Comments on: Iced tea, please

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:32:11 +0000

Hey, you can get lipton Iced tea in various flavours from larger Sainsburys supermarkets. Im not sure about ASDA or Tesco, but its definately available in Sainsburys. Im I love iced tea too! It comes in 1.5 litre plastic bottles and its cheap.

By: Mich

Mich — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:14:16 +0000

I just found your blog on this. Not sure if they did at the time but Arizona sell their green tea by the crate – see arizona.uk.com!

By: Yank

Yank — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:16:00 +0000

Thanks. I grew up with the home-brew and the instant powder mix. I’ve tried to do the brewing myself but it’s not the same. Plus, ice is not available everywhere, and we’ll need to get icemakers for our freezer. I just brew a little and refrigerate it. We usually sweeten it before cooling because we all like it sweetened and it’s harder to sweeten when it’s cold.

By: Marilyn P.

Marilyn P. — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:28:02 +0000

Hi–I was reading your blog, as I’m preparing to meet some long-lost British cousins this summer, and I was curious about how the two cultures intertwine in today’s world.

On the iced tea front, you may be interested in knowing the old Southern U.S. method of making this essential item. It predates the use of modern bottled tea–showing my age, I guess.

Basically, you have to brew the tea (with bags, or loose leaves) at 4-6 times the standard strength of hot tea. In other words, 4 teabags per cup, or more. When the tea has finished brewing, you fill up a non-breakable pitcher (metal is usual) with ice, and pour the hot tea over the ice. Sweetening and flavoring is done by the individual when the tea is served.

Water takes up more space when it is frozen than when it is liquid, so the melting ice leaves room for the added tea, and the cooling effect is instantaneous. You’ll have to experiment with the type and strength of tea you prefer, but it is easy, and was done this way for a long time before bottled tea was available.

By: Yank

Yank — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:43:04 +0000

I haven't seen iced tea around, except something made by one of the soft drink makers over here and it did not taste anything like iced tea. Then, at Lidl's we found a large juice bottle size of peach iced tea from some European maker. It tastes similar to the Lipton peach iced tea. But I'd rather have some green tea. I would not buy it at Starbucks (if they had it) because they'd charge too much. Yank’s last blog post.The English fog

By: Smitten by Britain

Smitten by Britain — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:49:36 +0000

I thought iced tea had become more acceptable there since I left twenty years ago. Doesn’t Starbucks offer it? May want to check that out. My Scottish ex-husband detested iced tea at first but now loves it.

By: Yank

Yank — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:41:45 +0000

Ugh! I can't pay that kind of price for it. Yank’s last blog post.The English fog

By: lovely jubbly london

lovely jubbly london — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:06:10 +0000

I make plain iced tea or some times add grape juice to it, but that may be a southern thing. Sometimes I see Lipton iced tea with lemon at the grocery store and I saw bottles of it at Costco. I’m like you, I loved Arizona Green Tea (with honey and ginseng). Some specialty stores carry it, but it’s like £4 for the personal size bottle!