Best Southern Sweet Tea Recipes

SOUTHERN SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large glass measuring cup, place the tea bags and add the baking soda.
• Pour the boiling water over the tea bags.
• Cover and steep for 15 minutes.
• Take out the tea bags and do not squeeze them.
• Pour the tea mixture into a 2-quart pitcher; add the sugar.
• Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add in the cold water.
• Let cool; chill in the refrigerator and serve over ice.

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Hold tea bags lined up evenly by the strings and make a loop knot to hold them together. Pull off paper and staple (from paper side). Set aside.
• In a one gallon pitcher, add very hot water. Stir in the sugar till dissolved.
• Add tea bags and dunk into water a few times, then leave them in the pitcher. Cover with lid of pitcher and refrigerate.
• Wait until it is very cold (at least 3-4 hours). The flavor changes until it reaches the 'cold' state.
• Drink and enjoy. (I leave the bags set in the pitcher, but recommend taking them out after about 8 hours--- IF it lasts that long! We make 2 pitchers at a time down here in the south. :).

SOUTHERN STYLE SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Boil about 8 cups water.
• Add 3 family (large) size tea bags and steep for 3-5 minutes. You can also use 8 small regular sized tea bags.
• Mix concentrated hot tea with 1 3/4 cup sugar and stir well in tea pitcher.
• Add cold water until pitcher is full and stir to combine.
• Serve over ice with a garnish of lemon or raspberry.
• *Tip pour some in an ice cube tray and freeze. Keep the pitcher cold in the refrigerator and serve with tea ice cubes to prevent your tea from getting watery on a hot day. :).

LOW SUGAR (OR SUGAR FREE) SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Boil 4 cups hot water. Place tea bags in heat-proof glass container. Pour boiling water over tea bags and steep 15-20 minutes. Remove tea bags. Stir in sugar until completely disolved.
• Add 4 cups ice water to tea, then stir in Stevia packets. Refrigerate overnight. (The stevia after-taste is too strong on the first day) Serve over ice, and use within 4 days (the tea will start to get a bitter taste after a few days).
• NOTE: This makes a strong tea. I like to pour mine over a glass of ice and let it sit for a while before I drink it, so I make it strong enough that it taste right when watered down by melted ice.

DELICIOUS QUICK & EASY SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Place family size tea bag in a microwave safe container filled with water & microwave until it boils (approx. 4min for 4cups).
• While that is going, in a gallon size pitcher, pour about 1 1/2 - 2 inches of sugar in the bottom. I usually eye it and it comes out perfect.
• The microwave should be finishing up. Pour hot tea water into the pitcher over the sugar. The hot water dissolves the sugar granuals. Stir until completely dissolved. (If you have time, let sit in microwave for a while and steep even more. If you don't have time, that's cool too.).
• Fill the rest with cold water & refrigerate.
• Serve over ice. Enjoy!
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• I, personally, don't put lemon in it because I find that lemon cuts the sugar & you have to use a whole lot more sugar for it to be southern "sweet".

PERFECT SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• 1. Fill a 10-12 cup coffee-maker carafe with cold water. Pour into back of coffee maker, as if making a pot of coffee. In brewing basket, place 2 family-sized tea bags, laying them sideways on top of each other. (Shake the tea bags, to spread out the tea inside each bag, before placing them on top of each other). Turn on coffee pot, and allow water to pour through, until pot is full of concentrated tea.
• 2. Pour 2 cups sugar into a 1-gallon pitcher. Pour all the hot tea over the sugar, and stir until dissolved. Fill coffee-maker carafe w/cold water and add to the sweetened hot tea, until gallon-pitcher is filled. Stir well. Allow tea to sit on counter-top, until cooled to room temperature, then store in refrigerator to chill.
• 3. Note: If you place the tea in the fridge before it is cooled to room temperature, it may become cloudy. If you're in a hurry for a cold glass of tea, you can add crushed ice (in place of tap water) to the hot concentrated tea, to fill gallon pitcher. Then, it can be stored right away in the refrigerator. As with most recipes, this tea seems to taste better on the 2nd day. But, it's also delicious immediately after it's made. Just serve over lots of ice! :)
• 4. One further note: I think that using a coffee-maker which has also been used for brewing coffee, can cause the tea to have a little bit of the coffee taste in it (even when the coffee pot has been washed). So, I have a coffee-maker that I only use for making tea in. We use a separate coffee-maker for my husband's coffee. :)

SOUTHERN SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a medium size pan fill 1/2 way with water.
• add tea bags.
• cook on medium heat until comes to a good boil. it will be foamy.
• put sugar in gallon jug (pitcher).
• pour boiling tea over sugar.
• stir well to dissolve sugar.
• add water until jug is full (may not use whole gallon of water).
• stir well.
• pour over ice (i like mine anyway i can get it ice or no ice).
• drink and enjoy!
• I USE RED DIAMOND OR LUZIANN TEA BAGS.

SOUTHERN SWEET TEA PIE

Steps:

• In bowl of electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter until well combined. Add flour and mix at low speed until dough forms a ball. Pat dough into 9-inch pie pan.
• Place pie shell in freezer while preparing filling. Heat oven to 350°F.
• In bowl of electric mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add sugar. Add lemon zest. Add egg yolks a little at a time allowing each addition to incorporate; scraping bowl often.
• Slowly add tea, vanilla, vinegar, and lemon juice. Add flour and cornmeal.
• Remove crust from freezer and fill.
• Bake at 350F for 50 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Chill at least 2 hours before serving.

SOUTHERN-STYLE SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Heat 4 cups of the water to boiling. In large heatproof bowl, place tea bags; pour boiling water over tea bags. Cover with foil; let steep 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags.
• Add sugar to tea; stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour into large heatproof pitcher. Stir in remaining 4 cups cold water. Refrigerate until chilled.
• Serve tea well chilled over ice, garnished with lemon and/or mint.

SOUTHERN SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• 1. In 4-cup micro-safe measuring cup with pour spout (such as Pyrex), heat 3 cups water to boiling in microwave on high. (My microwave takes 5 minutes.) Add baking soda and stir in. *Make sure your water has stopped bubbling before adding or it can bubble over. Add tea bags, holding the strings and tabs, and poke down till all are covered as best you can. Lay tabs over side of glass and place plate or lid on top. Steep for 30 minutes. Remove tea bags to plate. Add 2 cups sugar to measuring cup of tea concentrate. Stir til fully dissolved. 1-2 minutes. **If using a glass pitcher, fill pitcher halfway with cold water, then add tea concentrate, then fill rest of the way full with more cold water. (This prevents your pitcher from breaking from the hot tea!) Place pitcher in refridgerator to chill. Serve over ice with fresh lemon wedges and mint sprigs if desired. Makes a perfect pitcher every time! Enjoy!

REAL SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Bring 1 quart of water room-temperature to a boil in a saucepan. Pour the boiling water into a pitcher or large bowl, add the loose tea, and let steep for 5 to 10 minutes.
• In the meantime, fill a large pitcher (large enough to hold at least 2 quarts of liquid) with the remaining 1 quart room-temperature water.
• Strain the brewed tea into the pitcher containing the room-temperature water. Discard the tea leaves. Set the pitcher aside.
• In a small nonreactive pot, combine the sugar and cold water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the lemons and remove from the heat. Allow to cool for 10 minutes. Strain the lemon-sugar syrup into the pitcher. Discard the lemon slices. Refrigerate the sweet tea until serving time.

SOUTHERN STYLE SWEET TEA

Steps:

• 1. Pour the sugar into a large pitcher. Bring water to a boil in a large pan.
• 2. When the water begins to boil, remove from the heat, and place the teabags in. Let steep for 5 to 6 minutes.
• 3. Remove tea bags, and return tea to the heat... Bring just to a boil, then pour into the pitcher, and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• 4. Fill the pitcher half way with ice, and stir until most of it melts... Then fill the pitcher the rest of the way with cold water, and stir until blended.
• 5. Note: If you are counting calories you can substitute the sugar with any sugar substitute.

REAL SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• In the sauce pan, put the tea bags and fill it up with water, almost to the top.
• Put your eye on 7 (about 1/2 way between med and med-high) Put the sugar into the pitcher.
• Stand over the pot and watch it simmer until it's very very dark, ALMOST the color of coffee.. should take 15-20 minutes. Then once it reaches the right color, turn the eye up to high and allow it to come to a rolling boil. Let it boil for around 4 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat and spoon out the tea bags with a slotted spoon. Throw them away. Pour the hot tea (I call it tea concentrate) into the pitcher and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Run cold water into the pot and fill the pitcher up to almost the top. Stir.
• Put the pitcher into the refrigerator and allow it to sit in there at least 24 hours before it's served.
• Pour over ice in a glass and enjoy!

PERFECT SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Sprinkle baking soda into a pitcher (I use a gallon-size Mason Jar but many people have voiced concerns about pouring boiling water into a glass container, so use whatever container you'd like) Add Tea bags to the pitcher/baking soda.
• Pour Boiling water over tea bags, Cover and allow to steep for 15 minutes. Remove and toss out Tea Bags.
• Add Sugar and Stir until completely dissolved. Add Cool Water. Refrigerate until cold and ready to drink. Serve over ice.

SOUTHERN STYLE SWEET TEA - LUZIANNE TEA

Steps:

• In a pot, bring 8 cups of water to a boil; remove from heat Add tea bags and allow to steep for 3-5 minutes depending on the strength of tea you prefer. Remove tea bags and stir sugar into warm tea; continue to stir until completely dissolved. Pour concentrated tea into pitcher and mix in remaining 8 cups water. Allow to cool to room temperature. Pour into glasses packed with ice cubes, garnish and serve. For best flavor, refrigerate and use within 48 hours.

BEST SOUTHERN SWEET TEA EVER

Steps:

• Place the tea bags and 3 cups of water in small pot.
• Bring to a boil.
• Take off heat and let sit for about 30 minutes.
• Mean while, put 1 to 3 cups of sugar and tap water in the gallon container, and mix.
• Pour warm boiled tea water into the container holding back the tea bags with a big plastic spoon. Fill the pot (with the bags still in it) with tap water and pour into container til almost full. Do not break the tea bags.(if so you can still drink it)
• Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Let cool. Chill in the refrigerator and serve over ice. (I try to wait at least an hour before drinking. But it's so good, you won't be ble to. The longer you wait the better it is.)
• Enjoy!

SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Bring 3 cups water to boil in a saucepan: add tea bags, boil 1 minute: remove from heat. Cover and let steep for 10 mintues.
• Remove and discard tea bags. Add desired amount of sugar,stirring until dissolved. pour into 1 gallon container and add 7 cups of cold water. Serve over ice.
• for Peach Iced tea, use recipe above using 1/2 cup sugar. Stir together 1 1/2 quarts of tea, 1 (46 oz.) bottle of peach nectar and 2 Tablespoons of lemon juice. Serve over ice

SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Take a medium sized pan and add your 6 cups of water and let it boil. While boiling add 1 dash of cinnamon. Once water come to boil, tie the 3 tea bags together and add to 1 gallon pitcher. Inside your pitcher should have the 3 tea bags and 2 cups of sugar.Pour the water into the gallon pitcher. Allow the tea to sit for 20 minutes. Then stir really good. Leave the tea bags in the pitcher but don't leave them in no longer than 8 hours.
• Enjoy!