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Southern Sweet Tea Recipe - Sweet Tea & Thyme
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Old Fashioned Southern Sweet Tea

Prep Time2 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time17 minutes
Course: Drinks, Non-Alcoholic
Cuisine: American, Southern
Servings: 1 .5 gallons
Author: Britt Anne

Ingredients

  • 4 Luzianne or Lipton family sized Iced Tea bags
  • 3 cups of granulated sugar
  • 4 cups boiling water
  • More water to fill your pitcher
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

  • Steep the tea in your boiling water for 7 minutes. Do not press the bags, at most dunk them in the water to saturate them.
  • In your pitcher, pour in the sugar and baking soda. Discard the tea bags and pour tea into the pitcher. Fill the pitcher with fresh water and stir to dissolve the sugar and soda.
  • Taste, adjust water to make less sweet, more sugar for sweeter tea.