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.
1 Don't go over the 5 minute limit with the teabags in the hot water. 2  Due to tea solids, iced tea made in this way sometimes becomes cloudy; if this happens, it doesn't affect the taste. 3  However, if you don't like how it looks, pour a small amount of boiling water into the tea; this will clear it up.