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Southern-Style Sweet Tea

Ingredients · Serves 8 · Prep 5 min · Total 2 hr 15 min

  • 4 cups water, for brewing
  • 8 black tea bags
  • 1 pinch baking soda (optional)
  • ¾–1 cups granulated sugar, up to 1 cup for very sweet tea
  • 4 cups cold water
  • ice, for serving
  • 1 lemon, sliced, for serving (optional)
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Southern-Style Sweet Tea

Steps

  1. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan.
  2. Turn off the heat and add the tea bags and the pinch of baking soda.
  3. Let the tea steep. Longer than this and it turns bitter.
  4. Lift out the tea bags without squeezing them, since squeezing adds bitterness.
  5. Stir in the sugar until it dissolves completely.
  6. Pour the tea into a pitcher and stir in the 4 cups of cold water.
  7. Refrigerate until cold.
  8. Serve over plenty of ice with lemon slices.