Tea

Quick Reference

Product	Receiving	Storage	Hold Temp	Hold Time	Serving Temp	Portioning Size
Tea	Dry Storage	Dry Storage - 6 inches off floor	50º F - 70º F	6 hours	34º F - 41º F	16, 20, or 32 ounce

Q.A. Standard:  All drinks should be prepared at the time order is placed. Never serve tea past its hold time.

Tools Needed

• Ice Scoop
• 14 x 18 black fiberglass tray
• 4 x 4 waffle drip tray
• QA tag
• Dissolvable label

Health and Safety

• Do not handle drink cups around top of cup or lip area
• Cups should always be upside down for dispensing

Preparing and Holding

• Unsweet will use the teach pouch with no sugar added
• Open the foil bag inside the tea box
• Remove 1 pouch of tea/sugar mix (Sweet) or tea pouch (Unsweet)
• Zip close the foil bag
• Remove brew basket
• Place one tea/sugar bag onto center of grate in brew basket
• Place brew basket back into brewer
• Slide the tea urn into position underneath the brew basket
• Position the tea urn correctly underneath the brew basket or water will spill over during the brewing cycle
• Ensure the machine is on. A yellow light will indicate the power is on. If not, press the ON/OFF button once.
• Press button “A” once. The tea will start brewing in a few seconds.
• When brewing is complete, cover the tea urn with a solid lid
• Move the urn to the lobby or drive thru. Place on a 14x18 black fiberglass tray. Place a waffled drip tray under the dispensing spout.
• Sweetened or unsweetened tea will hold for up to 6 hours in the tea urn
• Mark the discard time using a QA tag. (Example: Tea was prepared at 10:00 am. Use QA tag #4 to signify that any tea remaining in the urn at 4:00 pm must be discarded.)
• Discard the tea/sugar bag
• Rinse brew basket
• Place brew basket back into place on the brewer

Serving (Drive-Thru/ Dine-in/Take-out)

• Select proper size cup
• Use ice scoop to fill the cup full of ice
• Place cup under tea urn spout. Depress lever to fill cup.
• Fill to 1/4 inch from top
• Mark the lid on the iced tea “ST” for sweet and “UT” for unsweet
• Hand prepared drinks(s) to customer with a straw

Bulk Tea

• BULK TEA CONTAINERS ARE ONE TIME USE ONLY (NO REFILLS)

Assembly & Serving

• Remove lid from the ½ gallon container
• Fill the ½ gallon container to the .ll line with tea (Sweet or Unsweet)
• Tighten the lid onto the ½ gallon container until it clicks
• Using a sharpie put a check mark in the “Sweet” or “Unsweetened” bubble
• Using a sharpie write the current date and time on the line labeled .ll date & time
• Hand to the customer

Close

• Empty remaining contents of tea urns into rinse sink of the 3-compartment sink
• Tea urns and ice scoops must be washed, rinsed and sanitized
• Remove tea urn spout and disassemble parts so they may be cleaned and sanitized
• After washing, rinsing and sanitizing, reassemble spout on tea urn. Leave spout in open position. Allow to air dry.