Sweet Tea

Simple syrup while the tea is steeping.

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Just buy milos or great value and save yourself the hassle of making it yourself.

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Fill the tea pot with water, about a quart. Throw in three family-size bags of Lipton and bring to boil. Take off burner, cool to tepid, fish out the bags with a flat slotted spoon. Pour hot tea over two cups of Dixie Crystals sugar in pitcher. Stir until dissolved. Add cold water to fill gallon pitcher and place in refrigerator.

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My method except I only use 3/4cup of sugar. Damn.

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Tell me what I am doing wrong... I leave it in there for about an hour or two. When I fish the bag out there is a dark film on top of the liquid.

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Use 3-4 family size bags, cold water, and put them in when you start the heat. When it boils, it’s done. Don’t let it boil the bags. Tea leaves get out.

i found it has a much better flavor if you boil the water first, they turn the fire off and throw the bags in right away. it gives it a richer smoother and less bitter harsh taste then if you boil the bags. i think too much heat scorches the tea and gives it a bitterness.

try it that way, its a way different flavor when you throw the bags in boiling hot water (after turning off the heat) vs boiling the bags

Thanks everyone,
Keakar, that is exactly the method I have always done. Two (2) family size Lipton bags and a cup and a 1/2 sugar.
Restaurant sweet tea is so much better than mine. Most of them anyway. Thank you all

I don’t see how adults can handle sweet tea. Haven’t been able to drink it in years. Unsweet with a splash of sweet is sweet enough for me

My mil uses 1 cup of sugar per gallon of tea. Diabetes

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Sweet tea.........my only vice.

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Wow, I am in bad shape.