A bright, tangy, and sweet companion for your Saturday afternoon.
suggest that the best-tasting iced tea doesn't come from chilling down hot tea, or letting your tea brew in the sun. Sun tea is romantic and all—we can all picture our grandmothers lovingly setting it out to brew—but it actually doesn't taste as good, and it's not as safe from bacteria as tea that brews in your fridge.
There's nothing complicated about cold-brewed tea: You plop four tea bags—or a fat tablespoon of loose tea—in a quart of water. Let the mixture chill out in the refrigerator for five hours. Strain or remove the tea bags. Drink immediately, or store in the fridge for up to three days.Not-So-Secret #2: The Most Flavorful Lemonadea few weeks back. The key is that this stuff isn't your standard lime juice, water, and sugar mix.
Or, hold up. Before you add that water, decide if you really do want lemonade or if you're craving a little A.P. action.mix our cold-brewed iced tea and our finished lemonade together, and the results are fine. But the best Arnold Palmer requires slightly different proportions. Instead of adding cold water to your lemon rind syrup and fresh lemon juice mixture, you'll do the dilution with the tea that you've brewed in your fridge.
Popping with complex fresh-lemon flavor, this is intense stuff—which is great, since you'll want to pour it into tall cups of ice when the weather's hot. Bring the cups and pitcher to your patio, and offer a bottle of bourbon on the side. Guests can doctor their drinks with booze or leave them nonalcoholic, depending on their preferences .