Summer Time Drinks, How to Make Sun Tea

When it’s hot in the summer, you need yummy drinks to keep you cool and hydrated. I don’t like my kids to drink a lot of sugary drinks in the summer.

We make things like mint water and sun tea for our summer time drinks. My mom used to make a batch of sun tea at least once a week in the summer. It’s easy to make and really good too.

For sun tea you can use any type of tea bag you want. I usually have an assortment of herbal teas on hand and white or green tea too. I think our family enjoys the herbal teas the most. But growing up my mom normally made black tea. You can use whatever tea your family prefers.

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Making Sun Tea, What You’ll Need for this Summer Time Drink

Glass Jar or Pitcher
Tea Bags of your Choice 
Sunshine

Step 1
Start with a clean pickle jar. I also have a lidded pitcher with a spigot https://amzn.to/1Iat7rN but I only needed a smaller amount of tea so I used the pickle jar instead.

Step 2
Fill the jar with water to the top.

Step 3
Place the tea bags into the jar with the water. I added two for my pickle jar which was a half gallon. If using a bigger jar you’ll need 3-4 tea bags.

Step 4
Place the lid on the jar and place in the sunshine to brew. Ours took about 2 hours to get to the strength we like.

Step 5
Remove tea bags and refrigerate to chill.

To Serve,

Pour the chilled sun tea over ice cubes to serve. You can add in sugar or a little simple syrup if you like sweet tea. A little bit of lemon is also good or a sprig of mint.

That’s really all there is to making your own sun tea. It’s super simple to do. But it makes for a great inexpensive and delicious summer time beverage.

Sun Tea

Shelly

How to make sun tea in your own backyard.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Beverage

Cuisine American

Servings 1 gallon tea

Ingredients

  

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• 3-4 Tea Bags
• Pitcher or Glass Jar with lid
• Water

Instructions

 

• Fill your jar or pitcher with water.
• Add the tea bags and place lid on the pitcher or jar.
• Let the container sit in the sun for 2-6 hours or until the tea is the strength desired.
• Remove the tea bags and place in the refrigerator to chill.
• Serve the sun tea over ice.

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