How do You Brew Tea?

[irishearl]

Long used a drip 4-cup Mr. Coffee dedicated to tea. Makes a fine cuppa.

 

[georged]

And, if someone hands me a cup of unsweetened tea, I set the cup down and never pick it up again.

Side note for anyone reading this thread who has never had Authentic Southern Sweet Tea ---

It is made by brewing a pitcher of perfectly good Black tea, then adding table sugar one pound at a time while stirring so it dissolves, then, when it's about the consistency of maple syrup, steadily add more heat and more sugar until it is super-saturated.

Supersaturation - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersaturation

When the verge-of-becoming-a-solid point is reached, a sprig of some green garden thing is delicately perched on the edge of the pitcher, and the entire surface of the, um... tea, is heavily dusted with powdered sugar, and the glass pitcher itself painted with fanciful designs using melted sugar. Then it's set on block of solid sugar that's been carved into a serving platter. The platter, of course, has been etched with the words "Bless your heart!"

 

[Egg Shen]

Lately it’s been sun tea. 4 bags of PG Tips in a mason jar. Let it sit in the sun for a day or 2. Remove bags. Refrigerate. Drink cold, no sugar. Sometimes I cut it with mint water.

 

[Lumbridge]

I usually drink coffee (stovetop percolator), but when I drink tea, it's looseleaf in a French press.