Can you really make sun tea in the fridge?
I’ve read that making sun tea in the refrigerator is more sanitary. Does it actually work? And are there any adjustments that need to be made to the recipe?
Yes, I do know how to make normal iced tea. Thanks, but I don’t need those recipes.
I also know how to make normal sun tea. It’s "refrigerator tea" I’m curious about.
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A safer alternative to "sun tea" is "refrigerator tea." To make it, fill a pitcher with a quart of cold water, add four to six tea bags, and refrigerate it at least six hours or overnight. Squeeze and remove the tea bags, and serve the tea over ice.
Read this site about the danger of brewing tea in the sun.
http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/suntea.asp
It needs heat to brew. I’m not so sure what’s unsanitary about making it in the sun, but if you’d rather not, you can brew the tea as normal (with hot water) and then put it in the fridge to cool.
I think that making it on the fridge defeats the whole purpose of sun tea. Lipton has wonderful cold tea bags or you can do it yourself. All the time what I do is I boil 1 cup of water on the microwave and then I put 4/5 tea bags and let it rest for a couple minutes, then that goes in a pitcher, i put some lemon slices and more water and let it stand over night, then I pick the tea bags out and I have my own lemon all natural tea.
Yeah kinda’ I just did it actually. Here’s what I do, fill a container with hot water and put 6 tea bags in it you can put it in the fridge or just out on the counter. It’s done in like 30min, I don’t like it too strong cuz my kids drink it too but for stronger tea leave it alone for 1-2 hours
Nope. To make Sun Tea, you need well….the sun!
The heat from the sun is what brews the tea. There’s no need to worry about "sanitation", just put a lid on your jar or cove the top tighhtly with some foil. Just be sure it’s in a place outside where it won’t be easily knocked over.
Bad idea. Sun tea is, also, not good. You need to brew to kill the bacteria.
No. You can make cold tea in the fridge but it’s not the same as sun tea.
It will not be sun tea, as in the tea brews from the heat and rays of the real sun. It will be plain unbrewed tea. Weak. Brew it in your kitchen and then fridge it if you are averse to sun tea the original method.
it’s not really sun tea but it works….just make your tea like you usually do except add hot water instead. or you could do what i do and go buy this new tea Nestea makes it’s already sweetened with lemon and it’s a concentrate. it makes a kool-aid pitcher and i love it. you just pour it in your container and fill it up with water.
yes:
Put 8 tea bags (decaf green tea), and eight individual packets of Splenda (or 7 packets of Sweet N Low) into the glass jug.
Pour in 64 ounces of filtered water.
Seal the jug, shake it up a good bit, and place it in a sunny spot in the back yard.
Wait about a day, then shake it some more. If the color is right, open it up and squeeze out all the liquid from the tea bags.
Shake once more and put the jug in the fridge. Once it’s cold, drink up!
Tips
Pour some into an ice cube tray, and when the cubes are ready use them to chill the contents of your glass. My freezer tends to get me ice cubes before the fridge gets me cold iced tea.
Use a one-gallon glass jug even if you only make 1/2 gallon at a time. The extra space allows for shaking up the mixture to get a more even distribution of the ingredients.
Warnings
Try to use it up in 3 days or less.
try to go :
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=520351
Won’t work unless the sun shines in your fridge ! Tea is released by heat …hot water…sunlight, microwave or sunlight will work. Tea made in fridge will taste very weak !
Try the stovetop method it’s easy …2 quart saucepan of water….12 tea bags …boil gently for 12 minutes…add 2 quarts of ice and water and 2 cups of sugar and stir. Enjoy !
You can make tea – but not sun tea, in the refrigerator- it will not taste the same.
No adjustments – just needs more time to prepare because of the colder temp.
I live in the south… I know about tea!