Sweet Tea

[Houla]

Alright summers here. Let's see y'alls sweet tea secrets.

[BoltNut]

One gallon of Sweet Tea from Publix (if I'm lazy and in a hurry), since it is well filtered (not cloudy) and pretty darn sweet to start with...add one can of frozen Bacardi Mojoito mix to tea (cut back to a 1/2 gallon, if you really want intense pucker-factor to rise)...stir and serve over ice...frozen mix has all the lime and mint to make a really nice flavor.

If I have time, then I brew my own tea (mostly flavored teas from Celestial Seasons), add sugar to taste...sometimes add other things for funky flavors...tis the season for iced tea in Tampa right now!!! Fish are sweating!!!

[creophus]

If you really wanna get down on sweet tea, you'll get the large glass jar with the yellow lid. Fill that full of water, a bunch of sugar, and Lipton Tea. Take that jar and sit it in direct sunlight until everything turns a deep brown.

Pour that over some ice in a large glass. Listen to the ice crack and enjoy.

[BoltNut]

Creo drinks all the sweet in my house! :-D

My wife makes sure we have sweet tea on hand if she knows he's gonna be there...I don't even get treated that well sometimes - LOL!!! ;-)

[creophus]

Sweet tea is the only way to go!

[Trooperdan]

Sweet tea gotta have lemon wit it!

[BigSlick]

12 Luzianne big bags
two gallon jar
cup a brown sugar
½ cup a Steen's cane syrup
touch a cinnamon

Drop da 12 bags in a small-medium pot a boilin water, let boil for one minute, add brown sugar, Steen's an cinnamon, stir real good, put a lid on it an take it off da heat.

Fill da jar wit ice

Let da pot sit for 10-15 minutes, stir one more time, remove da bags pour over da ice an shake real it up real good. Add water till it's strong as ya like.

I like mine nice dark an sweet... like me ;)

If ya jus need a gallon, go with 8 bags an half da sugars

[nitesite]

McDonalds Sweet Tea for a buck is pretty darned good, the plastic cup is huge, and you get free refills!

[jtrade]

Dont ask for sweet tea in California....

Made that mistake once...

J

[BigSlick]

Or barbecue

[Houla]

How come y'all can't ask for Q or sweet tea in California?

[eazylivin]

Sweet tea and Crown Royal..... don't knock it til ya try it...It's good.

[jtrade]

They dont drink sweet tea there.

When I asked for it the lady looked at me like I was stupid & asked if I wanted hot tea or something. I said no sweet iced tea. She said we have sugar packets on the table.

Not the same putting sugar in ice tea I told her. They just dont understand...

J

They just dont get it.


How come y'all can't ask for Q or sweet tea in California?

[zdogk9]

If you really wanna get down on sweet tea, you'll get the large glass jar with the yellow lid. Fill that full of water, a bunch of sugar, and Lipton Tea. Take that jar and sit it in direct sunlight until everything turns a deep brown.

Pour that over some ice in a large glass. Listen to the ice crack and enjoy.
Just Right!!!!

[creophus]

Not the same putting sugar in ice tea I told her. They just dont understand...

You got that right. Trying to sweeten tea when it's cold is frustrating at best.

[ISUSteve]

Sugar. Didn't think it was secret.

[Brass Nazi]

If you really wanna get down on sweet tea, you'll get the large glass jar with the yellow lid. Fill that full of water, a bunch of sugar, and Lipton Tea. Take that jar and sit it in direct sunlight until everything turns a deep brown.

Pour that over some ice in a large glass. Listen to the ice crack and enjoy.


That is the official Southern method.


I think I am the only person in the South that drinks unsweet tea. I like sweet tea but I cannot drink more than one glass. I can consume gallons of unsweet tea.

[mbradst]

I like mine unleaded. Try being a yankee down south asking for unsweetened iced tea, talk about dirty looks. Almost every time I order, it still comes sweetened. Might as well drink coke. You cannot even taste the tea with all that sugar. I bet you guys could not tell the difference between water with sugar and sweet tea.

***Flamesuit On***

[Pitmaster]

I'm not a big sweet drinker. Unsweetened tea here.

[BoltNut]

I LOVE sweet tea, but my growing girth has me drinking gallons of UNsweet tea as a default! ;-)

[creophus]

Unsweet tea is an abomination. If the calories are a problem, just drink water it tastes better.

[Steel Talon]

Sweet Tea
The secret is using sugar syrup try it once and you'll see what I mean

2 cups water, 4 cups sugar, sauce pan, stove top...

Add water and sugar heat to sauce pan slowly heat and stir into liquid. Let cool store syrup in a jar.

Brew your tea the way you like it. Make a pictcher add syrup to your taste throw in a couple of mint leaves,cinnamon sticks etc etc.
ST~

[Rick]

Tea :yuk:

I guess it is an acquired taste. I never even tried it till I moved from the northeast to Oklahoma in the early 80's. I still give it a try about once per year, just can't do it.

Never tried eazy's recipe though. That might change my mind.

Lemonade, that's where it's at.