Sweet Tea

[Scott Hutchinson]

Prax go to your local grocer and buy some lipton instant tea.
We drink that at home.

[tamor]

Originally Posted by Sherri

I make a gallon of sweet tea every day or two. I use three family size tea bags to a gallon, and add 1-1/2 cups of sugar. It's really sweet and really good. I can't have caffeine, so I use the caffeine free stuff at home. I do miss ordering it in restaurants though!!

By the way, I was raised in Illinois and had never had iced tea in my life until I started dating Eddie and going to his home. They didn't even ask if you liked it; they just assumed that everyone does.

Everybody doesn't though..... I hate the nasty stuff!!

[Margies3]

Can someone tell me how they make sweet tea in the south? I love it when we go there. I make sun tea here, and then add sugar to it after I put it in the glass, but I'd much prefer to make the sweet tea they make.

[Scott Hutchinson]

Margie3 I need my wife to come and post it for ya.

[seguidordejesus]

I use one family size bag per gallon (bring a pot of it to a boil, then add water) with one cup of sugar. I have family members that add up to two cups per gallon, but that's much too sweet for me. I drink about a gallon a day by myself if I'm home all day, less if I'm at work. I've been drinking a lot this summer b/c I'm off work and working outside all day.

[rgcraig]

Margie,

I use Lipton family tea bags. Boil the water, and pour into your pitcher - I use two tea bags for a 2 gallon pitcher. Let it steep for 30 minutes, then squeeze out the tea bags and add one cup sugar or 1 1/2 if you like it real sweet. Fill the pitcher the rest the way up with cool water - - pour over ice!

Never add tea bags directly to boiling water - causes the tea to taste acidy.

[tamor]

Originally Posted by Sherri

I make a gallon of sweet tea every day or two. I use three family size tea bags to a gallon, and add 1-1/2 cups of sugar. It's really sweet and really good.

Bump for Margie.....

This is pretty close to what we put in ours. Everyone can vary on how many bags or how much sugar but this is pretty close to norm, I would think.

[seguidordejesus]

After my first year of college, I got the chance to spend a week in London, England. Being from Mississippi, I missed my sweet tea, so I found a TGI Friday's and ordered a sweet iced tea and received a raised eyebrow in return. I said, "Look, bring me a pot of tea, a few packs of sugar, and a cup of ice." I proceeded to dump the sugar in the pot (which I'm sure was sacrilege to them), mix it up, and pour it over the ice. It was like heaven!!!! Several employees were hiding behind the bar watching me, though LOL

[tamor]

Originally Posted by seguidordejesus

After my first year of college, I got the chance to spend a week in London, England. Being from Mississippi, I missed my sweet tea, so I found a TGI Friday's and ordered a sweet iced tea and received a raised eyebrow in return. I said, "Look, bring me a pot of tea, a few packs of sugar, and a cup of ice." I proceeded to dump the sugar in the pot (which I'm sure was sacrilege to them), mix it up, and pour it over the ice. It was like heaven!!!! Several employees were hiding behind the bar watching me, though LOL

LOL. I'm sure you were quite the show that day!

[Scott Hutchinson]

My wife says she boils two family size tea bags into a pot of water for 10 minutes,boil on low, then take you a gallon pitcher ,put a cup of sugar in it, pour the boiling tea into the sugar, throw the tea bags out ,stir and fill the remainder of the pitcher up with water.