Lipton Black Iced Tea Bags

Lipton makes a great tea for iced tea. Don't waste your money on specialty teas for cold tea. Their flavors are off for this purpose. The one gallon sized bags are perfect for tea and after experimentation I have come to the conclusion that the best way to make it is to bring a little over a quart of water to boil in a sauce pan. Then turn off the burner and let the water cool for a couple minutes. This eliminates the bitter flavors that can come out of the tea if brewed at boiling. I see this mistake often and it just makes a bitter mess. Then, throw in a bag and let it brew for about 3 to 4.5 minutes depending if you want a little more or less flavor. Whatever you do, don't go more than about 5 minutes or you'll get that bitter flavor again. Once done, mix in about a cup and an extra tablespoon or two of sugar. A cup is just a little less sweet than perfect. The extra tablespoon is just right but too much more is syrup. If you want a lower calorie but great tasting brew, use half a cup and drop in some EasySweet or some other liquid artifical sweetener. You can mix that in a gallon sized container with ice and have ready to drink tea, but not having an ice maker, I do the following. Once the sugar is dissolved (while it is hot) let the tea rest uncovered for 15-30 minutes to let the temperature come down. This means it will drop from about 190F to 130 or so. Mix that with 2.5-3 quarts cold filtered water from your 40F or less refrigerator. This will lower the temperature to around 65F and cold enough to be enjoyable, especially on a hot day. This method can also save ice as you can simply put a cube or two in a glass to get that chilled tea. You can also just put it in the refrigerator a little of you want it cooler.

I have bought these for years. We make tea, not by the picture, but by larger containers. We make some large ice cubes in bowls, in the freezer, and then make the tea using these, and then put the tea in those large, sports drink containers.. they are something like 5 gallons in size. Then, we have plenty of tea for when it gets hot. When you have 4 and more people drinking it at a time, you really do not want to have to make more iced tea multiple times a day. Which is why I love these.. Having large gallon size bags, you only need one or two at a time to make a large amount of iced tea. Which saves a lot of time and hassle. On bad thing about these. If you take them out, and put too much pressure on them, the bags can break. I have had it happen a few times to me, so I am just careful when I take them out of the tea. Other then that, They are great. The price here on amazon is pretty good too. The price here, is the same price as they charge at the local sams club here, but, for some reason, sams has not gotten any in yet this year, so I ordered them on here to get some more.. and with prime, there was no shipping charge either.. I buy these in bulk, as we go thought that much. As they state, these come with 24 loose tea bags (meaning each bag is not individually wrapped) in a box, that box has plastic around it, and then 2 of those boxes are put in the big cardboard box. The big one is not sealed, other then with glue, just like a cereal box is. What more is there to say. its tea.. Its good. They are large gallon size bags, so you only need one to make a lot. and they are reasonably priced. 5 stars..

I am absolutely thrilled with the Lipton Iced Tea Bags! This bulk pack of 48 gallon-sized tea bags is perfect for any occasion, especially parties. The convenience of having such a large quantity ensures that I never run out of refreshing iced tea for my guests. The tea itself is of exceptional quality, brewing into a delicious and flavorful beverage every time. Whether enjoyed plain or with a splash of lemon, it's the ultimate thirst-quencher on hot days or at gatherings. Plus, the value for money is unbeatable. I highly recommend these Lipton Iced Tea Bags to anyone looking for a convenient, delicious, and economical way to enjoy iced tea.

So, yeah, I'm broke (like aren't we all?) and a huge tea drinker. Summertime I will literally go through at least a gallon of cold tea a day minimum with the help of my dad. I was actually looking for instant unsweetened ice tea powder when I found this item and I gotta say $4.99 (price at time I purchased) for 48 gallons worth of tea is much better than $5 and change for a 30 quart jar of the instant stuff. What I do is I have a half gallon Dollar Tree pitcher and an electric tea kettle and I put the 1 gallon teabag in the pitcher and make a super strong half gallon. I put it in the fridge in a cleaned out half gallon milk jug, I keep a gallon of filtered water when I need to refill my (empty and washed) gallon jug of tea, I use a funnel and pour cold super strong tea in the jug and then fill the rest of the way with ice cold filtered water. I normally have a gallon of tea I am working on, the half gallon jug with the concentrated tea, the gallon of cold water all in the fridge and then the half gallon pitcher brewing / cooling on the counter so I make sure I don't run out. Yeah, cold tea in the summertime is that important to us. LOL

I love the Lipton Family Sized Iced Tea Bags! They make brewing a big pitcher of iced tea super easy and convenient. The tea has a crisp, refreshing taste that’s not too bitter or overpowering, just perfect for hot days. I appreciate that the bags are large enough to steep a strong, flavorful brew without any hassle. It’s a great value for the quantity, and the classic Lipton flavor never disappoints. Perfect for family gatherings or just enjoying a cold drink at home. Highly recommend for iced tea lovers👍🩷

I purchased two of these 48 packs as I love iced tea. Especially as I am working from home, this is a great value. The good: Cheap - These are currently sold at less than three dollars. So this teabag costs costs under ten cents for a gallon. Taste - These iced teas taste just like the 'fresh brewed' ones at the iced tea Easy - No more dumping dozens of bags of iced tea. It's just a single bag. The bad: Flavor - I found the flavor to be a bit too weak. So I came up with a modified technique and reduced the water to 3/4 of gallon for a flavor that was good. Even so, it still costs me less than a dime for a tea bag per gallon. Ugly: The tea bag has three problems. - The tea bag floats to the top - Teas get stuck on the walls - Tea bag easily breaks. If the teas aren't sticking to the top, I'd just ignore it. And because the tea bag traps the air, it float to the top so the tea and the teas stuck to the top doesn't seep. And when I push the tea bag down, one of the seams break. I tried to just pour the tea bag into the tea bag. But that created two problems. I still had pieces of tea in my iced tea (which I didn't want), and I had to fish the tea bag out. I wash the container once a week and I make multiple batches. Fishing the tea bag out doesn't work for me. My solution was to use a large french press. I push the tea bag down, with a spoon, knowing it will break. Then I use the french press to filter out the tea. With everything above in mind, here is how I make my iced tea. Equipment: Kettle, spoon, french press, a large container. I had an unused large zero water container with a spigot (I removed the filter) as I installed reverse osmosis filter on my sink. So my iced tea sits in my fridge all day ready to go. I make my iced tea at night. When I wake up, I have a cold iced tea waiting for me! 1. Start boiling 32 ounces of water 2. While the water is boiling, put half a gallon (64 ounces) of water, or 48 ounces for stronger tea, into the container. This is to protect your container from thermal shock. 3. When the water is ready, put one tea bag into the french press, then pour 32 ounces of hot water. If the tea bag balloons and you can not get your water in, don't worry. 4. Push the tea bag down. Don't worry if the tea bag breaks, which it probably will. Add more water as necessary. 5. After 10 minutes, press the french press (to filter the tea) and pour the hot tea into the container. 6. Pour 32 ounces, or 24 ounces for stronger team, of cold/room temperature water into the french press. 7. After 10 minutes, pour the room temperature tea into the container. 8. Put the container back into the fridge and let it sit overnight, or for 12 hours, to cool it down. My zero water container holds 20 cups. But with the filter removed, it probably holds closer to 1.5 gallon. When my container gets low, I just add more. Once a week, I clean the container to avoid bacteria growth. I hope this help!

It is what it is

Two boxes, wrapped in cellophane, each has 24 "gallon-sized" bags. Each of the two boxes list net weight as 24 oz, (1 lb, 8 oz). "Best if used by" date on mine are about a year and a half from now. No spilled tea in either of the boxes I received. Ingredients listed are "Orange Pekoe and Pekoe Cut Black Tea". This is very convenient for me, compared to using 12-16 individual teabags. When I brew this, I boil about a quart and a half of water, add one bag, and cover it, letting it steep about fifteen minutes, because I like my tea strong. I add about the same amount of cold water to a one gallon jar, then pour in the tea, so the jar isn't thermal shocked to the point of breaking. Then I top off with cold water, and sweeten to taste. Tastes like Lipton tea. Besides the convenience, I had to do the math a couple times to be sure of the value. I paid between four and five dollars in a chain supermarket, for 100 Lipton teabags, net weight 8 ounces (.0.08 oz per bag). That's a half a pound, net weight. Forty-eight one ounce bags is three pounds of tea, net weight. That's six of the 8 oz boxes of 100 tea bags, for roughly half the price. I guess those little paper bags and strings add a lot to the price of tea. This is exactly how I will be buying my tea from now on.