On 10/2/2013 4:50 PM, Steve Freides wrote:

>
> We have an electric kettle, a relatively recent purchase for us, that we
> love. We loved iced tea - our procedure is to make a pitcher of hot tea
> (boil the water in the electric kettle) and let it sit, tea bags in,
> until it's cooled, then we just make iced tea from it (we do remove the
> tea bags at some point) until the pitcher is empty, and then we rinse
> out the pitcher and repeat the process.
>
> Room temperature tea by the pitcher full keeps well for a day or two on
> the counter. We use TJ's Irish Breakfast tea, 3 bags to a medium sized
> pitcher.
>
> The electric kettle is a nice multi-tasker - we boil water for French
> Press coffee in it as well.
>
> -S-

Good method, but I'd get the tea bags out by five minutes so it will not
get bitter. If you want stronger, better to add more tea, not more time.