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Solar Mint Tea
1 gallon water
several sprigs of freshly picked and washed mint
Crush the mint slightly before adding it to the water. Leave in sun all day. A jar can be painted black to increase temperature and keep an "off taste" from forming.
Solar Tea
1 gallon water
2 to 3 teaspoons loose tea or tea bags
Pour water into gallon jar. Add tea into a tea ball and drop into a gallon jar. Place a lid onto the jar loosely (to allow more expansion while the jar heats) and place the jar on the cardboard sun reflector facing the sun. Set tea in sun all day and then cool it overnight outdoors (this keeps the tea from becoming bitter).
Tip - using the black painted jar and sun reflector increases the amount of heat generated in the jar and prevents photochemical reactions from giving the tea an off flavor - which occurs when sunlight shines directly on the tea.
The off taste that develops sometimes is caused by growth of bacteria and this is a danger in the classic "sun tea" which sits outside all day at modest temperatures. Bring the brew (both water and herbs used) to pasteurizing temperature by a short solar box exposure before setting it in the sun simple reflector. Or the tea can be brewed completely inside the solar box cooker.
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