It will never happen—tea that brews in cold water! That’s what I thought…until witnessing first hand a pot of Southern sweet tea being made using Lipton Cold Brew Tea
Lipton Cold Brew Tea
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The Lipton Tea Company has developed a unique blend of iced tea that can be made in five minutes without using boiling water! Lipton Cold Brew Tea
While brewing steps are simple (add cold water to teabags, steep for up to 5 minutes, remove teabags and add ice, lemon and sweetener), the quick brew process makes this iced tea somewhat delicate. The package label cautions use within 72 hours and to refrigerate at cold settings of 41 degrees F or lower).
Review
Pros Cons Made from real tea leaves; quick and easy if you don’t have time to make iced tea the proper way. Mediocre flavor—definitely not gourmet tea; blah tea experience
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Overall, I’m not sure I would drink this tea often. I can’t seem to make the paradigm shift from using quality gourmet tea and proper steeping time to make the best glass of iced tea possible.
I’ve tried this stuff, and for what it is, I think it’s pretty good – very standard American iced tea. Since I am not a big ice tea fan and my husband is, this is ideal, as he is also not a real tea person, unless it is black and strong.
I’m not big on tea bags but I would be willing to try this stuff. However, I’d like to know how they do it. Is this just another way of making tea more like fast food? Or is it a pretty good iced tea as a quite standard fare? –Spirituality of Tea
I detect an after-taste. This is just glorified instant tea, and not that good (but not really that bad either.)