Southern Sweet Tea

Name: Southern Sweet Tea
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 5 black tea bags; 4 cups water; 1.5 cups granulated sugar; 4 cups cold water; Ice, for serving

This is a classic recipe for Southern-style sweet tea, made by boiling tea bags to create a concentrate, dissolving sugar in the hot tea, and then diluting it with cold water for a perfectly sweet and refreshing beverage.

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Total

15 min

Servings

8

Difficulty

Easy

Est. Cost

$13–$21

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Ingredients

5 black tea bags
4 cups water
1.5 cups granulated sugar
4 cups cold water
Ice, for serving

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Instructions

1
Place 5 tea bags into a medium saucepan with 4 cups of water.
2
Bring the water to a boil on the stovetop. Once it starts boiling, let it boil for 10 minutes.
3
While the tea is boiling, add 1.5 cups of sugar to a large pitcher.
4
After 10 minutes, remove the pot from the heat and carefully take out the tea bags.
5
Pour the hot tea concentrate into the pitcher over the sugar.
6
Stir well until the sugar is completely dissolved.
7
Top off the pitcher with 4 cups of cold water. Pour it gently down the side of the pitcher to prevent the tea from becoming bubbly.
8
Fill a glass with ice and pour the sweet tea over it to serve.