Description
This recipe makes perfect southern sweet iced tea.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 cups water
- 6 family-size black tea bags
- 1 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Bring 4 cups of water to a rolling boil in a pot.
- Remove the pot from the heat and add the tea bags.
- Steep the tea for 5-7 minutes.
- Remove the tea bags, squeezing out excess liquid.
- Stir in the sugar until dissolved.
- Pour the tea concentrate into a pitcher.
- Add the remaining 4 cups of cold water.
- Stir well and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.
Notes
- Adjust sugar to your preference.
- Serve over ice with lemon slices.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Beverage
- Method: Steeping
- Cuisine: Southern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 0mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg