Low Cal, No Caffeine Iced Tea

You might find it hard to believe that I conjured up this recipe because I bought a kegerator w/ CO2 system. Since I have the perfect beverage distribution system, I felt bad hogging it all to myself to fill with only homebrew. So, I have a a single tap on there for kids to drink from. And therein lies the problem. The kids drink lots.. which is good on a hot summers day, except for all the sugar and caffeine that they'd ingest with traditional iced tea. So this is an iced tea recipe that I will triple and fill up a 3 gallon keg with, that will not lead to supercharged 2 year olds that run into things and bump their heads (as much), or as many bloodcurdling screams of hyper adolescents in the backyard. And I like it because I don't want the jolt of sugar.

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 1 gallon

Ingredients

• 7⁄8 gallon water
• 4  cups  ice cubes
• 3  decaffeinated  family-size tea bags
• 1  raspberry  herbal tea bag
• 6  tablespoons sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons stevia powder

Directions

1. Boil 4 cups of water.
2. Steep tea bags in water for 3-5 minutes. Remove.
3. Mix the remainder of ingredients into the hot tea until dissolved.
4. Fill a 1 gallon pitcher 1/3 full of ice cubes.
5. Pour hot tea mixture over ice cubes. Add water to fill pitcher.