Southern Style "Sweet" Tea...

Authentic Southern sweet tea is made with Luzianne tea bags. Just follow the instructions on the box. The amount/type of sugar you use is a personal preference, but Southerners generally add as much a 1 cup white sugar to a quart of tea. That's why I always order my tea half-and-half (half sweet, half unsweet). Add a squeeze of lemon before serving.

Jennifer

Thanks Jennifer! I'll try it! Bill

My gradma's old south iced tea:

1. Hour before dinner
2. Boil water in gallon cooking pot
3. Turn off heat
4. Add Lipton's tea to coat surface for strong brew
5. Add crystals of unrefined sugar cane to gallon pitcher
6. When tea surface is clear, strain into pitcher
7. Stir occasionally
8. Before dinner fill glasses from ice tray
9. Serve warm to dilute tea

My sister-in-law new south iced tea:

1. Add Liptons's formulated ice brew tea bags to pitcher of water from faucet
2. Let sit in refrigerator during afternoon for dinner
3. Glasses get spritz of ice from refrigerator door
4. Sugar is added at table

Jim

Bill wrote:

My grandma uses Red Rose brand tea bags. She makes a pot that's about

1 quart with 5 tea bags (I might be off on the volume) and steeps it until it's quite strong. She adds sugar before letting the pot cool. She pours the tea into a glass full of ice cubes to serve it. I think she may dilute it with water if she puts it away in the refrigerator.

I always use loose leaves when I make hot tea, but I don't think it matters as much for cold tea with lots of sugar.

Jason