cloudy ice tea
 

How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up. I've
tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee filter
in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the automatic
tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
anyone offer help on this topic.

Jim

Jim a wrote:

> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up. I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim

You aren't from the south, I take it? LOL
First you need to boil your water, not just heat
it in a coffee maker. Then sweeten when the tea is
still hot. If it gets cloudy, just refresh with a
little more boiling water, but know that tea isn't
anything you want to keep over a day or so.

Jim a wrote:

> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up. I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim

You aren't from the south, I take it? LOL
First you need to boil your water, not just heat
it in a coffee maker. Then sweeten when the tea is
still hot. If it gets cloudy, just refresh with a
little more boiling water, but know that tea isn't
anything you want to keep over a day or so.

Actually I am from the south, and not had this problem until the past couple
of months. Making the tea the same way for years with no problem. I'm
wondering if its the city water we are on. Might try and get some bottled
and try that. I use a tea maker that heats the water up real good. Thanks
for the suggestion.

Jim

"Goomba38" > wrote in message
...
> Jim a wrote:
>
>> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
>> I've tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
>> filter in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
>> automatic tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy
>> look. Can anyone offer help on this topic.
>>
>> Jim
>
> You aren't from the south, I take it? LOL
> First you need to boil your water, not just heat it in a coffee maker.
> Then sweeten when the tea is still hot. If it gets cloudy, just refresh
> with a little more boiling water, but know that tea isn't anything you
> want to keep over a day or so.
>

As an added bit of info. This tea starts clouding up within a minute or so
of the tea being added to the ice, or the ice being added to the tea. We
make a fresh pitcher every day so it isn't old. We pour the old out, but
with the humidity there usually isn't a lot left.

Jim

"Goomba38" > wrote in message
...
> Jim a wrote:
>
>> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
>> I've tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
>> filter in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
>> automatic tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy
>> look. Can anyone offer help on this topic.
>>
>> Jim
>
> You aren't from the south, I take it? LOL
> First you need to boil your water, not just heat it in a coffee maker.
> Then sweeten when the tea is still hot. If it gets cloudy, just refresh
> with a little more boiling water, but know that tea isn't anything you
> want to keep over a day or so.
>

"Jim a" > wrote in
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01:

> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
> I've tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a
> coffee filter in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice.
> I use the automatic tea maker with no problems as to taste other than
> the cloudy look. Can anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim
>
>
>

I believe you need a dash of baking soda in your water before putting in
the teabags. Then cool and add extras. I'd get more exact but you gave me
so little to go on...

--
Starchless in Manitoba.

"Jim a" > wrote in
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01:

> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
> I've tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a
> coffee filter in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice.
> I use the automatic tea maker with no problems as to taste other than
> the cloudy look. Can anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim
>
>
>

I believe you need a dash of baking soda in your water before putting in
the teabags. Then cool and add extras. I'd get more exact but you gave me
so little to go on...

--
Starchless in Manitoba.

i have been successful for several years using a Mr. Coffee tea maker. It
brings to a high temperature a specific amount of water and pours it over
the tea bag, or bags. It is set to make one gallon at a time when you also
include the ice in your receiving pitcher. The amount of water combined
with the ice equals out to one gallon of iced tea when it's finished. Never
heard of the baking soda before.

Jim

"Hahabogus" > wrote in message
...
> "Jim a" > wrote in
> news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01:
>
>> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
>> I've tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a
>> coffee filter in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice.
>> I use the automatic tea maker with no problems as to taste other than
>> the cloudy look. Can anyone offer help on this topic.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>
> I believe you need a dash of baking soda in your water before putting in
> the teabags. Then cool and add extras. I'd get more exact but you gave me
> so little to go on...
>
> --
> Starchless in Manitoba.

Jim a wrote:

> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up. I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>

A tea maker? I have a kettle and a tea pot. It never would have occurred to me
that you need a special space taking contraption to make something as simple as
tea.

Try omitting the sweetener. There is no need to sweeten tea. During my
university days I had a summer job working in a steel mill, and that creates a
whole new dimension to hot. I found black tea to be the only thing that
satisfied my thirst.

Jim a wrote:

> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up. I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>

A tea maker? I have a kettle and a tea pot. It never would have occurred to me
that you need a special space taking contraption to make something as simple as
tea.

Try omitting the sweetener. There is no need to sweeten tea. During my
university days I had a summer job working in a steel mill, and that creates a
whole new dimension to hot. I found black tea to be the only thing that
satisfied my thirst.

"Jim a" > wrote in message
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01...
> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim


Well rather than tell you not to use a teamaker, I'll just tell you how to
fix the problem: Add a little more boiling water. About 1/2 cup should do. I
don't remember why it works, I just know it does. IIRC, hard water causes
cloudy tea, and if you are using a different brand, that could be what
happened as well. The more tannins the tea has, the more likely it is to
cloud.
kimberly
>
>

"Jim a" > wrote in message
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01...
> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>


I use water that has been filtered though a Brita pitcher for tea. This
makes the tea really clear...of course, my water isn't the same as your
water to begin with, so YMMV. I don't think the clari-tea (as my husband
calls it) tastes any better than tea made with water straight from the tap.

As for sweetener, I brew the tea, remove the bags, add the sugar while the
tea is still hot, and stir.

Chris

Chris and Bob Neidecker wrote:
> "Jim a" > wrote in message
> news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01...
>
>>How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
>
> I've
>
>>tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
>
> filter
>
>>in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
>
> automatic
>
>>tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
>>anyone offer help on this topic.
>>
>
>
>
> I use water that has been filtered though a Brita pitcher for tea. This
> makes the tea really clear...of course, my water isn't the same as your
> water to begin with, so YMMV. I don't think the clari-tea (as my husband
> calls it) tastes any better than tea made with water straight from the tap.
>
> As for sweetener, I brew the tea, remove the bags, add the sugar while the
> tea is still hot, and stir.
>
> Chris
>
>
I've noticed that when making tea with our tap water it tends to could
up, especially when cooled in the refrigerator. We have a reverse
osmosis filter hooked up to our refrigerator water dispenser and
icemaker. Since we've been using the filtered water, and ice cubes,
our tea is now consistently clear when hot, or when refrigerated. I too
have heard that adding a bit of hot tea to cloudy tea clears it up.
Mickey

Chris and Bob Neidecker wrote:
> "Jim a" > wrote in message
> news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01...
>
>>How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
>
> I've
>
>>tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
>
> filter
>
>>in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
>
> automatic
>
>>tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
>>anyone offer help on this topic.
>>
>
>
>
> I use water that has been filtered though a Brita pitcher for tea. This
> makes the tea really clear...of course, my water isn't the same as your
> water to begin with, so YMMV. I don't think the clari-tea (as my husband
> calls it) tastes any better than tea made with water straight from the tap.
>
> As for sweetener, I brew the tea, remove the bags, add the sugar while the
> tea is still hot, and stir.
>
> Chris
>
>
I've noticed that when making tea with our tap water it tends to could
up, especially when cooled in the refrigerator. We have a reverse
osmosis filter hooked up to our refrigerator water dispenser and
icemaker. Since we've been using the filtered water, and ice cubes,
our tea is now consistently clear when hot, or when refrigerated. I too
have heard that adding a bit of hot tea to cloudy tea clears it up.
Mickey

Goomba38 wrote:

> Jim a wrote:
>
>> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
>> I've tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a
>> coffee filter in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice.
>> I use the automatic tea maker with no problems as to taste other than
>> the cloudy look. Can anyone offer help on this topic.
>>
>> Jim
>
>
> You aren't from the south, I take it? LOL
> First you need to boil your water, not just heat it in a coffee maker.
> Then sweeten when the tea is still hot. If it gets cloudy, just refresh
> with a little more boiling water, but know that tea isn't anything you
> want to keep over a day or so.
>
YOu could try sweetening it with clear sugar syrup instead of sugar. Or
are you using somethign other than sugar to sweeten it. I can;t say I
ever remember having iced tea or coffee get cloudy when I added sugar.

Goomba38 wrote:

> Jim a wrote:
>
>> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
>> I've tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a
>> coffee filter in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice.
>> I use the automatic tea maker with no problems as to taste other than
>> the cloudy look. Can anyone offer help on this topic.
>>
>> Jim
>
>
> You aren't from the south, I take it? LOL
> First you need to boil your water, not just heat it in a coffee maker.
> Then sweeten when the tea is still hot. If it gets cloudy, just refresh
> with a little more boiling water, but know that tea isn't anything you
> want to keep over a day or so.
>
YOu could try sweetening it with clear sugar syrup instead of sugar. Or
are you using somethign other than sugar to sweeten it. I can;t say I
ever remember having iced tea or coffee get cloudy when I added sugar.

"Jim a" > wrote in
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01:

> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
> I've tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a
> coffee filter in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice.
> I use the automatic tea maker with no problems as to taste other than
> the cloudy look. Can anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim

I don't sweeten my tea, but I commiserate because for the past few years
all the tea I've made by traditional methods has turned cloudy, if not
immediately, then when ice is added or it's refrigerated.

I can't explain it, but I have tried numerous brands of commercial tea.
I have tried tap water, softened water, filtered water, bottled spring
water, and distilled water, all with the same results.

The only two methods I seem to be able to use successfully both involve
"brewing" with cold water. I either make "sun tea", or use Lipton's Cold
Brew Tea Bags. In both cases, the tea never turns cloudy.

--
It's me, Baker!

When the Chips are Down,
the Buffalo is Empty.

"Jim a" > wrote in
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01:

> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
> I've tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a
> coffee filter in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice.
> I use the automatic tea maker with no problems as to taste other than
> the cloudy look. Can anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim

I don't sweeten my tea, but I commiserate because for the past few years
all the tea I've made by traditional methods has turned cloudy, if not
immediately, then when ice is added or it's refrigerated.

I can't explain it, but I have tried numerous brands of commercial tea.
I have tried tap water, softened water, filtered water, bottled spring
water, and distilled water, all with the same results.

The only two methods I seem to be able to use successfully both involve
"brewing" with cold water. I either make "sun tea", or use Lipton's Cold
Brew Tea Bags. In both cases, the tea never turns cloudy.

--
It's me, Baker!

When the Chips are Down,
the Buffalo is Empty.

>i have been successful for several years using a Mr. Coffee tea maker. It
>brings to a high temperature a specific amount of water and pours it over
>the tea bag, or bags. It is set to make one gallon at a time when you also
>include the ice in your receiving pitcher. The amount of water combined
>with the ice equals out to one gallon of iced tea when it's finished. Never
>heard of the baking soda before.
>

I used to work in a restaurant where we would make iced tea in 30 gallon
plastic garbage cans; don't worry, they never actually had garbage in them but
were used just for iced tea. We used to put baking soda into the iced tea to
cut down on the bitterness, as I was told by the manager.

I remember one day a disgruntled employee put an onion into the container of
iced tea and the customers complained about it and we had to dump it out and
clean it out and make a new batch of tea.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"I actually thought about voting for John Kerry before I decided to vote
against him."

>i have been successful for several years using a Mr. Coffee tea maker. It
>brings to a high temperature a specific amount of water and pours it over
>the tea bag, or bags. It is set to make one gallon at a time when you also
>include the ice in your receiving pitcher. The amount of water combined
>with the ice equals out to one gallon of iced tea when it's finished. Never
>heard of the baking soda before.
>

I used to work in a restaurant where we would make iced tea in 30 gallon
plastic garbage cans; don't worry, they never actually had garbage in them but
were used just for iced tea. We used to put baking soda into the iced tea to
cut down on the bitterness, as I was told by the manager.

I remember one day a disgruntled employee put an onion into the container of
iced tea and the customers complained about it and we had to dump it out and
clean it out and make a new batch of tea.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"I actually thought about voting for John Kerry before I decided to vote
against him."

"Jim a" > wrote in message
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01...
> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim
>

Pour the sugar over the tea bags before you steep. At a slight bit more
than usual because some won't dissolve. That's what I do in the same tea
maker, and I don't have cloudy tea.

And I disagree with the others that say the coffee pot doesn't make the
water hot enough to make tea. Other than sun tea, we've used a coffee
maker to make tea for at least the last 10 years, I was too young to
remember before that :-) Never any problems... *and* we lived in Atlanta.

"Jim a" > wrote in message
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01...
> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim
>

Pour the sugar over the tea bags before you steep. At a slight bit more
than usual because some won't dissolve. That's what I do in the same tea
maker, and I don't have cloudy tea.

And I disagree with the others that say the coffee pot doesn't make the
water hot enough to make tea. Other than sun tea, we've used a coffee
maker to make tea for at least the last 10 years, I was too young to
remember before that :-) Never any problems... *and* we lived in Atlanta.

"Jim a" > wrote in message
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01...
> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim
>

Pour the sugar over the tea bags before you steep. At a slight bit more
than usual because some won't dissolve. That's what I do in the same tea
maker, and I don't have cloudy tea.

And I disagree with the others that say the coffee pot doesn't make the
water hot enough to make tea. Other than sun tea, we've used a coffee
maker to make tea for at least the last 10 years, I was too young to
remember before that :-) Never any problems... *and* we lived in Atlanta.

"Jim a" > wrote in message
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01...
> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim
>

Pour the sugar over the tea bags before you steep. At a slight bit more
than usual because some won't dissolve. That's what I do in the same tea
maker, and I don't have cloudy tea.

And I disagree with the others that say the coffee pot doesn't make the
water hot enough to make tea. Other than sun tea, we've used a coffee
maker to make tea for at least the last 10 years, I was too young to
remember before that :-) Never any problems... *and* we lived in Atlanta.

"Jim a" > wrote in message
news:BOCbd.127431$He1.77683@attbi_s01...
> How do you make Iced tea, with sweetner in it, without it clouding up.
I've
> tried putting the tea in the ice, the ice in the tea, using a coffee
filter
> in my tea maker, letting it cool before I add the ice. I use the
automatic
> tea maker with no problems as to taste other than the cloudy look. Can
> anyone offer help on this topic.
>
> Jim
>

Pour the sugar over the tea bags before you steep. At a slight bit more
than usual because some won't dissolve. That's what I do in the same tea
maker, and I don't have cloudy tea.

And I disagree with the others that say the coffee pot doesn't make the
water hot enough to make tea. Other than sun tea, we've used a coffee
maker to make tea for at least the last 10 years, I was too young to
remember before that :-) Never any problems... *and* we lived in Atlanta.

Dave Smith > wrote in news:416F1D4F.67F728F7
@sympatico.ca:

> Try omitting the sweetener. There is no need to sweeten tea.

Blasphmer. Unsweetend tea is just dirty, disgusting water.

Dave Smith > wrote in news:416F1D4F.67F728F7
@sympatico.ca:

> Try omitting the sweetener. There is no need to sweeten tea.

Blasphmer. Unsweetend tea is just dirty, disgusting water.

Dave Smith > wrote in news:416F1D4F.67F728F7
@sympatico.ca:

> Try omitting the sweetener. There is no need to sweeten tea.

Blasphmer. Unsweetend tea is just dirty, disgusting water.

Dave Smith > wrote in news:416F1D4F.67F728F7
@sympatico.ca:

> Try omitting the sweetener. There is no need to sweeten tea.

Blasphmer. Unsweetend tea is just dirty, disgusting water.

Dave Smith > wrote in news:416F1D4F.67F728F7
@sympatico.ca:

> Try omitting the sweetener. There is no need to sweeten tea.

Blasphmer. Unsweetend tea is just dirty, disgusting water.

Dave Smith > wrote in news:416F1D4F.67F728F7
@sympatico.ca:

> Try omitting the sweetener. There is no need to sweeten tea.

Blasphmer. Unsweetend tea is just dirty, disgusting water.