Perfect Iced Tea - water

Method

• In a 2-quart sized saucepan, put the hot water and bring to a boil.
• Add the tea bags.
• Remove the pan from the heat and allow it to steep for 10 minutes.
• No more, no less.
• Set the timer.
• If the tea sits for too long, it will extract bitter elements from the tea leaves, making the finished product taste horrible.
• When the time is up, remove and discard the tea bags.
• Pour the cold water into a 2-quart sized pitcher.
• Pour the hot tea into the pitcher, over top of the cold water.
• You put the cold water in first, so as to buffer the pitcher from being melted by the boiling water.
• Add the sugar or honey if you like, stirring to dissolve it completely.
• Put the pitcher into the fridge to cool.