Make Your Own Fabulous Iced Tea for Just 40c Per 1.5 Litres

HeWhoKnows on 09/03/2019 - 13:08
Last edited 09/03/2019 - 13:09

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Yes fellow Ozbargainers.
Here is my secret formula to make the best tasting Iced Tea in town and it will cost you just 40c per 1.5L bottle.

INGREDIENTS:
2 tea bags, Golden Circle Apple, Peach and Lychee Cordial, your preferred sugar.
This cordial is available at most Woolworths Supermarkets for just $3 per 2L bottle - What a bargain!

Firstly
Save any 1.5L Iced tea bottle but preferably an Aldi Iced tea bottle as they have a nice wide lid/opening at the top. The Lipton iced tea bottles are not suitable because the opening is far too small and the bottle is too tall for most fridges.
Secondly
Brew 2 large teapots of tea but use just 1 tea bag in each pot.
Let the tea stand for several hours to ensure the tea brews completely and most importantly until the tea cools off. As placing hot liquids into a plastic bottle can release harmful chemicals!
Thirdly
Pour 175ml of the Golden Circle Apple, Peach & Lychee Cordial into the 1.5L plastic bottle.
Add 4 teaspoons of your preferred sugar and then fill up with the cool tea.
Fourthly
Screw on lid and tip bottle back and fourth to mix the contents and to completely dissolve the sugar. Then open again and top up with water.
Fifthly
Place in fridge and enjoy your lovely home-made iced tea a couple of hours later.

This mix produces a lovely, mild flavoured iced tea that is lightly sugared.
We all know that soft drinks including iced teas conatin far too much sugar so this is a much healthier option for you and much cheaper too.

Of course you can add more or less tea bags, cordial and sugar to suit your taste but the point is that the Golden Circle Apple, Peach and Lychee cordial is a great base for iced tea.
I havent tried the Golden Cirle Lemon Cordial as an iced tea base yet as I was just trying to prepare a home-made alternative to the ever-popular Peach flavoured Iced tea.

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  • Raynes on 09/03/2019 - 13:09
    +2

    wtf is this

    • FireRunner on 09/03/2019 - 14:30
      +2

      A recipe for iced tea

      Edit: I see it was posted as deal earlier

  • dasher86 on 09/03/2019 - 13:10
    +5

    Where do I get tea bags that come in a two pack?

  • qwerty on 09/03/2019 - 13:25

    Just throw in some baking soda instead of cordial and make sweet tea

  • OzBoganYeah on 09/03/2019 - 13:34
    +2

    Sounds good, I may try it.

  • Melb69 on 09/03/2019 - 13:34
    +2

    Great post. Will definitely try

  • Stone Monkey on 09/03/2019 - 13:57
    +2

    Thanks, I will give it a try.

  • blamesociety on 09/03/2019 - 15:00
    +11

    Place 1 black tea bag (less than 2 cents) and 2 herbal tea bags of your choice (I use peach mango, about 10 cents per bag) in a 2L bottle of cold water. Place in the fridge to brew over several days. By using cold water, you don't activate the tannins (which makes tea bitter), meaning you don't need any sugar at all. 11 cents per litre, virtually no calories.

    • littleburrito on 09/03/2019 - 17:11
      +1

      thank u! i've been using 5-6 teabags(I prefer strong teas) with 18tsps of sugar and 2litres of boiling water then straight to the fridge when cool.

      stopped drinking ice tea due to the sugar levels so will definitely try your recipe today.

      it's scary how much sugar we consume as 22 to 23tsp to 2litres gets my ice tea to be similar to Lipton ice tea.

      • blamesociety on 10/03/2019 - 02:02

        This mix produces a lovely, mild flavoured iced tea that is lightly sugared.

        To make the OP recipe, the cordial contains 54g of sugar per 175mL + 4 teaspoons of sugar (16g) = 70g of sugar per 1.5L = 47g of sugar per litre. Lipton peach iced tea contains 53g of sugar per litre. Hardly any difference. My recipe has zero sugar :)

        • HeWhoKnows on 10/03/2019 - 08:10

          Somehow your maths doesnt work in practice.
          Buy a bottle of iced tea and make a bottle as per recipe and taste the differencein the amount of sugar/sweetness

          The commercial iced teas taste very,very sweet in comparison my friend

          Besides you can adjust ingredients to taste and personal preferences as well.

          My recipe is just a starting point for making your own iced tea and at a fraction of the price.

          • blamesociety on 10/03/2019 - 10:48
            +1

            @HeWhoKnows:

            Somehow your maths doesnt work in practice.

            Maths is maths. Directly from your link to the cordial, it contains 12.4g of sugar per serving. There are 50 servings in the 2L bottle, so the 2L bottle contains 620g of sugar. That's 0.31g of sugar per mL. Your recipe calls for 175mL of the cordial. 175 x 0.31 = 54.25g of sugar. You then add 4 teaspoons of sugar. A teaspoon of sugar weighs 4g, so that's an additional 16g of sugar. You now have 70.25g of sugar in your 1.5L bottle. 70.25/1.5 = 46.83g of sugar per litre, which I rounded to 47g of sugar. The maths doesn't lie my friend.

            The commercial iced teas taste very,very sweet in comparison my friend

            Lipton peach iced tea at https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/305224/lip… contains 13.2g of sugar per 250mL serve = 52.8g of sugar per litre, which I rounded to 53g of sugar. Your recipe has 11.3% less sugar than commercial iced tea. How it tastes is irrelevant to how much sugar it actually contains.

            Besides you can adjust ingredients to taste and personal preferences as well.

            Of course, but to claim yours is "lightly sugared" is patently false.

            My recipe is just a starting point for making your own iced tea and at a fraction of the price.

            Yes, a fraction of the price with almost as much sugar.

            • HeWhoKnows on 11/03/2019 - 15:43

              @blamesociety: OK Now let me correct your maths because you think you are correct.

              And I WAS ALWAYS TOP OF THE CLASS IN MATHS MY FRIEND!

              FIRSTLY If you bothered to make the cordial instead of arguing such a trivial issue which is not the point here at all you would quickly find out that this suggested mix tastes much less sweeter than the Liptons Iced tea mix.
              That in in itself is enough to satisfy most people. But not you because you are a maths expert (apparently not)
              But just for you I have done the maths.

              SO SECONDLY
              The bottle quotes quantity per serving and quantity per 100ml
              Thier suggested serving is 1 part cordial to 4 parts water or 20% cordial

              My suggested serving is about 170ml cordial to 1330ml of tea to make 1500ml of iced tea or just 11% cordial
              Thats almost half the sugar! In fact 55% of Golden Circle's calculated sugars per serving/100ml

              They say 7.9g per 100ml so mine is only 4.3gm per 100ml in cordial
              Sugar is 4gm per teaspoon as you corectly stated so 16gm in total for 1500ml or just over 1gm per 100ml
              So about 5.3gm in total per 100ml servicing vs Liptons 4.5gm

              So yes, appears to be slightly more sugar but certainly tastes like it has much LESS sugar!
              Really depends what sugar you use!!!
              If you use super fine icing sugar that would be almost double the amount of raw sugar which is very coarse.
              Like Castrol says Oils aint oils, so too sugars ain't sugars!

              The point is not about the amount of sugar but rather about making yourself a great cordial for a fraction of the price so please stick to the topic.

              If you want less sugar then just add less. I did say that so please dont argue the point !
              Anyway why dont you try it and get back to me.

              • blamesociety on 12/03/2019 - 01:07

                @HeWhoKnows:

                OK Now let me correct your maths because you think you are correct. And I WAS ALWAYS TOP OF THE CLASS IN MATHS MY FRIEND! But just for you I have done the maths.

                Calm down sunshine. This isn't differential calculus. There is no alt-maths. There's no fake maths. My maths is correct. Yours (as you will see) is equal parts correct and barking mad.

                The bottle quotes quantity per serving and quantity per 100ml

                It quotes quantity per serving and quantity per 100g on the Woolworths website.

                Thier suggested serving is 1 part cordial to 4 parts water or 20% cordial

                So their 200mL serving contains 12.4g of sugar (coming from putting 40mL of cordial into 160mL of water). So 40mL of the undiluted cordial contains 12.4g of sugar (because water contains 0g of sugar).

                My suggested serving is about 170ml cordial

                175mL of cordial (from your recipe) = 4.375 x 40mL servings of undiluted cordial = 4.375 x 12.4g of sugar = 54.25g of sugar. Funnily enough, this is exactly the same number I calculated above using my super duper maths skills.

                1500ml of iced tea or just 11% cordial Thats almost half the sugar! In fact 55% of Golden Circle's calculated sugars per serving/100ml They say 7.9g per 100ml so mine is only 4.3gm per 100ml in cordial

                Irrelevant. Of course your iced tea has less sugar by volume than the diluted cordial… because you are adding 1325mL of tea to 175mL of cordial, so 13% cordial, instead of the 20% cordial ratio you would use if just making cordial. At no point did I say your iced tea recipe has more or less sugar than the cordial recipe. I like fish, but red herrings aren't all that tasty.

                Sugar is 4gm per teaspoon as you corectly stated so 16gm in total for 1500ml or just over 1gm per 100ml

                plus 54.25g of sugar from the cordial = 70.25g of sugar in 1500mL of your iced tea. Funnily enough (again) this is the exact figure I calculated above. Ain't maths grand?

                So about 5.3gm in total per 100ml servicing vs Liptons 4.5gm

                So your maths (which is much better than mine obviously because you were top of your class or something) calculates that your iced tea recipe contains 5.3g of sugar per 100mL, which is 53g per litre, which is wrong (the correct answer is 46.83g of sugar per 100mL), and is MORE than I calculated, but you are still happy to claim "lightly sugared"? And how did you get 4.5g of sugar per 100mL for Liptons? It's 52.8g per litre. Have you been snorting the sugar before getting out your trusty abacus?

                If you bothered to make the cordial instead of arguing such a trivial issue which is not the point here at all you would quickly find out that this suggested mix tastes much less sweeter than the Liptons Iced tea mix.

                Irrelevant to how much sugar it actually contains. Coke No Sugar tastes sweeter than lemon juice, but lemon juice contains more sugar.

                That in in itself is enough to satisfy most people. But not you because you are a maths expert (apparently not)

                It's OK to be wrong (like you). It's not OK to persist with wilful ignorance when presented with the correct answer.

                Really depends what sugar you use!!! If you use super fine icing sugar that would be almost double the amount of raw sugar which is very coarse.

                Clutching at straws now.

                sugars ain't sugars!

                1g of sugar is 1g of sugar.

                The point is not about the amount of sugar

                That was exactly my point.

                about making yourself a great cordial for a fraction of the price

                I'm not doubting the deliciousness of your recipe, nor am I doubting that it's cheaper per litre than buying iced tea (because, y'know… maths).

                please stick to the topic

                When you claim "this mix produces a lovely, mild flavoured iced tea that is lightly sugared" you made sugar content one of the topics for discussion.

                If you want less sugar then just add less. I did say that so please dont argue the point !

                Unless you are somehow extracting the sugar from the cordial and discarding it before you add it to the tea, at best I can remove the 4 teaspoons of added sugar, which still leaves 54.25g of sugar from the cordial. If I add less cordial, the taste would be affected (adversely I would guess). Is there a lower limit to how much cordial you have made it with? Could I make it with 1mL of cordial per bathtub of iced tea?

                Anyway why dont you try it and get back to me.

                Because I don't drink sugar.

                • HeWhoKnows on 12/03/2019 - 22:00

                  @blamesociety: Maybe you should just not add sugar. OK?

                  I just tried to make something similar if not better and at much lower cost than commercially marketed Peach Iced tea.
                  The sugar thing is totally irrelevent here because ALL RECIPES are subject to individial taste.

                  Its all about making your own lovely iced tea for about 40c a bottle.

                  Now would you like to argue over that maths as well?

                  Its pretty straight forward really.

                  Lipton Iced tea sells for $3.80 per bottle.
                  You can make your own for around 40c
                  You save $3.40

                  Even with Aldi's Tea Burst iced tea which costs $2.00 you still save $1.60.

                  AGREE ?

                  Like I said mix some up, adjust the receipe to your liking and see how you go.

                  Recipes are always just a starting point and nothing more.

                  Enjoy!

                  • blamesociety on 12/03/2019 - 23:05

                    @HeWhoKnows:

                    The sugar thing is totally irrelevent here because ALL RECIPES are subject to individial taste.

                    So why did you mention sugar, multiple times, in your original post? You claimed it was healthier than store bought iced tea, and the numbers show it's only marginally healthier.

                    Maybe you should just not add sugar. OK?

                    Is there a sugar free version of the cordial?

  • [Deactivated] on 09/03/2019 - 15:14
    -2

    Make some kombucha. Takes more effort but is a lot healthier than this shite!

    • Nalar on 09/03/2019 - 16:43
      +6

      it's ALSO shite!

      At least sweat tea tastes good.

      • coxjon on 09/03/2019 - 17:43
        +2

        Gross… sweat tea. Must be the humidity

  • Cave Fire on 09/03/2019 - 17:43

    My brother bought kg bag of taro tea mix from easyway when it was big. You just mix it with regular tea and ice. Might try this recipe as he buys a lot…

  • HardlyCharly on 09/03/2019 - 18:51

    "We all know that soft drinks including iced teas conatin far too much sugar"

    Can't say I agree with this, I remember checking the labels and a 1.5L bottle of iced tea has about the same amount of sugar as a single 375ml can of coke.

    • Diji1 on 09/03/2019 - 20:13

      So what?

    • blamesociety on 10/03/2019 - 02:09

      Coke contains exactly double the sugar per litre of Lipton peach iced tea.

    • HeWhoKnows on 10/03/2019 - 08:14

      The main point is you can make a bottle of iced tea that actually tastes much better at a fraction of the retail price.

      The other point is that you can adjust the ingrediants to taste and personal requirements.

      But the FACT is iced teas taste VERY SWEET in comparison with this receipe. Go figure???

      So if you prefer iced tea that either doesn't taste so sweet or with less sugar then here is your starting point.

      • skillet on 10/03/2019 - 22:24

        You may end up with more sugar as the cold will numb your tastebuds.

  • Clear on 09/03/2019 - 19:09

    Don't forget the part where you buy a big container of juice balls.

  • lainey13 on 09/03/2019 - 19:32
    +2

    Why do you need more sugar on top of cordial? Cordial is just sugar…

    • HeWhoKnows on 10/03/2019 - 08:19

      Im not saying you do. The recipe is just a starting point as with all recipes.

      You can add more or less sugar AND/OR more or less cordial.

      Make up a bottle but dont fill it to the top.
      Then adjust amount of cordial and sugar accordingly to suit your taste.

  • ChillBro on 12/03/2019 - 01:11

    Anyone else find that cordial gives a rather unpleasant aftertaste?

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