Ingredients (Makes 4 quarts = 1 gallon)
3 Family Size Lipton iced tea bags
pinch of baking soda (optional)
4 cups boiling water
12 cups cold water
* 1 1/2 cups sugar (you can use less)
Directions
Drop a pinch of baking soda in the bottom of a heat-proof, one gallon pitcher (plastic pitchers are best when working with boiling water). In a small sauce pan, bring 4 cups of water to boil. Remove from heat, add tea bags and allow to brew for 15 minutes, dunking tea bags up and down a few times while brewing. Remove tea bags, pressing out excess tea with a spoon. Transfer hot tea to pitcher, add sugar, stir and allow to dissolve completely. Add 12 cups cold water and stir. Store in fridge until chilled. Serve over ice. Enjoy!
Tips
Plastic pitchers work best - NEVER pour boiling water in glass pitcher that is not heat-proof, it may shatter.
If you have an older plastic pitcher and/or are concerned about chemicals with hot liquids - use a larger sauce pan and add your sugar in the pan, when the sugar is dissolved, add it to the pitcher with the 12 cups of water already added.
*Adjust sugar amount to desired taste. My girls like a little more sugar, but I always use less.
Try different flavored tea bags, like peach. YUM!
If you like stronger tea, add an additional tea bag(s).