Would black current make good sun tea?

This sounds delightful! I will definitely give this recipe a try!

Thanks,
Maria

I love to substitute one regular tea bag with a herbal tea bag...usually lemon, orange, peach, or mint. Very good on a hot summer day in Arizona!

Black currant makes great sun tea, I think. I second the idea of subbing 1-3 bags of lemon, orange, peach or mint. I often make it with 2:1 plain tea to Constant Comment (orange spice).

I think this is a great idea! My grandmother use to make sun tea here in Texas! Are there any health benefits to making sun tea, besides the fact that you use herbal teas and they already have these health benefits to them anyways!

I keep reading that making sun tea is unsafe. That bacteria can grow in it because it doesn't reach a temperature of 190 degrees or more. It only gets up to 130. I don't want to get ill. Can I make sun tea, but add boiling water when I bring it in from out doors and have it be safe?

I also have one of those sun tea jars from the 70's that has a spiggot on it. I cleaned the container with hot soapy water, but I didn't bleach it. Should I transfer the tea to a different container instead of using the spiggot since other sites have said that the spiggots can get really nasty?

A friend of mine made Sun Tea just last year and she and her daughter were fine. I just don't want me or my family to get sick.

I have made Sun Tea for years and until now have never heard of a concern.

I usually refrigerate it as soon as I bring inside and we consume it so quickly it usually doesn't last 2 days around here!

We have NEVER been sick and I give it to all my children who enjoy it.

It's so easy to make that if you have concerns after 2 days throw it out and start a new batch.

jmo :-)

Dee

Constant Comment tea makes great sun tea. I have made sun tea for years and have never gotten sick.

I would like to know if a plastic container may be used for sun tea rather than glass.

Can you use plastic containers to make suntea?

I have drunk suntea for years and so has my mom and her mom. If it is going to be more than a few days old, keep it cold. I make mine in a clear plastic pitcher and just put that right into the fridge. I use 7 bags though, I like a dark flavor.

Black currant sun tea is very nice for beginer. I put only 1 tea bag in a 600 cc glass bottle and fill with clean water. I leave the bottle at the sun spot in my garden surrounding with shrubs trees and flowers....for day long in Thailand. It is really strong flavor. In the evening, I keep it in the fridge and enjoy my sun tea by mixing 30-50 cc of sun tea with 100-200 cc cold water.

I love drinking sun tea it's my favorite passed time at my grandma's house in the summer while I"m basking on the porch. Finally I can drink a taste of heaven without going to my grandma's home. But... they do say there's nothing like a grandma's cooking...Right?

Every day years ago we would have sun tea at a friends. We found new flavors to make every day! We started using flavor ice popsicles with lemon juice and sugar to taste and ended up making our own cheap arizona iced tea. And none of us ended up getting sick!!

My two young daughters and I just made sun tea with Celestial Seasonings Mango Darjeeling Black Organic Tea, at my 11 year old's suggestion. I was just going to use regular Red Rose (which my mum always did) It turned out heavenly!

What about putting a sliced up lemon, lime or orange into the jar before putting it out in the sun? It might add nice flavor but could it spoil the tea?