Amount

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Hi All

I have a question of how much tea (plain old black tea bags) and sugar

to use for 1/2 gallon (2 quarts). This is a new size for me, and my old

receipe is kind of hit and miss (mostly hit-but see below) Please tell

me in quarts and cups as I am metrically challenged. lol

Also lately some of my babies have been coming out very, very thin and

with big bubbles. Am I not using enough sugar?

Thanks very much

Summer

[Guest guest]

Hi Summer

Everyone seem to have mixture proportions that they swear by. Myself

I like to keep thing simple. I've been brewing 2 tea bags/teaspoons

of tea and 1/3 cup of sugar per quart of sweet tea. I also use 5 oz

of starter tea per quart. I brew 3 quarts for my gallon jars, 8

quarts for my 2.5 gallon crock and 13 quarts for my 3.8 gallon crock.

Bill

>Hi All

>

>I have a question of how much tea (plain old black tea bags) and sugar

>to use for 1/2 gallon (2 quarts). This is a new size for me, and my old

>receipe is kind of hit and miss (mostly hit-but see below) Please tell

>me in quarts and cups as I am metrically challenged. lol

>

>Also lately some of my babies have been coming out very, very thin and

>with big bubbles. Am I not using enough sugar?

>

>Thanks very much

>Summer

[Guest guest]

In message <6.2.3.4.2.20070330232941.02b3fae0@...> Bill wrote:

> Everyone seem to have mixture proportions that they swear by. Myself

> I like to keep thing simple. I've been brewing 2 tea bags/teaspoons

> of tea and 1/3 cup of sugar per quart of sweet tea. I also use 5 oz

> of starter tea per quart. I brew 3 quarts for my gallon jars, 8

> quarts for my 2.5 gallon crock and 13 quarts for my 3.8 gallon crock.

Yes, Those amounts are very similar to the ones I use.

Here in Euroland many can't make head or tail of the imperial

measures with the added complication that US measures differ from

the British measures :-(

However, I have worked out the cup measures to gram weights for those

of you who are metrically inclined:

1 cup = about 220 grams

1/2 cup = about 120 grams

1/3 cup = about 75 grams

1/4 cup = about 55 grams

4 litres are pretty close to 1 US gallon

and 1 litre to a quart

My own recipe for KT brewing is:

1 US gallon ........... 4 litres water

1 3/4 cup ............. 380 grams sugar

8 teabags or equivalent teaspoons of tea (very flexible amounts;-)

I use rather more than less as I like a robust flavour.

Just to give you an idea how one copes who sits between two chairs ;-)

Blessings,

Margret:-)

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