Comments on: Is Sun Tea Safe? http://arizonaoddities.com/2010/05/is-sun-tea-safe/ Fri, 18 May 2012 16:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Theresahttp://arizonaoddities.com/2010/05/is-sun-tea-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 Theresa Sun, 06 May 2012 19:32:16 +0000 http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=833#comment-1258 We make sun tea everyday and have for years, even in Pennsylvania. We've found if it's unrefrigerated, it will get thick and slimy. I read somewhere that boiling water usually used for tea kills some sort of something found naturally in tea. But sun tea doesn't get that hot, even here in the Valley of the Sun. I prefer cold brew tea bags. I'm not sure what the difference is, but the tea seems to come out clearer and crisper than when I use regular tea bags for sun tea. We make sun tea everyday and have for years, even in Pennsylvania. We’ve found if it’s unrefrigerated, it will get thick and slimy. I read somewhere that boiling water usually used for tea kills some sort of something found naturally in tea. But sun tea doesn’t get that hot, even here in the Valley of the Sun. I prefer cold brew tea bags. I’m not sure what the difference is, but the tea seems to come out clearer and crisper than when I use regular tea bags for sun tea.

]]> By: Celebrating the Centennial (sort of) with a Message, Compilation from Clay Thompson |http://arizonaoddities.com/2010/05/is-sun-tea-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 Celebrating the Centennial (sort of) with a Message, Compilation from Clay Thompson | Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:29:06 +0000 http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=833#comment-1179 [...] to know about Arizona, namely that we are a contrary people and that it’s really, really hot here.Is Sun Tea Safe? – Brewing sun tea is simplicity itself. You stick some tea bags in a glass jar, put a lid on [...] [...] to know about Arizona, namely that we are a contrary people and that it’s really, really hot here.Is Sun Tea Safe? – Brewing sun tea is simplicity itself. You stick some tea bags in a glass jar, put a lid on [...]

]]> By: Terryhttp://arizonaoddities.com/2010/05/is-sun-tea-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Terry Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:20:47 +0000 http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=833#comment-402 Ha, I've seen that thick, ropey, slimy stuff, and I thought that perhaps something had changed with the teabags since I was a kid! Really, my Mom's sun tea never did that! So, here's what we do, and we get great results every time. We follow Clay's advise up to the point of putting the jar outside. Instead, we put it in the fridge overnight. The next morning you have great tea, never too bitter, and it lasts a LOOOOONNG time in the fridge. Try it. Just don't call it "sun tea". Ha, I’ve seen that thick, ropey, slimy stuff, and I thought that perhaps something had changed with the teabags since I was a kid! Really, my Mom’s sun tea never did that!

So, here’s what we do, and we get great results every time. We follow Clay’s advise up to the point of putting the jar outside. Instead, we put it in the fridge overnight. The next morning you have great tea, never too bitter, and it lasts a LOOOOONNG time in the fridge.

Try it. Just don’t call it “sun tea”.

]]> By: Dennis Billingshttp://arizonaoddities.com/2010/05/is-sun-tea-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Dennis Billings Sat, 15 May 2010 12:05:11 +0000 http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=833#comment-390 Very informative & funny ......."talking to Ralph on the big white phone " lol Very informative & funny …….”talking to Ralph on the big white phone ” lol

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