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Sun Tea
What Is Sun Tea? Sun tea is when you make tea by allowing the tea to sit in the sun. I’ve tasted sun to before and I liked it. Sun Tea can be refreshing in the summer time. Your simply using the exposure of the sun to brew the tea. You pour water over the tea bags or tea leafs. Then you let the tea sit in the sun.
However, you have to be careful when making sun tea. The bacteria that can result from making sun tea can make you sick.
When you let water sit out for numerous hours, there is a potential for bacteria growth. This can be harmful to the body. This is why some people use tea that has caffeine because the caffeine can help fight the bacteria if you don’t leave the tea out to long. The bacteria in the tea can cause stomach illness. Also, you can get an infection.
Safest Way To Brew Sun Tea
The following rules have been recommended for those who brew sun tea:
· Use a container that has been scrubbed in warm, soapy water. As an additional precaution, dip the container in a bleach solution made with 1-1/2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon of bleach per gallon of water.
· If the container has a spigot, clean it carefully after each use, preferably by taking it apart. If you can’t clean inside the spigot, don’t brew sun tea in that vessel — find yourself something else to use.
· Do not leave tea to brew in the sunlight for more than three to four hours.
· Do not prepare more tea than you plan to use that day.
· Refrigerate the drink as soon as it is ready and keep it refrigerated.
· Discard tea if it appears thick or syrupy. Those ropy strands are bacteria.
A safer alternative to “sun tea” is “refrigerator tea.” To make it, fill a pitcher with a quart of cold water, add four to six tea bags, and refrigerate it at least six hours or overnight. Squeeze and remove the tea bags, and serve the tea over ice.
Recipe For Sun Tea
· You will need: 1 gallon container or jug, with a screw on lid.
· About 10am, fill your pitcher with the water, and tea bags.
· The reason for the screw on top, is so that ants don’t get to the tea.
· Let the tea sit in the sun for most of the day, a prime full sun location is best.
· When bringing the tea in, boil one cup, and then mix it with the sugar (but, in the summer, the heat from outside can be enough to dissolve the sugar).
· Boiling the cup of tea only helps to make dissolving the sugar easier.
· Combine the sugar, tea, and more water to make one gallon.
· Serve with thick 1 1/2″ wedges of lemon.
· It usually takes 4-6 hours of being in the sun, in order to steep.
· Bring the tea in after the tea looks dark enough.
· Since the tea is best served cold, put it in the fridge right away.
· It does not last as long as boiled tea for some reason.
· And I usually leave the tea bags in the jug until the tea is gone.
How To Avoid Getting An Infection With Sun Tea
There are a few ways to make sun tea that won’t make you ill. The first is to boil the water needed for the tea for at least three to five minutes. This will kill alcaligenes viscolactis. Some tea companies also feature no heat sun tea, which actually isn’t made in the sun, but is made in the refrigerator. Since the water never reaches room temperature, the bacterium doesn’t have a chance to grow.
The key is not allowing this tea to sit out and come to room temperature, and if you do use mint or other herbs, these should be washed thoroughly. In fact you may want to boil any herbs or seasoning for 3-5 minutes to avoid any harmful bacteria. Once you’ve made safe tea, there are plenty of ways to serve delicious variants. Since Herbal Teas don’t have caffeine, you may want to use another type of tea to make your sun tea. Caffeine is helpful with fighting the bacteria in Sun Tea.