# Ice tea flavor blends

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 26, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-tea-flavor-blends/789897 "2017-06-26T09:45:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-tea-flavor-blends/789897/1 "2017-06-26T09:45:20Z")

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Summer’s here, so the ice tea is flowing.

My default tea is sun tea made with plain ol’ Lipton - dumping a handful of teabags into a gallon jar, then letting it brew outside until it goes opaque. Add to a big mug of ice, and a splash of lemon juice. No sweeteners :eek:

For spits n giggles, I’ve been playing around with different blends of tea and have currently settled on a mix of Irish Breakfast and Lapsang - basically a 3:1 ratio. The IB provides a strong , classic tea flavor and the Lapsang adds a nice ‘piney’ flavor that doesn’t overpower.

So what are your favorite flavor combinations?