It’s summer in the Southern Hemisphere, the right time of year to cook up a brew of solar tea. Remember, your kettle is one of the biggest energy vampire gadgets you’ve probably got, so change the way you make your tea this summer? You’ve heard of slow food, this is slow tea.
Step 1: You’ll need a big jar or wide mouthed bottle.
Step 2: You can make teas with all sorts of herbs, whatever you have on hand. I used 4 rooibos teabags and 2 springs of fresh mint. Bung them into the jar and fill with cool filtered or tap water.
Step 3: Place the jar in full sun and leave for as many hours as you can wait.
Step 4: Strain and drink warm, or chill for iced tea. Sweeten with honey if desired.
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I’ve never heard of solar-tea before. What a great idea – only problem at the moment is that I live in England and it’s snowing!
I’ll remember this in the summer though.
Mike.
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I like the fact you can pretty much make it how you want it, I’m normally not into what I call ‘fancy tea’ but I’ve been drinking strawberry and mango tea by Twinings recently which is amazing (made with a kettle im afraid, it’s snowing here!). Might try something like this if we can get a summer this year in England
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That’s a great idea to put the jar in the sunlight to get it filled with sunlight photons and energy.
Will keep that in mind! Thank You!
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I love Rooibos and sun tea. I usually mix Chamomile and Spearmint with my Rooibos. Steeps by day and knocks me out at night.
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That is a great idea for those hot days. It could be especially helpful when you are going on treks or camping. Nice post. Keep up the good work.
Just a follow-up question. How long does it take for the tea to diffuse? Would two hours on a warm day do the job?
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I usually leave it out all morning, for a nice strong flavour.
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