California Iced Tea

Show: Barefoot ContessaEpisode: Blueprint Lunch

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (22)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(22)

Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
1 1/2 quarts

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: 30 min
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 45 min

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Ingredients

4 tea bags
1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (5 to 6 lemons)
1/2 to 3/4 cup superfine sugar, to taste
3 lemon slices

Directions

Steep the 4 tea bags in 4 cups of boiling water for 10 minutes. Discard the tea bags and allow the tea to cool.

Combine the lemon juice, sugar and 4 cups of cold water in a large pitcher. Add the tea and lemon slices. Serve over ice.

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Comments & Reviews

recipe California Iced Tea
maria claremont, NH 09-05-2009
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new hampshire iced tea
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Since i live in New Hampshire, i am calling it New Hampshire iced Tea-once again ina hais come through with an easy wonderful... winner! ! !Read more
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JENNA Vancouver, WA 08-14-2009
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Yummy no matter what it's named
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I loved this drink! It wasn't too sweet, and it was very refreshing! I loved the black tea and lemonade combo. Next time I... think I will try simple syrup. PS--I'm so tired of people bashing names of recipes and names of shows. Who cares what it's called? Don't review it if you haven't tried it! People come here to read REVIEWS NOT complaining about names of recipes! It's so annoying to come to the review section only to have to sift thru real reviews and complaining!Read more
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Amber Warren, MI 08-04-2009
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arnold palmer
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Arizonia ice tea has Arnold Palmer as one of their teas, they may have gotten the rights to it, maybe that's why Ina called... it California ice tea? DUH. Now shut up and drink it!Read more
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Charlotte Plano, TX 07-29-2009
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Tea Regulations?
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

The tea is delicious! I am still laughing about keeping sweet tea in the south. What happens if a California woman is... caught putting sugar in her tea? Is she arrested? shunned? drummed out of town? How funny!! Does that mean individual taste is discouraged? Thanks for the warning!Read more
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Susan La Quinta, CA 03-25-2009
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This Californian LOVED it!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I'm almost embarrassed to say I'm from CA after the snobbish comments made. I happened to watch this episode and Ina did not... state that it was her own creation and lemonade combined with tea is not exclusively Arnold Palmer's creation, do some research and you'll realize it has been around for a long time. This recipe was delicious and a fun change of pace. I wish my fellow Californians would be more passionate about issues that really matter rather than the "sinful" practice of adding sugar to one's tea. Read more
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Jeanne Houston, TX 03-08-2009
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Not sure why she called it California Iced Tea
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

It sure seems like a mistake calling it "California Iced Tea" from the snobby responses of the Californians on this website. ... I think the tea is really great and refreshing, no matter what it's called. I enjoy it unsweetened, too; and (gasp!) I'm from the south!Read more