DIY Arizona Brand Iced Tea: Tea Lovers, Rejoice!

I've never been a tea drinker, I've always hated most teas. Even as a child I would only drink Lipton Instant Iced Tea, often with lemon slices. I still can't stand most brewed teas, hot or cold. They taste "burnt" to me, as does coffee. I can barely get down brewed tea in any form and I absolutely loathe unsweetened tea.

Arizona brand iced teas have always been the only traditional teas that I have enjoyed - other than Lipton Instant Iced Teas and some herbal teas. Now, even though I'm not a tea buff, it says a lot when I find a tea that I truly love and want to keep on hand at all times. I've finally found an iced tea I love in the new Arizona Iced Tea Concentrates.

When my husband brought this home from the store instead of our usual Lipton Instant Iced Tea powder, I was hesitant to try it. Knowing that I liked canned Arizona brand iced teas, he persuaded me to try this new iced tea.

I was a bit miffed at first, because Arizona Ice Tea Concentrate was a lot more costly than the traditional Lipton Iced Tea. But after the first sip of the new Arizona Iced Tea Concentrate, I was sold. I can't go back to the Lipton Instant Iced Tea, it tastes harsh and artificial to me now in comparison to Arizona's Iced Tea Concentrate.

At Sam's Club, for example, Arizona Iced Tea Concentrate comes in a four pack for about $4.00. Each can in the four pack makes 2 quarts. To fill a standard, large pitcher, two cans are required. Therefore, each large pitcher of tea costs $2.00, which to me is a bit pricey compared to the inexpensive Lipton Iced Tea. Each package of four cans of concentrate makes a total of 2 gallons of tea. This is 32, 8 oz servings of tea, costing about $0.13 each 8oz serving.

The Arizona Tea website offers the same product at $2.99 instead of $4.00, a savings of $1.01, if you order enough to make the cost of shipping it worthwhile. I found that for 6 packages of the tea, the shipping estimate was $5.95. But the extra expense is well worth it, because there is just no comparing the two teas. Arizona's Iced Tea Concentrate is in a different league than Lipton Iced Tea.

There's nothing like a nice glass of iced tea in the summertime.

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