Sweet Southern Tea
Southern Sweet Tea. Easy to make, sweet and refreshing to serve.
Ingredients
- 6-8 regular tea bags OR 3-4 family-sized tea bags
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 4 cups water then enough to make a gallon
- Optional: mint tea
- Optional: lemon slices
Instructions
- Put cold water into a kettle
- If using mint, add mint to the cold water.
- Bring water to a boil.
- Add tea bags and remove from heat.
- Cover and let steep for 15-20 minutes
- Put sugar into gallon pitcher
- Pour tea bags and water over colander into pitcher
- Stir until sugar is completely dissolved
- Add cold water to make a gallon
- Serve with sliced lemon if desired