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Iced Tea Tips

Some teas cloud when iced. This doesn’t change the flavor or nutritional value. To decrease clouding, let the tea cool to room temperature before adding ice, or make “sun tea” by letting the leaves steep in the sun for several hours until the desired strength is achieved. If you have some other insights on Iced Tea clouding, or some general tea tips to share, check out our blog, and post a comment as part of the ever growing tea conversation!

Iced Tea Recipes

Thai Iced Tea

Notes From Our Customers

"Finally… something I can really enjoy without the added milk and sugar… and I appreciate having so many wonderful varieties to choose from!"
-Sharon B., Sandy, Oregon

"Your company has inspired me to rearrange my whole kitchen… we now have a special tea section."
-Madelyn A., Milwaukee, Oregon

"I need more of that Yunnan tea because I am going to be drinking it into my 90's! Your tea has converted me from coffee… I can't believe it! I feel so much better now!"
-Nancy J., Portland, Oregon

Summer in Ceylon

The idea of drinking iced tea originated in 1904 at the St. Louis World Trade Fair when a heat wave forced an inventive tea purveyor to try something different. Americans still consume most of their tea over ice, upwards of 1.6 billion glasses annually. Many of our teas are great over ice. They tend to remain clear when cold. Note that most teas will not cloud if they are allowed to cool down naturally before adding ice.

Below we’ve listed a number of teas we find particularly delicious iced. Relax, refresh, and enjoy!

	Berry-Licious™ Fruit Tea. 100% Pure Naturally Dried Fruit and Hibiscus Flowers. This delicious blend of dried elderberries, cranberries, currant, cherries, and hibiscus flowers makes a nice hot or iced beverage. $2.95
	Celestial Ceylon Fine Ceylon tea blended with orange flowers, tropical fruits , and natural flavors. It has a wonderful aroma and surprisingly good taste, hot or iced. Try it alone or with a little sugar for a treat!… $2.95
	Ceylon - Kenilworth Estate Orange Pekoe First Quality (OP1). Kenilworth is a fine example of expertly made long, wiry leaves. It is well rounded, bold, but smooth, and has a nice aftertaste. Take with milk or lemon as a hear… $3.95
	Ceylon – Lover’s Leap Estate Broken Orange Pekoe (BOP) - From the "high grown" areas come the best teas Sri Lanka produces. Lover's Leap is known for golden liquor, intense taste and aroma. It is usually thought o… $3.95
	Ceylon De-Caffeinated Natural High Mountain grown Ceylon Black Tea decaffeinated by CO2 method. The best we can find. A typical afternoon or after dinner tea.… $3.95
	China Black Flowery Orange Pekoe (FOP). The most basic of teas from South China. It makes an excellent and inexpensive iced tea without any bitterness. $2.75
	Choicest Formosa Oolong A Teahouse tea from South China. Small curled and twisted leaves with occasional silver bud sets brew a medium-bodied, smooth, flavorful cup with flowery aromas in the classic Formosa style. Thi… $3.95
	Corrine’s Organic Lemon Rooibos Organic Red Rooibos is blended with Organic Australian Lemon Myrtle. A wonderful hint of lemon and the superb health benefits make this a top seller. $3.50
	Creamsicle Rooibos - Organic Remember the delicious blend of orange and vanilla from childhood? Our Creamsicle blend includes Organic Red Rooibos flavored with orange and vanilla. What a taste treat, and with zero calories! $3.50
	Darjeeling - Makaibari Estate. Vintage Muscatel ORGANIC, BIO-DYNAMIC, & FAIR TRADE. Special Fancy Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe (SFTGFOP1). In our opinion this is one of the best Darjeelings made. From the moment you smell the infused l… OUT OF STOCK $6.50
	Darjeeling - Margaret’s Hope Estate. Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange (SFTGFOP) Our choice for a great, bolder Darjeeling. Makes a medium bodied cup, with strong middle notes and classic finish. OUT OF STOCK $3.95
	Darjeeling - Phuguri Estate Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe 1 (FTGFOP1) – A new addition for us in 2007. A light to medium bodied cup with all the subtle nuances of the good Darjeelings. It ends with a softer f… $5.50
	Darjeeling De-Caffeinated Natural Premium Darjeeling Flowery Orange Pekoe, First Grade (FOP1) decaffeinated by CO2 method. Classic Darjeeling taste, lighter than Ceylon or English Breakfast,. A nice afternoon or after dinn… $3.95
	Darjeeling Makaibari Estate Loose Leaf Green Tea Makaibari Estate, India. Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe (FTGFOP) organic, bio-dynamic, fair trade. Our best selling green tea. Another beautiful tea from Makaibari! This Green Tea offe… $4.50
	Genmaicha – Japan This mellow Green Tea, blended with toasted rice and popcorn, has always been popular in Japan as a specialty tea. It is very low in caffeine, delicate, pairs well with foods, children like it, and it… $3.95
	Hawaiian Paradise Fruit Tea 100% Pure naturally Dried Fruits with Hibiscus Flower. Our most popular fruit tea. A wonderful blend of Apple, Blackberry, Elderberry, Cherry, Raspberry and Hibiscus Flowers produces a beautiful r… $3.50
	Illumination Iced Tea A special European-style tea blend created by a team of brewers at Mt. Hood Brewing Company in Oregon and blended exclusively by Strand Tea Company. Illumination Iced Tea is uniquely satisfying &ndash… $3.50
	Immune Booster - Organic This is our most sought after herbal blend, both for its great taste and immune boosting properties. Customer response to this tea has been overwhelmingly positive. It is blended in small batches t… $4.95
	Jasmine Dragon Phoenix Pearls This is an exquisite Jasmine made from only the finest Green Tea. The two top leaves and bud are hand-rolled around a Jasmine flower into a tight ball or "pearl." When steeped, the leaves un… $8.50
	Jasmine with Flowers China Green Tea with an abundance of Jasmine petals creates a light, sweet tea with a nice aroma. Jasmine is the traditional tea of lovers. We sell this tea to restaurants and tea houses where i… $2.95
	Jasmine Yin Hao Another extremely well made tea from China. The Yin Hao leaf is long, thin, and twisted then scented with Jasmine flowers which are removed. This process of using new Jasmine flowers and r… OUT OF STOCK $4.50
	Lemon Myrtle Loose Leaf - Organic Lemon Myrtle has the refreshing flavor and aroma of a blend of lemongrass, lime and lemon. It has a clean lingering taste. It's healthy! Classified as a "medicinal tree" in Australia, it… $3.50
	Lemon Spice™ - Caffeine Free Herbal and Fruit Blend. What a great tasting tea blend! Refreshingly fruity and spicy at the same time. A unique and perfect blend of Lemon Grass, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Cloves, Pink Pe… $3.95
	Lychee Congou Famous in Chinese restaurants for its refreshing light Black Tea taste and unique flavor from the lychee fruit. Goes well with foods or can be sipped by itself as an afternoon or evening tea. It is al… $2.95
	Mandarin Orange Rooibos Organic Red Rooibos with natural orange flavor. Great hot or iced. $3.50
	Mango Premium Ceylon Tea with pieces of dried mango. It has a light tea taste and mango flavor with a vibrant aroma. We were tempted to call it "marvelous mango." Serve hot or iced.… $3.50
	Morocco Mint Mate™ Natural Blend of Herbs and Green Tea. Morocco Mint Mate is our own herbal and tea version of Morocco Tea. It is energizing, tastes good, and is refreshing at the same time. Blended with Green Yerba… $3.50
	Niagra Frost Premium Ceylon Black tea is blended with special natural fruit flavors. Its natural sweetness, alluring aroma and an intriguing flavor linger nicely on the palate. Served hot, it is a dess… $3.50
	Nilgiri – Kora Kundah Estate Black Tea ORGANIC & FAIR TRADE - Flowery Orange Pekoe, (FOP). Our best selling Nilgiri Tea. Korrakundah Estate is thought to be the highest tea estate in the world at almost 8,000 feet above sea level. T… OUT OF STOCK $3.95
	Organic Peppermint Peppermint so fresh and pungent that you will first smell it, then taste it, and later notice the aroma in your empty cup. This is one of our best selling herbal teas. $2.95
	Parkside Estate Amber Oolong This Oolong is a limited production tea made only once per year at Parkside Estate in the Nilgiri Region of south India. A master teamaker from China was brought to Parkside to help supervise th… $4.50
	Peach Rooibos Teabags - Organic Organic Red Rooibos delicately flavored with Organic Peach. Yum! Box of 20 teabags. $3.50
	Portland Peach Premium Ceylon Black Tea blended with natural peach juices and blossoms. Very aromatic and flavorful. Highly recommended for anyone who likes dessert teas. … $3.50
	Red Mountain Mint ™ Natural Herbal Blend. Enjoy new heights in herbal tea. Our blend of Hibiscus Flowers, Lemongrass, Peppermint, Spearmint, and Rose Hips provides a blast of color and taste. Great hot or iced, Red Mou… $3.50
	Roo-Berry™ A blend of naturally dehydrated berries, a little hibiscus, and the Organic Red Rooibos. Customers rate this a top choice. Great hot or iced. $3.50
	Rooibos Chai - Organic We blend Organic Red Rooibos with top-quality dried ginger root, green cardamom pods, cinnamon bark, cloves, fennel seed, and vanilla. The result is a great tasting herbal chai. One of our top seller… $3.50
	Rose Congou This fine China Black Tea, dried with fresh rose petals, is a superb afternoon tea. It has a smooth, well-balanced flavor and an absolutely wonderful scent of roses. One of our most popular teas. … $2.95
	Sassafras Root Bark Naturally Grown and Harvested. An old-time American favorite and the original ingredient in root beer, Sassafras is now hard to come by. It smells so great and invigorating our staff even love to pa… $5.25
	Spearmint Naturally Grown – The mildest of the mints, Spearmint is a very pleasant tasting light herbal tea or is great for blending. $2.85
	Summer in Ceylon ™ Strand Tea's own blend of Premium Ceylon Whole Leaf Black Tea, Organic Lemon Myrtle, and Dried Lemon Peel. Customers have voted this one of our most popular blends. Excellent hot or iced. $2.95
	Sundew - Flavored Green Tea A fabulously pretty tea blended from a flat Dragon Well-type of leaf and naturally flavored with pieces of Mango. Sundew tea is then graced with Marigold, Sunflower Blossoms, Rose, Cornflower an… $4.50
	Super Fancy – A Fabulous Formosa Amber Oolong from Taiwan The long, delicately twisted leaves with many silver budsets produce a very smooth taste with the peach flavors and flowery aromas Which linger on the palate. This is the kind of tea one experie… $9.50
	Sweet Orange Premium Ceylon Black Tea with Pure Orange Oils, Natural Dried Orange Pieces, Freeze Dried Mandarin Orange Pieces, and a hint of Lime leaf. Highly aromatic and naturally sweet with orange oils. N… $3.50
	Vanilla Premium Black Tea flavored with vanilla. Wonderful aroma follows through to the taste. This year around favorite makes a good dessert tea, and blends with other teas for a special treat.… $3.50
	Vanilla Rooibos Loose Leaf - Organic Organic Red Rooibos blended with naturally grown Madagascar Vanilla. Excellent taste treat! $3.95
	Violet's Spring Tea Premium Black Tea with Violet petals and undertones of blueberry flavor. We rarely add a flavored tea, but couldn’t resist this one.… $3.50