 2006 at 03:57 PM, kayenne (guest) said...


try adding some orange juice (or sunquik orange concentrate) and a bit of grenadine syrup. makes a world of difference!

On March 02, 2006 at 04:07 PM, robgomez98@yahoo.com (guest) said...


Subject: Lemon Ice Tea
Add a touch of light Rum (Bacardi) and a fresh slice of ginger root.

On March 02, 2006 at 07:08 PM, an anonymous reader said...


I've used oolong for lemon iced tea with great success. It's somewhere between green and black tea and has the perfect flavor for it.

On March 02, 2006 at 10:04 PM, an anonymous reader said...


Subject: tea bags
What size tea bags are those? :)

To a southerner, the whole thing looks a bit weak, but I guess if you were trying to recreate nestea in a can you probably accomplished it.

On March 02, 2006 at 10:44 PM, Woody (guest) said...


I love Cooking for Engineers, but my Southern sensabilities were taken aback when I read that you actually wanted a can of that lemon iced "tea"
stuff.

A echo the previous question about tea-bag size. The look like regular size. Like the previous poster indicated, we Southerners like our iced tea
strong: "as dark as molasses and just as sweet." So, I use four Lipton Family-Size teabags to make a gallon of iced tea. I don't care for it being
too sweet, so I use about 1 1/3 cups of sugar for a gallon. And leave out the lemon altogether. Otherwise, your method is familiar, especially the
long steeping times which I'm sure would shock a tea purist. That being said, I do frequently enjoy a traditionally prepared cup of hot tea.
Lapsang Souchong is the best!

On March 03, 2006 at 12:09 PM, Shalmanese said...


Why not add the sugar at the start? Sugar dissolves much more easily into boiling water.

On March 03, 2006 at 06:18 PM, chefdoc (guest) said...


Subject: Ice Tea
I make a gallon of ice tea everyday. I dissolve 3/4 cups of sugar into 4cups of boiling water. Then in another container I boil 2 quarts of water
and add 12-13 Lipton tea bags and let sit for 2hours. The two need to be seperated because the tea will get stronger as it sits. Then combine
1/2 cup of lemon juice or 6 medium squeezed lemons. If you like tea sweeter add more sugar, but no more than 2 cups.

On March 03, 2006 at 11:30 PM, Michael Chu said...


Shalmanese wrote:
Why not add the sugar at the start? Sugar dissolves much more easily into boiling water.

I'm not sure - I didn't experiment with sugar first, so I don't know if it will affect the brewing/taste. Dissolving the sugar was never a problem
because after even two hours, the water is still quite warm. The sugar dissolves pretty rapidly as you stir it in.

On March 04, 2006 at 04:58 PM, Wiley (guest) said...


Subject: Another Southerner here.
The long steep time does seem pretty unusual to me. I use two lipton family size bags for a half gallon pitcher of tea, and only let it steep for
about 10 minutes, and it tastes great to me. Then again, I do put in a full cup of sugar.

I've never thought about adding lemon juice to the tea itself because I always keep fresh lemons around to slice into wedges and drop in each
glass.

On March 05, 2006 at 12:00 AM, LAN3 (guest) said...


Subject: Whole Tea
This is a perfect opportunity to be using good whole-leaf tea instead of teabags which generally contain fennings, the broken bits of tea leaves
that sell the cheapest. I'd use an ounce of tea for a quart of water (plus a little, since the tea itself will grab about a quarter cup of water and
you don't want to squeeze out the tea-- bitter!). You can filter it out as you add it to the pitcher (use a coffee filter or a clean paper towel,
possibly a double layer).

As for sweetness, it depends on whether my brother-in-law (sweet-tea drinker) and/or my sister (lemon only) will be around. I like both tastes,
but you can't add sugar to a cold liquid, so I make a simple syrup with a whole lemon, washed and sliced, a cup or less of sugar, and maybe 2/3
as much water as sugar, plus mint leaves if I have any: Throw the water and sugar on the stove, bring to a boil, add lemon and mint and kill the
heat, and let it cool. It doesn't keep forever, and it doesn't freeze solid, so alter the amounts appropriately for what you can use.

On March 06, 2006 at 02:52 PM, an anonymous reader said...


Subject: the long sttep times mirror making "Sun tea"
I understand the longer steep times---when I make solar or "sun tea" I leave the water sit in the sun all afternoon with the tea bags in it. I often
use green or oolong tea however, and use fresh herbs from my garden--lemon balm, or mint, or whatever the family wants at the moment.
We're growing orange mint this year, also.
You can add the lemon or lime to the water when you add the tea bags if you're not going to sweeten the tea. I try not to add sugar to stuff
that I drink. ;)

On March 07, 2006 at 06:58 PM, Rave (guest) said...


Subject: Working on new tea receipt
I'm working on a new recepit for my tea. My sun loves tea...Not sure when I can make it to the grocery. Good Ideals here...I'll return soon....

On March 14, 2006 at 05:15 PM, Ki-tat (guest) said...


Subject: Metric conversion
I just tried this recipie...i thought that maybe there wasn't enough lemon; I was right! That's because you converted 2 fl oz into 30mL, when it's
closer to 60mL (59.1470594 mL according to Google). I just thought i'd let you know...

On March 14, 2006 at 06:13 PM, Michael Chu said...


Subject: Re: Metric conversion
Ki-tat wrote:
I just tried this recipie...i thought that maybe there wasn't enough lemon; I was right! That's because you converted 2 fl oz into 30mL,
when it's closer to 60mL (59.1470594 mL according to Google). I just thought i'd let you know...

Thanks for catching that! I apparently had it correct in the article, but when it came time to making the summary, I made the wrong conversion.

Fixed!

On March 24, 2006 at 01:38 PM, m (guest) said...


Subject: iced tea
just a thought. instead of boiling all that water at first, boil a small amount and put your tea bags in. let steep five minutes. remove bags, add
sugar. dissolve sugar and then immediately add ice cubes and shock the tea. later, at your convenience, add the extra water, lemon juice, or
whatever.

On April 28, 2006 at 02:33 PM, an anonymous reader said...


Subject: cloudy
your iced tea looks cloudy. Make sure you do not add ice to HOT tea. It must first be allowed to cool to room temp. Then add ice if needed.

On June 21, 2006 at 10:55 PM, broncosis (guest) said...


Subject: tea bitterness
just anote for the more technical

acidic water will make tea go bitter


a small amount of baking soda 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon
per quart should be plenty should make for much darker tea

I have been doing 6 cups of water 2 tetley round tea bags and 3 min steep time with a bit of backing soda in the water before the tea bags

then you add a bit of lemon again to bring the ph back down a bit or just to flavour of choice

but then again I'm from the far north EH so we may like it a bit differnt here

On January 07, 2007 at 10:49 PM, an anonymous reader said...


Subject: Lemon Ice Tea...
Well I tryed out your recipe and it taste really delicious.But the problem is that do you know how to make the taste that is kinda like the
Snapple Lemon Tea because the tea that I have maded from your recipe taste sweet,have the lemon taste but I'm missing the tea taste I think...

Well this is what I put in:

2 quarts of water
2 ounces of lemon juice
2 bags of lipton natural Tea (not family tea bag)
1 cup of sugar

How can I improve this?I just want the taste near the Snapple Lemon Tea.....

On March 10, 2007 at 01:35 AM, an anonymous reader said...


i love iced tea but i do not always have the time or patiece to brew my own...so i buy the nestea brewed unsweetened tea in the refrigerated
section of the supermarket & add my own honey & lemons!!!

the lemon flavor is great for picnics & large groups because it is easy to transport & serve!

On March 12, 2007 at 03:51 AM, GaryProtein said...


Subject: Re: Lemon Ice Tea...
Anonymous wrote:
Well I tryed out your recipe and it taste really delicious.But the problem is that do you know how to make the taste that is kinda like
the Snapple Lemon Tea because the tea that I have maded from your recipe taste sweet,have the lemon taste but I'm missing the tea
taste I think...

Well this is what I put in:

2 quarts of water
2 ounces of lemon juice
2 bags of lipton natural Tea (not family tea bag)
1 cup of sugar

How can I improve this?I just want the taste near the Snapple Lemon Tea.....

A cup of white, granulated sugar weighs about 175 grams or 6 ounces. That's about 665 Calories of pure non-nutritive food calories. YIKES!!! Talk
about candy!

The reason you are missing the tea taste is you are making two quarts of tea with the amount of tea bags one would use to brew two or three
CUPS of hot tea. You need much more tea. You should use at least 5 tea bags, maybe 8 for two quarts of iced tea, especially once the ice starts
to melt if you want to maintain the taste of the tea.

On July 11, 2007 at 05:53 AM, an anonymous reader said...


Subject: alternate brewing methods
got a coffee maker? pop a few tea bags in the filter and hit it. instant hot tea. pour a mug and add your sweetener of choice, lemon, or other
flavors to your liking. i'm a proponent of apricots and toffee or caramel, like the ashton i used to smoke. =)

but what about that strange and southern iced tea, otherwise known as sweet tea? water flavor is important; if you're lucky enough to have
delicious well water, use it. use less water and more tea and boil on stove in pyrex or glass. i know, i'm a little superstitious about metal
flavoring things (cast iron has that effect on some). you're going for a dark tea concentrate, which you'll sweeten and dilute to taste later. view
the guidelines above for how much sweetener (.75-2 cups/pitcher) and amount of tea.

On July 17, 2007 at 01:28 PM, gale (guest) said...


Subject: Lemon Tea
I was raised on traditional southern iced tea. However, in high school many years ago, a friend invited me to her home for lunch. This family was
originally from Mexico. The ice tea served that day was a beautiful mixture of tea and lemon/lemonade... a sweet drink. I thought it was
wonderful. I have tried to duplicate this tea, on a number of occasions, but never have found the correct proportions of tea to lemon. Does
anyone know the secret?

On September 02, 2007 at 06:26 AM, mafiaprincess (guest) said...


Subject: you were raised on country suntea...ha!
Quote:
On July 17, 2007 at 09:28 AM, gale (guest) said...
Subject: Lemon Tea

I was raised on traditional southern iced tea. However, in high school many years ago, a friend invited me to her home for lunch. This
family was originally from Mexico. The ice tea served that day was a beautiful mixture of tea and lemon/lemonade... a sweet drink. I
thought it was wonderful. I have tried to duplicate this tea, on a number of occasions, but never have found the correct proportions of
tea to lemon. Does anyone know the secret?

Hi, Why not contact the friend? Great recipes people! Thank you for posting them, ~~Mafi

On September 02, 2007 at 08:01 AM, mafiaprincess (guest) said...


Subject: question please?
I chose to start with the original recipe provided. What is a good maximum amount of time to steep the tea bags? You mention at least 1 hour. I
just did this, and the pan is still more than warm yet. Is it actually ok to complete the mixture now? Or, should I wait another hour, or more,
untill the tea has cooled more, or completely? Thank you, ~~Mafi

On September 02, 2007 at 08:32 AM, MafiaPrincess said...


Subject: did it!
Ok, I followed the recipe, and did with the 1 hour "at least". Smells good! Can't wait to taste it tomorrow. If you have a suggestion for maximum
amount of steeping. I will give that a shot too. I will let you know how this first batch has turned out. Kindest Regards, ~~Mafi

On September 03, 2007 at 02:36 AM, MafiaPrincess said...


Subject: Very Nice!
Hello,

My husband and I tasted our first brew of homemade, Lemon Iced Tea, today. It was very nice, and I, myself, do not like tea of any sort. I made
it as a surprise for my husband. He loved it, and so did I. It has a very even blend of just the right amount of everything. Not too much tea
tasting, not too sugary, not too lemony, not too watery. It is JUST RIGHT!

I have already made another batch for tomorrow. We deffinetly enjoyed it, and certainly will time and time again from here on in.

Funny, I went shopping with our daughter tonight. I happen to pass a shelf of bottled Lipton Lemon Iced Tea. All that pass through my mind
was..."ha ha, mine taste better than yourrrrrs"!!!...Ha! I could not resist having a cocky moment. :-)

Thank you so very much for sharing the wonderful recipe! I have to say, "This Was A Good Thing". Kindest Regards, ~~Mafi

On September 14, 2007 at 05:31 AM, MafiaPrincess said...


Subject: Lipton Iced Lemon Green Tea...
I have no clue how this is going to turn out.
I did everything the same except add the lemon juice.
The tea is quite lemony already. Wish me luck! ~~Mafi
ps: doesn't anyone post here anymore???

On November 06, 2007 at 05:52 PM, an anonymous reader said...


I too am from the South and speaking for my family, we like our tea strong and sweet. This may not be 'traditional' tea to most but the way I
make it is:

In 3 quarts of boiling water steep 3 family sized tea bags for 6-8 minutes.
Pour 1 1/2 cups sugar into gallon jug then pour tea on top of sugar and stir or shake to dissolve. Add 1 1/2 gallon of orange/pineapple juice. Add
enough cold water to cap off gallon. Chill.

We had a variation of this at a restaurant in Nashville. The restaurant called it 'Fling Tea' and I've been making my own variation of it since.

On November 29, 2007 at 09:33 PM, haintblue (guest) said...


Subject: I just want the taste near the Snapple Lemon Tea.....
DO NOT STEW THE TEA
tea bags brew in less than a minute, loose tea no more than three minutes, this REALLY makes a HUGE difference in how the tea tastes, and try
using the lemon zest instead of the juice, if what you are going for is the flavor of Snapple, try Typhoo tea, use a vegetable peeler on the lemon,
probably one good slice of peel should do it, you dont want any white (pith) remove tea leaves or bags first, then drop in the lemon zest, its the
oil from the outside of the peel that has the lemon flavor you are looking for, three quarters cup sugar for two quarts tea should make it sweet
as Snapple, and refrigerate for a couple hours, ice will only make it taste like melted ice, yuck

On March 02, 2008 at 10:30 AM, lucy (guest) said...


Subject: just a little bit different
This is what i do. when i make tea i do everything but add the sugar and lemon juice. instead i make a simple surip with fresh mint springs. i'll
add that in and use the left over surip at night for juleps.

On March 25, 2008 at 01:29 PM, rich.bronson said...


That sounds like what I do too. I like to make it as healthy as possible but try to retain the good taste of the tea.

On May 02, 2008 at 05:18 PM, Naomi (guest) said...


Subject: Lemon iced tea
Goodness, I never thought iced tea meant so many different things to so many people.
How I make iced tea depends on the quantity I need. For Mock Sun Tea I use a gallon sized glass jar, 18-20 regular sized lipton or Red Rose tea
bags. Add 2 quarts boling or almost boiling purified water, let steep for 5 minutes, then fill the jar to an inch from the top with cool water and
let it sit for at least 1 hour. Remove tea bags, do not squeeze, add 1 cup of sugar stir to dissolve. At that point I transfer it to my gallon size
tupperware pitcher and refrigerate it. My family members add lemon slices or juice and/or mint when they serve up their ice filled glasses.

I prefer to add mint to the jar after adding the cool water, but not everyone loves mint as much as me. I also LOVE to serve my tea over crushed
ice with sliced Meyer lemons and plenty of mint from my garden.

I have used loose teas of all different varieties, most take 4 tablespoons to the gallon of water. Using loose tea gives more body to the tea, a
almost creaminess. Bottled or purified water does matter. I never use tap water as it leaves a bad after taste from minerals.

On May 06, 2008 at 02:09 AM, Alex (guest) said...


Personally, I prefer lime to lemon. It's more bitter and less sour, and I think it tastes better.

On July 30, 2008 at 06:51 PM, pamreardon (guest) said...


Subject: quarts are different in US and Canada
Hi. I enjoyed the Lemon Ice Tea recipe which I've been reading some years after it appeared.
Did you know that in Canada a quart has 5 cups, i.e. it is 40 ounces, and not the same in the US where it is 4 eight-ounce cups and = 32 oz.

The confusion only occurs if you do not include the actual number of ounces you intend or a metric quivalent in your recipe.(You have done that
for the lemon juice ingredient.)

Remember,the same problem occurs with pints. Two pints equal one quart in both countries but in Canada a pint or half-quart equals 20 ounces.

Most of this doesn't matter since Canada went metric years and years ago but in recipes it really can still count - your Nestea re-creation would
be quite different and paler and weaker with 25% more water to start.

Engineers, can you include

On March 06, 2009 at 09:02 AM, an anonymous reader said...


Subject: Non-nutritive sugar
Hello, I'm bumping this post up for the sugar amt. In the recipe, it states 3/4 cup sugar. How much would that be for non-nutritive sweeteners
(saccharine) which are much stronger than plain sucrose. Does anyone have any experience?

On March 23, 2009 at 12:36 PM, m3ggan (guest) said...


Subject: conversion
On the bags of Splenda, it has a conversion for you.

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