RCI-BV.009.0054.001
Number 9 Yankee Lemon Tea Concentrate
A lemonade-slash-iced-tea beverage concentrate designed to be served by the glass, mixed with several parts water. This is designed to be on the sour side and only mildly sweet. The "Number 9" refers to the nine tea bags used.
Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Servings4
Difficultybeginner
Ingredients
- 1 unit
- six (6) tea bags of standard black tea1 unitpreferably the ones that come with a bit of string and a little cardboard tag attached to them
- three (3) herbal tea bags of any kind1 unit
- sugar (or20 teaspoonsif for example using a stevia or other sweetener mixture that is four times as sweet as sugar, five (5) teaspoons of sweetener)
- 1 unit
Method
1
Bring slightly less than one gallon of water to a boil in a large pot over high heat.
15 minutes
2
Remove the pot from heat and immediately add the six black tea bags and three herbal tea bags, allowing them to steep undisturbed.
5 minutes
3
Remove all tea bags from the water by lifting them out with a spoon or small strainer, squeezing gently to extract maximum flavor.
1 minutes
4
Stir in the sugar (or sweetener equivalent) until completely dissolved in the hot tea.
2 minutes
5
Cool the concentrate to room temperature, then transfer to bottles or containers for storage in the refrigerator.
20 minutes
6
To serve, dilute the concentrate with water according to taste preference—typically one part concentrate to three parts water creates a balanced beverage.