Ok really it should be like take 5. Like I said earlier, I bought a Pur water dispenser to raise the quality of water used for the tea batches. I made another standard version 1 batch but it was really sweet. Like crazy sweet. 2/3rd cup of sugar, 2.5 quarts of water or whatever that line is on the pitcher which I have yet to understand. I think there are 2 measuring lines, actual water, and ice. But anyway, it seemed like a lost hope. I imagined what I needed was sugar that was sweet but didn’t have as strong of a flavor if that’s even possible since sugar is only sweet. So in retrospect, I’m like grasping at straws to figure out what’s going on. I drank about 1/3rd of it and decided to dilute it with more water. So I added more water, and it was perfect!!! (maybe) I need to buy more reference material but I feel like what I had finally made was definitely tasting much better.

• So $19 for this tea maker
• 2 bags of  lipton tea
• Fill to the pitcher to the third line
• 2/3rd cup of sugar in the pitcher for when the tea comes out piping hot
• Then dilute it with plain water after it’s been brewed

The problem is I don’t know how much I diluted it.  I feel like I went down to the 2 quart line then I doubled it’s volume with plain water.  Either way, it’s a great alternative to $5 a gallon!