In the late 70s and into the 80s, making “Sun Tea” was a huge trend.
I remember my mom making a gallon of sun tea every few days in the summer. She had the classic yellow-lidded jar, and I saw it sitting in the center of our driveway many an afternoon.
The kids just wanted enough to taste, so we made ours in individual canning jars. All you need is: Sterilized jars with lids, purified/distilled water, tea bags, and a warm, sunny day.
Simply place one tea bag into each jar of water, then seal well.
By 6pm, the tea was radiantly dark and ready for drinking!
Add the sugar first, so it can dissolve in the warm tea….then add ice and enjoy!
(Drink within a day or two, since the process for making sun tea creates an environment that can breed bacteria. Store in refrigerator.)
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Alison (1 year ago)
I tried this a few weeks ago, but unfortunately our (Dutch) sun just didn’t do the trick :( The ‘tea’ that we ended up with after hours and hours of brewing was horrible! Maybe making it into iced tea is a better idea… Oh well, next summer ;)