18 Oct '13 00:24>
Originally posted by SuzianneAs the water starts turning darker more of the suns rays will be absorbed, and so this helps to speed up the process. I did this one time to see how it works, and it doesn't take very long in full sunlight.
The sun heats up the water inside the jar just enough to brew the tea (over several hours... like I said, it is common here, but the sun is quite penetrating and direct here, I'm not sure of the results in some place like the UK). On a hot day the jar can get very warm, it's best to use one with a handle or just pick it up by the lid, but it's heavy, so be ...[text shortened]... stion.
That's fantastic about the trains. I find history fun, but I'd not heard that before.
You said 4 or 5 teabags for a gallon of water... isn't the tea rather weak, if you are only using 4 or 5 bags for a whole gallon of water?