Drinking water can help you lose weight, whether you're restricting your calories or not. Consuming 2 cups of water before a meal helped a group of obese adults lose 2 pounds over a 12-week period without making any other changes to their usual intake, according to a 2015 clinical study published in Obesity.
How many tea bags should you use to make a half gallon of iced tea? One gallon is about 128 ounces, so if one tea bag is good for 10 oz  of water, then about 10 teabags is good for a gallon. Start with 10  and adjust accordingly with water.
At first glance, loose leaf tea seems more expensive because the price of the bag on the shelf may be $8, and you know at the grocery store there are boxes of tea for $2.50. The box of tea at the grocery store probably has 20 bags of tea, about 12.5Â¢ per cup of tea. The loose leaf tea says 3 oz. As we will discuss below, the rule is to use 2 grams of loose-leaf tea per cup. There are about 85 grams in 3 oz, so there are 42.5 cups of tea in a 3 oz. loose-leaf package. The loose-leaf will be around 19Â¢ per cup of tea, just 5Â¢ more for much better quality. The only thing to stop you now is the convenience of tea bags.