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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:40:49 PM EDT
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How do I make some proper southern sweet tea? I don't know jack about tea, but I know I like really, really sweet. How's it done down yonder? What kind of tea do I use? Am I over thinking this? Google Milo's Sweet Tea recipe or McAllister's Sweet Tea recipe. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:41:04 PM EDT
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My understanding is that you take regular tea and add about a pound of sugar per glass.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:41:38 PM EDT
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How do I make some proper southern sweet tea? I don't know jack about tea, but I know I like really, really sweet. How's it done down yonder? What kind of tea do I use? Am I over thinking this? 1. Brew some tea (Lipton or the like) 2. Put sugar in the pitcher while the tea is still hot 3. Taste tea to see if it is sweet enough 4. ???? 5. Profit |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:42:07 PM EDT
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when the spoon will stand upright in the tea, you just add about another cup of sugar, and there you are.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:42:09 PM EDT
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Ice Tea maker, follow directions, add a cup of sugar, stir til all the sugar dissolves.
Pour a nice tall glass and enjoy. eta: Tetley or Lipton ByteTheBullet (-: |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:42:20 PM EDT
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My understanding is that you take regular tea and add about a pound of sugar per glass. Winner |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:42:31 PM EDT
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My understanding is that you take regular tea and add about a pound of sugar per glass. The key to sweet tea is you MUST add the sugar while it's still hot from brewing. If you do it cold the sugar just goes to the bottom. Heat and Sweet is the key. Just keep adding to the water till it doesn't dissolve anymore. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:42:49 PM EDT
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I want the shit they sing about in all the country songs.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:43:02 PM EDT
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Heat up a few cups of water to almost boiling. Add a cup of sugar, let dissolve and place a Lipton pitcher sized tea bag into the sugar water for a few minutes. Squeeze out all the water from the teabag to get all the concentrated tea out, then fill the rest of the pitcher up with water. You now have sweet tea.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:43:11 PM EDT
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Make tea
Make simple syrup Combine to your desired sweetness Refrigerate Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:44:33 PM EDT
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I use sugar. Lots and lots of sugar.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:45:19 PM EDT
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How do I know how much sugar to use?
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:45:27 PM EDT
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I want the shit they sing about in all the country songs. Trucks,beer and horses 
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:45:54 PM EDT
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As said, the secret is the water needs to be hot when the Kool-Aid level of sugar goes in.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:46:21 PM EDT
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How do I know how much sugar to use? About 1.25 cups per gallon of tea Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:46:45 PM EDT
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1 1/2 cups of sugar added to hot tea ,stir to dissolve, add water to make a gallon............done
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:46:52 PM EDT
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Use a iced tea blend like Luizanne. Add simple syrup till the spoon stands up straight in the glass. Teeth should hurt while drinking
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:47:40 PM EDT
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there can only be one
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:48:02 PM EDT
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I just boil some water and soak the tea bags in it. Pour about a cup of sugar into the pitcher, then when the tea is done, pour into the pitcher and stir. I like to let mine cool down to room temp and then refigerate over night. To me it tastes much better after it's been in the fridge all night.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:48:03 PM EDT
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How do I know how much sugar to use? Trial and error. Kinda like coffee, experiment until you figure it out. But, as mentioned, the critical step is adding the sugar while it is still hot. Hell, when my mom makes it she adds the sugar before the pitcher before the tea maker begins to even dump water into the pitcher. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:48:29 PM EDT
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Ice Tea maker, follow directions, add a cup of sugar, stir til all the sugar dissolves. Pour a nice tall glass and enjoy. eta: Tetley or Lipton ByteTheBullet (-: Ice tea maker? Yet another single purpose borderline useless kitchen gadget. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:49:57 PM EDT
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Brew tea, add two or three heaping cups of sugar per half gallon while it's still hot.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:50:49 PM EDT
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My Grandmother, rest her soul, in Texas used luzianne tea. And enough sugar to crack your teeth.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:50:59 PM EDT
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We always use a glass jar.
Red rose and Earl grey tea is what we like. Put about 5-6 tea bags in the jar with water. Set outside in the sun in the morning. Bring it in before supper and stir what ever amount of sugar you like. Stick in the fridge to cool. Need a day with no clouds so i can brew up a batch before fall really hits. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:51:25 PM EDT
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put bunch of lipton tea bags in gallon glass jar with water...set outside in the florida sunshine.
sweeten to taste or add florida keylimes and sugar |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:52:06 PM EDT
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About 1.25 cups per gallon of tea Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How do I know how much sugar to use? About 1.25 cups per gallon of tea Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile He asked about sweet tea. Can you even taste that? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:52:09 PM EDT
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1 quart water on stove. Simmer family size teabag or 3 regular for 20 minutes - do. not boil!
Mix in 3/4 cup sugar to dissolve. Add this to half gallon pitcher and fill with cold water. Put that in the fridge and don't drink till next day. ETA use wooden spoon |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:53:33 PM EDT
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My understanding is that you take regular tea and add about a pound of sugar per glass. That was pretty much how it was done back in the olden days when I was a wee lad living in Texas and Florida. It wasn't until I was stationed in Korea that I tried iced tea with no sugar. "Man ----- this is a thousand times better than that sugar-snot crap...!!!" |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:54:50 PM EDT
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So you guys hot brew large batches of tea, then put it on ice?
Is sun tea just a northern thing? Usually we take a glass container, add tea bags and water, put it in the sun to steep most of the day, then put it in the fridge. It doesn't need anything else for a nice summer pickup. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:55:22 PM EDT
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Heat up a few cups of water to almost boiling. Add a cup of sugar, let dissolve and place a Lipton pitcher sized tea bag into the sugar water for a few minutes. Squeeze out all the water from the teabag to get all the concentrated tea out, then fill the rest of the pitcher up with water. You now have sweet tea. GAAAAAH! 
NEVER SQUEEZE THE BAG! Crushes the tea leaves and introduces bitterness. Bring water to boil or almost. Turn off heat. Add 1 family size tea bag for half gallon and let it steep, 15 or 20 minutes minimum put a cup of sugar in the pitcher and pour in hot tea, stir until sugar is dissolved. Check taste, add more sugar as needed. Take your insulin. 
Bonus; use natural, unbleached or turbine sugar for a hint of molasses flavor. If your tea bag boils, toss it and start over. 
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:55:43 PM EDT
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We always use a glass jar. Red rose and Earl grey tea is what we like. Put about 5-6 tea bags in the jar with water. Set outside in the sun in the morning. Bring it in before supper and stir what ever amount of sugar you like. Stick in the fridge to cool. Need a day with no clouds so i can brew up a batch before fall really hits. This is real southern tea. Brewed in the sun. Add sugar to taste. Serve over ice. Slice of lemon is optional but preferred. Holy crap, boiled water, tea makers? WTF! Bunch of Damned Yankees and transplants around here. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:56:27 PM EDT
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put bunch of lipton tea bags in gallon glass jar with water...set outside in the florida sunshine. sweeten to taste or add florida keylimes and sugar Everyone knows the Texas sun makes the best sun tea. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:56:53 PM EDT
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This is real southern tea. Brewed in the sun. Add sugar to taste. Serve over ice. Slice of lemon is optional but preferred. Holy crap, boiled water, tea makers? WTF! Bunch of Damned Yankees and transplants around here. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We always use a glass jar. Red rose and Earl grey tea is what we like. Put about 5-6 tea bags in the jar with water. Set outside in the sun in the morning. Bring it in before supper and stir what ever amount of sugar you like. Stick in the fridge to cool. Need a day with no clouds so i can brew up a batch before fall really hits. This is real southern tea. Brewed in the sun. Add sugar to taste. Serve over ice. Slice of lemon is optional but preferred. Holy crap, boiled water, tea makers? WTF! Bunch of Damned Yankees and transplants around here. Lol Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:57:18 PM EDT
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GAAAAAH!
NEVER SQUEEZE THE BAG! Crushes the tea leaves and introduces bitterness. Bring water to boil or almost. Turn off heat. Add 1 family size tea bag for half gallon and let it steep, 15 or 20 minutes minimum put a cup of sugar in the pitcher and pour in hot tea, stir until sugar is dissolved. Check taste, add more sugar as needed. Take your insulin.
Bonus; use natural, unbleached or turbine sugar for a hint of molasses flavor. If your tea bag boils, toss it and start over. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Heat up a few cups of water to almost boiling. Add a cup of sugar, let dissolve and place a Lipton pitcher sized tea bag into the sugar water for a few minutes. Squeeze out all the water from the teabag to get all the concentrated tea out, then fill the rest of the pitcher up with water. You now have sweet tea. GAAAAAH!
NEVER SQUEEZE THE BAG! Crushes the tea leaves and introduces bitterness. Bring water to boil or almost. Turn off heat. Add 1 family size tea bag for half gallon and let it steep, 15 or 20 minutes minimum put a cup of sugar in the pitcher and pour in hot tea, stir until sugar is dissolved. Check taste, add more sugar as needed. Take your insulin.
Bonus; use natural, unbleached or turbine sugar for a hint of molasses flavor. If your tea bag boils, toss it and start over. 
If my tea bag boils, something seriously wrong has gone on in the bedroom
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:57:40 PM EDT
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Ice tea maker? Yet another single purpose borderline useless kitchen gadget. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Ice Tea maker, follow directions, add a cup of sugar, stir til all the sugar dissolves. Pour a nice tall glass and enjoy. eta: Tetley or Lipton ByteTheBullet (-: Ice tea maker? Yet another single purpose borderline useless kitchen gadget. Alton? Is that you? But seriously, We don't own a coffee maker and I drink lots-o-tea. You can get ready to drink iced tea in prolly 15 minutes with one of these bad boys. ByteTheBullet (-: |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:57:43 PM EDT
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I use 4 regular bags. Simmer (steep ) , bags for 5 minutes. Do not boil the bags. I use 3/4 cup of sugar for a gallon of tea. Its sweet enough for us. I know people who use 2 cups per gallon. Whew. Add the sugar when water is hot so it desolves then fill rest of container. Some add lemon slices, I don't .
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:58:14 PM EDT
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More sugar.
Seriously... however much you've put in? Add more. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:58:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Google Milo's Sweet Tea recipe or McAllister's Sweet Tea recipe. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How do I make some proper southern sweet tea? I don't know jack about tea, but I know I like really, really sweet. How's it done down yonder? What kind of tea do I use? Am I over thinking this? Google Milo's Sweet Tea recipe or McAllister's Sweet Tea recipe. That is the worst advice that's ever been given on the internet. Ever.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 3:59:53 PM EDT
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In the south most kitchen sinks have a sugar water tap next to the spray nozzle.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:00:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How do I know how much sugar to use? Just take a trip down here and try some for yourself.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:00:34 PM EDT
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Drive to the turkey hill. Grab a jug of sweet tea. Pay money.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:01:39 PM EDT
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Drive to the turkey hill. Grab a jug of sweet tea. Pay money. Wtf is a turkey hill ? |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:02:27 PM EDT
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Hey, I'm from Oklahoma and I've been drinking sweet tea since my grandmother put it in my bottel.
No diabetes yet. 
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:02:45 PM EDT
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It's easy.
Empty a 4 pound bag of sugar into the brew and you got it. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:03:44 PM EDT
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How do I know how much sugar to use? 6-7 tablespoons per glass. Once it tastes good, I add one more for good luck. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:03:47 PM EDT
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The Three of you on here that gave away the WHOLE recipe
and you know who you are, Are going to be in some SERIOUS shit with your Grandmothers the next time you talk to her....... You Know she felt a disturbance in the force the moment you typed those words...
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:05:18 PM EDT
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The south has a lot going for it in food and drinks, sweet tea isn't one of them.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:05:50 PM EDT
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Future Diabetics of the World, Unite!!
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:06:44 PM EDT
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If you are adding sugar to cold tea, all you are making is sweetened tea, not sweet tea.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 4:06:57 PM EDT
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Whoaaa sugar makes it sweeter? No way!
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