This is my second box.  Since I use a home iced tea maker, I cut a few pouches open at a time and store in an air tight container.  You could use the whole pouch but it's a waste of tea.  I put 4 rounded teaspoons in the basket with a coffee filter.  I always use filtered water instead of tap water, and the clear cubes from the grocery are hugely better than tap water cubes although I usually end up using tap water cubes and the result is still great.  To my taste, it doesn't need sugar.  I love this tea so much that I go through a pitcher every day. I even take it and my iced tea maker on vacation.  Once you've had China Mist, there is no going back to mediocre tea.  This tea was what enabled me to get off the Cokes.