The only thing more comforting than a tall glass of iced tea on a hot day is knowing how to make that perfect iced tea ...

Let the tea steep for a few minutes. The longer it steeps, the stronger it gets. You can do three to 10 minutes depending on your taste. Tannic acid increases with time and will make the tea bitter.

Every tea has an optimal steep time and ideal water temperature, and making sense of it all can be dizzying. My maternal grandmother used her own basic method when my sisters and I visited in ...

An American expat known only as “Michelle” had posted an instructional TikTok on how to make “British tea.” A collective groan could be heard from Land’s End to John O’Groats ...