In this heat, iced tea is a go-to drink, but the method almost always starts with boiling water, which sounds like the devil's work in the thick of the summer. That's why when we came across this cool ...

The best iced tea makers take the guesswork out of the brewing process, whether you’re making a strong black tea or a delicate herbal infusion. Here are our top picks.

Based on their experiments, the authors estimate that brewing tea—using a tea bag that steeps for three to five minutes in a mug—can remove about 15 percent of lead from drinking water, even ...