Question about tea?

I read that if your brewing tea and have stuff settling at the bottom it's not good. I think hat may be the problem when I'm brewing my 5 gallons of tea. I was wondering if I could use the same amounts of ingredients as I would with the 5 gallons but using 2 gallons of water instead just so it could aerate properly then just add the remaining gallons of wate?

If you have a crappy five gallon and little pump set up I have found using less than five gallons of water along with less additives to be advantageous. Build a good bubbler and you won't have to worry.
What I do is make five gallons for no longer than 36 hours and then pour most of the liquid out and then make another smaller batch with the remaining sludge plus a little more molasses and Great White and use within that day. Or I'll use the mud right away with 5 more gallons in the garden. Or ten or twenty gallons, lol. It's not the best but works for me until I build a better bubbler. The mud is then used for top dressing or mixing into the garden.

edit: While I'm hear I should mention I'll get 20 or 30 gallons sometimes from 5 gallons of tea. Plus, using a little one or two gallon sprayer will foliar feed my entire backyard garden, which is a decent size.

you got the right idea op. 1 liter of good microbial tea is good for 1000 sq ft as a soil drench so 5 gallons is very much overkill and hard to properly aerate.

You can actually dilute your compost tea 1:5 anyways. Most people do. So if you are only using 5 gallons to water with altogether, then you only need to be making a gallon or two of tea anyways and diluting with water. I dilute mine at least 1:5.

Don't use the same amount of ingredients and just add water at the end though. It won't work like that. Keep your tea recipe accurate for the amount of water you're using, and then add water at the end.

Ok, I'll adjust the ratios and dilute with water anyway, ty for the input.