Fresh brewed iced tea is one of the most delicious beverages you can purchase at a restaurant or convenience store. In fact, iced tea is the 2nd most popular beverage in the United States, behind only water. But there is one thing that nobody ever wants to do, and it probably precludes some of you from using fresh brewed iced tea at your establishment. Cleaning the urns and spigots.
Food safety and good hygiene are paramount to any food service storefront, and part of that food safety is your iced tea. So how do you accomplish this feat? You must clean urns every day for roughly 10 minutes and take apart the spigot for each urn and clean each part separately. This is time-consuming, and let’s be honest, rarely if ever done right. That’s a problem because mold and bacteria grow inside urns and spigots every day. Have you ever cleaned an urn and spigot before? It’s not the most fun thing in the world to do. You need a 3-compartment sink, filled with about 50-75 gallons of water, and then place the cleaning chemicals into the sinks. You must then wash, by hand, the entire urn (including the little tunnel the tea passes through), take apart the spigots into multiple pieces and soak those in the sinks as well. Then remove everything and let it air dry overnight, and then put it all back together in the morning. As you can see, not only is that a lot of steps to take just to clean urns and spigots (which is a daily ordeal), can you honestly say that this is all being done on a daily basis? So, what do you do to ensure your tea is clean and ready to serve?
The best way to ensure your tea is clean and ready to go is by using the Saftea® Liner. Not only will you save time (which in turn also saves you money), your tea will taste as it was intended free from cleaning residue or tea mold left behind. You can brew directly into the liner multiple times a day as needed and at the end of the day instead of going through all those steps to clean the urns and spigots, you simply empty what is left in the urn into the sink, remove the liner, and you’re ready to go for the next day.
We understand that time is valuable, especially in the fast-paced world of restaurant life. That's why we offer Saftea® Liners on our webstore, allowing you to conveniently place orders at any time that suits you best - even if it's in the wee hours of the morning at 2am!