I’ve been drinking sun brewed tea for over 40 years with our issue.

I buy the massive bags at Safeway. This is a good price on Amazon: Luzianne Family Size Iced Tea Bags 24 ct. Box (Pack of 6) (PP-GRCE31592) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071NN5ZT7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_5QQNX0CV8V26X5BTWQ72

OP, to answer your actual question, try the Lipton Gallon-Sized Iced Tea Bags. Walmart, Giant, etc sell them. They aren’t the exact same thing as the Tazo ones, but they still work if you just want a one bag per pitcher.

I've been making my own iced tea for many years. I use a container that's about a gallon, put about an inch of hot water in container, add 1/4 cup sugar and stir until dissolved, and then fill with cold tap water and add two family sized Lipton tea bags, put in fridge and drink when it's cold. It's great. No steeping or sun involved.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. It's dangerous. If you insist, follow these safety measures:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steep-risk/

That article makes no sense. First it says the water can’t get hot enough to kill the bacteria in the water. So then no one should be drinking tap water? Or even filtered if not boiled first. If the bacteria is then only in the tea leaves, then making it in the fridge (recommended by this article) also doesn’t work because that wouldn’t kill the bacteria.

NP. When it’s warm in the sun without boiling it it’s in the “danger zone” where bacteria thrive for however long it takes to make the tea. That doesn’t happen when it stays at fridge temps. It’s like leaving potato salad or milk out in the sun for hours and then eating it.

Then you wouldn’t drink water without boiling it first, which the article recommends in order to make tea.

The “dos” in the article also are already followed by OP who says she brews the tea for 1 hour and it’s a daily method.

No, I wouldn’t drink water from the tap that had been sitting in the sun for an hour, allowing bacteria to proliferate.

The bacteria is already in the water to start with. You don’t drink any tap water?

I don’t know how to explain this to you so you understand. There’s bacteria in and on most everything. What matters is how much. Different temperatures are more hospitable for bacteria. Between fridge temp and boiling is a zone where small amounts of existing bacteria can multiply and become amounts that make you sick. This is why you would eat Mayo straight from the fridge right? But would you eat Mayo that’s been sitting in the sun for an hour? No, because there is risk that dangerous bacteria has had a chance to multiply. It’s not definitely going to make you sick but it could. I wouldn’t risk tap water that’s been sitting in the sun.

Why can’t you use a few regular tea bags?

Read this:

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/06/did-you-know-iced-tea-safety/



It's not definitely going to make you sick. Neither is eating sushi or cold cuts while pregnant. Risk evaluation is your choice.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. It's dangerous. If you insist, follow these safety measures:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steep-risk/

That article makes no sense. First it says the water can’t get hot enough to kill the bacteria in the water. So then no one should be drinking tap water? Or even filtered if not boiled first. If the bacteria is then only in the tea leaves, then making it in the fridge (recommended by this article) also doesn’t work because that wouldn’t kill the bacteria.

NP. When it’s warm in the sun without boiling it it’s in the “danger zone” where bacteria thrive for however long it takes to make the tea. That doesn’t happen when it stays at fridge temps. It’s like leaving potato salad or milk out in the sun for hours and then eating it.

Then you wouldn’t drink water without boiling it first, which the article recommends in order to make tea.

The “dos” in the article also are already followed by OP who says she brews the tea for 1 hour and it’s a daily method.

No, I wouldn’t drink water from the tap that had been sitting in the sun for an hour, allowing bacteria to proliferate.

The bacteria is already in the water to start with. You don’t drink any tap water?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. It's dangerous. If you insist, follow these safety measures:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steep-risk/

That article makes no sense. First it says the water can’t get hot enough to kill the bacteria in the water. So then no one should be drinking tap water? Or even filtered if not boiled first. If the bacteria is then only in the tea leaves, then making it in the fridge (recommended by this article) also doesn’t work because that wouldn’t kill the bacteria.

NP. When it’s warm in the sun without boiling it it’s in the “danger zone” where bacteria thrive for however long it takes to make the tea. That doesn’t happen when it stays at fridge temps. It’s like leaving potato salad or milk out in the sun for hours and then eating it.

Then you wouldn’t drink water without boiling it first, which the article recommends in order to make tea.

The “dos” in the article also are already followed by OP who says she brews the tea for 1 hour and it’s a daily method.

No, I wouldn’t drink water from the tap that had been sitting in the sun for an hour, allowing bacteria to proliferate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. It's dangerous. If you insist, follow these safety measures:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steep-risk/

That article makes no sense. First it says the water can’t get hot enough to kill the bacteria in the water. So then no one should be drinking tap water? Or even filtered if not boiled first. If the bacteria is then only in the tea leaves, then making it in the fridge (recommended by this article) also doesn’t work because that wouldn’t kill the bacteria.

NP. When it’s warm in the sun without boiling it it’s in the “danger zone” where bacteria thrive for however long it takes to make the tea. That doesn’t happen when it stays at fridge temps. It’s like leaving potato salad or milk out in the sun for hours and then eating it.

Then you wouldn’t drink water without boiling it first, which the article recommends in order to make tea.

The “dos” in the article also are already followed by OP who says she brews the tea for 1 hour and it’s a daily method.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. It's dangerous. If you insist, follow these safety measures:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steep-risk/

That article makes no sense. First it says the water can’t get hot enough to kill the bacteria in the water. So then no one should be drinking tap water? Or even filtered if not boiled first. If the bacteria is then only in the tea leaves, then making it in the fridge (recommended by this article) also doesn’t work because that wouldn’t kill the bacteria.

NP. When it’s warm in the sun without boiling it it’s in the “danger zone” where bacteria thrive for however long it takes to make the tea. That doesn’t happen when it stays at fridge temps. It’s like leaving potato salad or milk out in the sun for hours and then eating it.

Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. It's dangerous. If you insist, follow these safety measures:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steep-risk/

That article makes no sense. First it says the water can’t get hot enough to kill the bacteria in the water. So then no one should be drinking tap water? Or even filtered if not boiled first. If the bacteria is then only in the tea leaves, then making it in the fridge (recommended by this article) also doesn’t work because that wouldn’t kill the bacteria.

Don't do it. It's dangerous. If you insist, follow these safety measures:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/steep-risk/

Luzianne is the only way to make sun tea.

Did you try looking before posting? Target, Walmart, Amazon

Does anyone know where to get the large tea bags that make it so easy to brew up a pitcher of sun tea? I had some last summer and it was so nice to just throw one into a pitcher, fill it with water and put it out on my back porch in the sun. An hour later we had a pitcher of tea to last the day. Just add ice, lemon and mint and you have a lovely cool drink. I think the bags I had were Tazo, but I haven't seen them around since.