Making sun tea is an iced tea recipe that is quite easy to do. But if you want to make the best out of your sun tea, there are some things you can do to achieve this. You will need to have some patience and a few supplies. Although this ice tea recipe requires the least amount of effort on your part, making tea with solar power takes a lot longer than other methods of making iced tea.

Choosing Your Type of Tea

Some people may prefer making their sun tea with regular black tea bags, but other people find the result a bit on the weak side. If you prefer strong hot black tea, then the taste of this iced tea recipe will not appeal to you. The advantage of sun tea is that you can use any kind of tea bags , and even a blend of two or more kinds of tea bags for your sun tea.

Instead of the usual black tea, it is recommended that you use green tea. You could also combine different tea bags as part green tea, and part herbal tea, perhaps with a fruity flavor. Green tea needs less time to brew than black tea and tastes better if the water is hot but not at its boiling point. The sun will heat up the water with the tea quite well, but will not boil it.

Choosing Your Container

There are many containers you can use for this iced tea recipe. But it is very important that your containers should have lids. If your container does not have a lid, chances are that insects will be attracted to its color and eventually drown in it. Your iced tea container must have at least a half gallon capacity in order to make a few glasses of iced tea.

There are a few people who can detect when the iced tea recipe is made in a plastic container or in a glass one. The difference is quite subtle but some people may be sensitive to this. This employs the same logic as when you’re comparing the taste of bottled soft drinks that have previously been packaged in glass containers. You can detect a difference in those that come in plastic bottles.

For best results for this iced tea recipe, all you have to do is use one regular sized tea bag per cup of water in the container, fill with cold water and set in a spot that gets the most sun during the day. Before you go to bed, place the container in the refrigerator and allow to chill overnight. For a cool, calm finish, serve over ice.