Southern Sweet Iced Tea

From: Halcyon Eve

On Jan 5, 2009

I'm afraid I just didn't care much for this iced tea. It wasn't the sweetness--it was that all I could taste was sugar. It was too weak for my taste. I made a 1.5 batch, using 9 bags of Red Rose tea and just under 3 cups of sugar. I think I'll stick with my old, quick, brewed iced tea recipe, which is stronger-tasting. This was quite easy to make, and if you like a sweet, not so strong iced tea, I think this would suit very well. Sorry it didn't work out, but thanks for posting anyway, ratherbeswimmin'--I'm glad I tried it! Made for Comfort Cafe.

From: ColCadsMom

On Dec 5, 2008

True Southern sweet tea! I make a gallon of this at a time, and put just a tad less sugar (but not much!). I also don't use 8 to 10 tea bags. After steeping, and pouring the concentrated tea into the container, I pour 2 cups of cold water at a time over the bags, basically rinsing the tea out of them, then add it to the container. I do this until the pitcher is full, or the water when poured over the tea bags runs clear. My mom still squeezes her tea bags, and I cringe every time she does it! The baking soda is the key ingredient that I didn't grow up with, but tweaks it and makes it perfect, never bitter. Thanks for posting!

From: atlfitgirl

On Aug 31, 2007

My BF is a Southern boy ( born and raised in Charleston, SC) so of course I had to learn how to make...and KEEP sweet tea in the fridge! I always double the recipe b/c he always goes through it sooooo quickly. I use 3 family sized tea bags and let them steep for about 10 minutes. I also only use about 1 c of sugar for 1 gal of tea ( instead of 2 qts... he goes through it so quickly!)... He loves it sweet but I have found out with the addition of baking soda, which really does cut down on the bitterness... I can get away with that amount of sugar. This way he can really enjoy this tea without consuming so many calories...and save them for my other treats and treasures I have found on Zaar! Thanks for posting!

From: Michelle S.

On Apr 9, 2005

My DH thanks you for this recipe! He was watching the Masters and felt homesick ( his family is from Augusta) and started to do some "I miss this and that.." well sweet tea was near the top of his list! I made it for and he is in HEAVEN! I only used 1 cup of the sugar and he did think that was sweet enough. He said I TOLD you I would make a southerner of you yet! But I had to remind him it was Nurse Di who did. This will be a weekly or even more than that repeat at our house.