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I love the family size Lipton tea bags they are perfect for a big family however they have been really hard to find in the stores lately so I was really happy to find them here. For some reason I do not like the taste of the gallon size bags, and the smaller bags you have to use too many to make two phichers of sweet tea

I love Lipton tea

Best for ice tea.

Great tea bags for making iced tea. I actually have a two liter jar I use to make great tea. I use two of the tea bags and about a tablespoon of loose black tea (the Vietnam wild/mountain tea sold here) in a loose tea type bag and let is brew overnight slowly in the refrigerator. Or, I put it in the sun for three or four hours if I am in a hurry. I don't like the tea sweetened and it really tastes great. I just add a couple of lime slices to the container. Much better flavor and less expensive than buying tea from our local food store.

This is a very simple and clean tea.

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 teaEasy - 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 water2. 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!

Works as it should.

I love these when I can get them. Seems like they are out of stock a lot of the times when I want to order more. Makes a great gallon of iced tea.