Cold-brewed tea

Like cold-brewed coffee, this is a wonderful way to use resources economically. Using eight tea bags, you can make a gallon of iced tea--far more than the eight cups of hot tea you could make with as many bags. It also tastes far better than hot-brewed tea cooled down, because for some reason the complex flavor of tea really comes out when you cold-brew it. Even if you use the absolute cheapest tea bags you can find. We use the Red Rose brand, which costs $3.31 for 100 tea bags. One pitcher of ice tea is enough for Mr. B and me for at least half the week, so we use 16 tea bags a week. As you see, that $3.31 goes a very long way.

For the container, we spend $7 and bought a large square glass jar with a lid and a sort of tap at the bottom for convenience. We keep it on a shelf of its own in the refrigerator.

Ingredients:

1 gallon water
8 black tea bags (caffeinated or decaffeinated as you like)

Pour water into a large container, and immerse the tea bags in it. Cover and put in fridge overnight or until the tea is steeped to your liking. Remove the tea bags. Serve.