How to Make Perfect Iced Tea

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Last Updated: April 23, 2025

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Iced tea is a hard drink to master, but these tips should help!

Ingredients

2 to 3 bags of tea
Water
A thick slice of lemon
2 to 4 teaspoons of sugar
A tiny bit of lemon juice
A sprig of peppermint
Ginger biscuits (cookies), to serve with your iced tea, optional

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Cut the thick quarter of a lemon into skinny slices and place on the glasses, saving one piece to put inside of the jug with the tea.

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How much loose tea do I need to make a gallon of sweet tea?

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It really depends on how strong you want the tea, but I would recommend 2 to 2 1/2 handfuls, so maybe a cup of loose tea.

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Put water and sugar in a pot in a 1:1 ratio. Bring this to a boil until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture starts to become more syrupy. Pour it into a glass container and let it cool.

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Why does tea turn cloudy in the refrigerator?

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Cloudy iced tea could be caused by minerals in the water or by refrigerating it too soon after brewing. If the tea turns murky in the refrigerator, add a cup of boiling water to one quart of tea, it should clear up the cloudiness. Remember, it will also dilute the tea, so add less ice.

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Don't add too much sugar or it will overpower the taste of tea, but add enough so your friends won't gag.

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Another way is not to add sugar but put out a dish of sugar so that your friends can sweeten it to their tastes.

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