There has been controversy over my answer about what makes iced tea cloudy. Faithful viewer Michelle wrote that her boyfriend “uses an automatic iced tea maker and the iced tea blend, which brews the tea directly over ice, and does not have a problem with the tea remaining clear”. I think that the gun may have been jumped on my answer, so here is my promise:

I hear your concern and justice will be served! Brandice, I mean … eh … Gustaf, also questioned me on this and now I’m starting to question myself! I need to get a shirt that says Liar and just wear it around everywhere.

I’ve always heard about the ice solution that I mentioned in the episode and I have had no cloudy problems since. But I also filter my water and use decent quality tea (I don’t use loose leaf for iced tea BTW) I’m now thinking, as you and Chris have said, that the ice might not be the whole answer.

I do think that it’s the tannins bunching together that is the symptom, but what’s the cause? So, it is my promise to you that I will dedicate a whole show to this problem and finally find out what makes iced tea cloudy. I will look at the quality of the tea, the length of time it’s in the fridge, the type of tea (high tannin black v. low tannin green), filtered v. hard water, and when the ice is applied in the brewing process.

Hopefully with this, we will finally know what makes iced tea cloudy. The people deserve an answer!