Southern Sweet Tea Recipe: Easy and Delicious!

Making your own sweet tea is a lot easier on the budget than buying store bought premade tea, so I thought I would share my families southern sweet tea recipe. It is a recipe that I have adapted to my families liking. It is simple to make and my family loves it. You will need the following ingredients:

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Recipe:

4 family size tea bags

1 2/3 cups of sugar

1 gallon of water

Optional: fresh sliced of lemons,

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Fill a 2 quart kettle with water and add the tea bags. I like to tie my tea bag strings together for easy disposal.

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Bring the water to boil and turn the stove off and leave the tea in the kettle for about 10 minutes to steep, as they say. Tip: Be sure not to boil to long because the tea bags could bust.

Using a gallon tea pitcher, add 2 quarts of cold water and the sugar. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. You can use less sugar, if that is what you prefer.

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Pour the warm tea from the kettle into the pitcher and stir together. Fill a glass full of ice and pour the tea in. Enjoy!

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Note: You can use any brand of tea your family likes. I use decaffeinated luzianne tea (not sponsered). You can also use caffeine tea bags and follow the same recipe. I have a kettle that I keep just for tea making.

I serve this at dinner time with a fresh slice of lemon on the side. If you have leftovers, store the tea in the refrigerator.