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Loose Leaf Sweet Iced Tea Blend

A custom blend of loose leaf tea to make a refreshing sweet iced tea! The best thing about using loose leaf tea is you can make the tea to suit your tastes. This recipe can get you started, make adjustments to suit your tastes.
Servings: 1 gallon
Author: Barbra-Sue Kowalski

Ingredients

  • THIS MAKES A QUART OF LOOSE LEAF TEA BLEND USE AS NEEDED
  • 1 1/2 cups Assam TBFOP Loose Leaf Tea
  • 1 1/2 cups Nilgiri FBOP Loose Leaf Tea
  • 3/4 cup Stevia Herbal Sweetener
  • Sugar
  • Water

Instructions

  • ICED TEA BLEND MIXED IN BULK
  • I make my Iced Tea Blend in batches and store in a amber canning jar. This makes enough to fill a Quart jar. Use as needed to make ice tea.
  • Add 1 1/2 cups Assam loose leaf tea
  • Add 1 1/2 cups Nilgiri loose leaf tea
  • Add 3/4 cup Stevia Herbal Sweetener
  • I layer this in the bowl to make mixing easier. Mix well to ensure the tea is completely blended.
  • Store iced tea blend in an amber jar in a dark cabinet.
  • MAKE ICED TEA CONCENTRATE
  • Heat a pot of water to just under boiling.
  • Measure your desired amount of iced tea blend into a tea ball. I use 4 tablespoons of my custom iced tea loose leaf blend.
  • Once water is hot, turn off heat and add tea ball to water.
  • Cover and let cool completely.
  • Once cool, remove tea ball.
  • Strain iced tea concentrate to remove any loose tea leaves.
  • Pour into a gallon pitcher.
  • Add your desired amount of sugar. I use a heaping 1/2 a cup for an entire gallon. Remember this includes Stevia, a natural sweetener, you can use less sugar than normal.
  • Mix well and add enough water to fill the gallon pitcher.
  • Chill and enjoy!

Notes

If you don't want to make a loose leaf iced tea blend in bulk, you can mix this one gallon at a time.
1 1/2 tablespoon of Assam
1 1/2 tablespoon Nilgiri
1/2 tablespoon Stevia
To make a Half Gallon of Iced Tea Blend
  • Add 3 cups Assam loose leaf tea
  • Add 3 cups Nilgiri loose leaf tea
  • Add 1 1/2 cups Stevia Herbal Sweetener

    • One Comment

    1. 5 stars
      I got rid of my tea bags and ordered the tea and stevia you recommend. Being from the south, I love strong sweet tea. The blend is so delicious!! And it wasn’t hard to make the loose leaf tea! Thanks for sharing your recipe.

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