Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Thirfty Tea Idea

One of the things I love about blogging, and there are many, that it brings the world to me. It's like my very own encyclopedia and boy have I used it, I do get my moneys worth! I came across a new to me blog that got me hooked by this post, tea in a jar. I'm sure you can relate to not having enough space in the fridge for ice tea, or wanting to try different blends over ice but don't have enough space? If this relates to you, check out Angry Chicken for her thrifty idea making a concentrated tea in a jar. I tried it over the 4th of July weekend because I knew I'd have little room with all the leftovers. I must say, it was the best ice tea I've had awhile. And so easy too, I like easy!

All you do is place teabags in a jar, the number of teabags varies to how strong you like it. I used 8 in a quart jar filled with cold water, place in fridge overnight. The next day, squeeze out all the tea you can from the teabags, discard. Now all you do when you want a glass of ice tea is grab a glass, use several spoons of the concentrated tea, again depending on how strong you like it, add cold water, stir and top with ice. Refreshing, takes us less room in the fridge and is thrifty too! Thank you Angry Chicken, still not sure why you named your lovely blog that, but if your reading this, enquiring minds want to know!

14 comments:

  1. I`m going to do this. We are drinking a lot of tea now and it is very refreshing. Thanks a lot!

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  2. What a neat idea! I always have two gallons of tea in the fridge. Iced-tea is THE drink here in the south and we drink it all year long. I also make sun tea during the warm months to save on energy. So I will try this too.
    Thanks!

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  3. Thank you so much with sharing this...I love tea and I don't have a lot of room either in the refrig..I really love this idea!!! Lisa

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  4. Hey, thanks for the idea! I drink tea all day in the summer!

    XXDenise

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  5. I love tea in the summer - and winter - and fall - and spring - guess I just love iced tea. We have the strangest fridge - everything on the top shelf freezes and if I turn it down - the stuff in the freezer melts. And there is not ONE shelf that is tall enough to hold a pitcher or a gallon of milk, and we've tried every combo of shelf placement - so strange. At least the milk fits in the door.

    To solve my tea pitcher problem I went to Goodwill and bought a coffee pot from Mr. Coffee machine - just the pot part. It is short and fat and fits on the top shelf just fine - and who cares if it freezes - it is iced tea and I just break out some of the ice to go in the glass of tea.

    Happy tea drinking.

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  6. I've seen that before! It looks so easy and such a great solution!

    All the best,
    Allison

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  7. Anonymous1:21 PM

    DH will certainly Love it.... as for me...I am not a tea drinker, hot or cold!!
    Great Idea!!
    Love,
    Marilyn

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  8. I never thought of this and just went to make some for tomorrow. I love this idea. Thanks.

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  9. Sounds like a great idea, Sue!

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  10. Great idea Sue! Thanks for sharing!

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  11. Another great idea. I think I'll try this today. How about mixing some pomegranate with black tea?
    Laura

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