Microwave Iced Tea Recipes

MICROWAVE ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour 2 cups of water into a 2 cup microwave safe glass measure. Microwave on high for 4 minutes. (It should just come to a boil.).
• Add teabags, dunk a few times, and let steep 15+ minutes, to your tastes.
• Pour into gallon sized pitcher, add remaining water, and ice if desired.
• Chill and drink :-).
• NOTE: If you use bottled water it will super heat and could come to a boil suddenly when you add the teabags, so use caution.

PERFECT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Hot-Brewed:
• Bring 8 cups water to a simmer; remove from the heat and add 3 tablespoons loose tea or 6 tea bags. Let steep about 4 minutes, until it's the strength you like. Strain loose tea with a fine-mesh sieve or remove the tea bags. Let cool, then transfer to a pitcher, cover and refrigerate.
• Cold-Brewed:
• Combine 8 cups cold water and 6 tablespoons loose tea or 10 tea bags in a pitcher. Cover and refrigerate 15 to 36 hours, until it's the strength you like. Strain loose tea with a fine-mesh sieve or remove the tea bags.
• Sweet Teas:
• Combine 3/4 cup each sugar and water in a saucepan and add 1 infuser, if desired. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then remove from the heat and let cool. Strain the infused syrup through a fine-mesh sieve (you'll get about 1 cup).
• Orange Add 6 strips zest
• Blackberries 1 cup
• Cinnamon 2 sticks
• Lavender 3 tablespoons dried
• Vanilla 1 halved bean
• Mint 3 sprigs
• Ginger 1 cup sliced
• Lemon 8 strips zest
• Nectarine 1 cup chopped
• Cucumber 2 cups chopped

QUICK AND AWESOME DECAFFEINATED ICED TEA

Steps:

• Using a 4 cup Pyrex measuring cup (must be microwaveable), add about 3 cups water. I prefer purified or bottled, room temp is best.
• Put the three tea bags in the water and lightly knead the bags to make sure they are soaked. Don't over do it or they could tear.
• Place the measuring cup into microwave and cook for 3 minutes. Depending on your power output you may increase or decrease the time.
• Let the tea steep for about 15 minutes.
• While it is steeping, cut an orange into 3-4 slices, throwing out the ends.
• Drop the slices into a 1 gallon pitcher.
• Add the sugar, covering the slices pretty good.
• (Sometimes I shake the pitcher to ensure the sugar coats the orange slices well)
• When tea had steeped and is still warm, pour over the orange/sugar and stir. Warm tea will help dissolve the sugar making a better blended product.
• Add water, not a full gallon as this will dilute the recipe. I use about 3/4 gallon. Stir well.
• Pour over lots of ice and enjoy!

EASY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Put the tea bags, sugar, honey and 1.5 litres water in a large jug. Leave to infuse for 10 mins, then remove and discard the tea bags. Chill until ready to serve.
• Stir in the lemon juice, lemon slices, orange slices and mint leaves. Fill the jug with plenty of ice and stir again.
• Fill tall glasses with ice and pour over the iced tea, then serve with extra honey to taste.

MICROWAVE SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Add 3 cups of water to a 4-cup microwave-safe measuring cup, preferably with a handle.
• Add baking soda (or just a small pinch to prevent cloudiness or bitterness).
• Add tea bags.
• Microwave on high 7-8 minutes.
• Add sugar to 1 gallon pitcher.
• Pour the tea into pitcher on top of sugar, squeezing tea bags gently.
• Mix tea and sugar at the bottom of the pitcher.
• Allow to sit for approximaltey 10 minutes.
• Stir.
• Fill gallon pitcher with water.
• Stir well.
• May serve immediately over ice but even better chilled a while in the fridge (best chilled until next day or overnight).