Preparing & Packaging Homemade Ice Tea

Bulk Instructions: (click here for 1/2 batch)

What you will need:

  • Liptons/Bushells Tea Bags x 30
  • White sugar
  • Ice tea designated mayo bucket’

What to do:

Step 1:
  • Put 30 tea bags into the large mayo bucket (take the tags off each bag first)
  • Use the kettle to boil water and fill the bucket up to the mark
  • Leave tea to brew until cool (or 3 hours)
  Step 2:
  • Wait for the tea to cool
  • Fill small jug with 1000mls of boiling water
  • Add 1000 gr of white sugar
  • Stir until dissolved
  • Add to tea mixture & stir well
Step 3:
  • Decent into 5 liter iced tea bottles (makes 3.5 Bottles) (as the tea bags come out chuck them into the bin)
  • Wipe down the bottles and the bench and clean up any mess
  • Place in fridge

Cupping up for Customer Fridge:

  • Fill MAR bottles with tea and lid
  • Place into fridge
  • NB: Be sure to place all the new bottles of Iced Tea to the back of the fridge and bring forward any existing bottles to the front

Empty Bottles?

  • Rinse inside and outside of empty bottle thoroughly, leave lid off to air dry. (It will go mouldy if you do not leave the lid off) 

 

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