Lemon Iced Tea Recipe How To Make Lemon Iced Tea

THE BEST LEMON ICED TEA

Steps:

• Place green tea bags and black tea bags in a 1-gallon glass jar. Pour boiling water over tea bags; steep for 30 minutes.
• Remove tea bags; stir in sugar and lemonade concentrate until dissolved. Fill jar to the top with cold water; stir in lemon juice. Chill in the refrigerator until cold. Serve over ice.

ICED LEMON TEA

Steps:

• In a large pitcher, combine lemonade mix and cold water. Refrigerate until chilled., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Remove from the heat; add tea bags. Cover and steep for 3-5 minutes. Discard tea bags. Cool; stir into lemonade mixture. Serve over ice, with mint and lemon if desired.

FRESH LEMON ICED TEA

Steps:

• Juice 3 lemons.Use a citrus juicer to make juicing the lemons easier. Make sure to strain out the pulp and seeds. Set aside.
• Bring 4 cups of water to a simmer and turn off heat.I use my electric kettle and set the water temperature to 180°F. Use filtered water if possible for the best tasting iced tea.
• Put tea sachets into pitcher and add hot water.
• Steep for 5 minutes then discard tea sachets.
• Stir sugar into the hot tea until completely dissolved.
• Add ice to pitcher and close with leakproof lid. Shake for 15 seconds.If you're using a leakproof pitcher, close the lid and turn the entire pitcher upside down then right side up 15 times.
• Add lemon juice and shake.After pouring in the lemon juice, close the lid again and shake to fully incorporate the lemon juice with the iced tea.
• Pour tea into cups with ice lined with lemon slices.Line the inside of the cups with 3 thin lemon slices then add the ice before pouring in the iced tea.