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I'm new here, but I needed to post! The secret to good ice tea has befuddled me as well. Similar to the OP, I've tried many different methods and have had difficulty with both cloudiness and bitterness.

There's something I need to ask for clarification on, as it occurred to me after reading gourmetgal's post where she pointed out the issue of refrigeration. I don't have a problem with cloudy iced tea that has been freshly made. It is once refrigerated that my tea goes murky. A lot of you mentioned that you never have problems with cloudy tea and go on to describe opposing methods (squeezing tea bags vs. not squeezing, boiling, long-term steeping, etc). The thing is, for those of you who didn't mention it already, are you refrigerating your iced tea or do you use it up immediately?

Thanks for any help you can provide. I'm near to giving up, as I can't take another batch of bitter tea (the cloudiness is just insult to injury). I'm going to try the combination of no boil with the other tips (no squeeze and quick steep, which I've tried before). I've done cold brew once, it was less cloudy but I need to work on the water/tea ratio and time brewed.