Posted: 5/28/2009 1:10:52 PM EDT
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I can't for the life of me find a good sweet tea recipe on the internet, anyone have a good recipe
-TCK 
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Here's a good one.
http://www.oprah.com/recipe/food/recipessides/20090508-tows-sweet-tea They got a lot of great stuff on that site. |
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My grandmother in N.C used to make it in 5 gallon batches.
5 gallon pot on the stove, bring water to a boil Remove from heat and place 20 tea bags in pot (4 bags per gallon) Allow to steep for 30 min or to taste, stirring occasionally Bring back to boil, slowly add 5 pound bag of sugar (1 pound per gallon), stirring constantly Enjoy with pork bbq :) |
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My grandmother in N.C used to make it in 5 gallon batches. 5 gallon pot on the stove, bring water to a boil Remove from heat and place 20 tea bags in pot (4 bags per gallon) Allow to steep for 30 min or to taste, stirring occasionally Bring back to boil, slowly add 5 pound bag of sugar (1 pound per gallon), stirring constantly Enjoy with pork bbq :) I was told that mcdonalds uses 1 cup of sugar for every gallon of tea. That came from someone that works there |
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Add 7 tea bags to a Mason jar.
Fill with water just under boiling (bring to boil, let cool 30 seconds or so) Let sit on counter top until cool enough to move jar without pot holder. Combine 1/2 cup sugar with 1 cup water in saucepan. Apply heat and stir until all sugar is 'melted' into the water. This is called 'simple syrup'. Combine simple syrup, brewed tea (minus tea bags) and cold water/ice cubes in a 1/2 gallon pitcher. Stir. Pour over ice cubes in glass. Enjoy. If you want it sweater, just melt more in the simple syrup to your taste. Add lemon juice to fit your tastes. |
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My grandmother in N.C used to make it in 5 gallon batches. 5 gallon pot on the stove, bring water to a boil Remove from heat and place 20 tea bags in pot (4 bags per gallon) Allow to steep for 30 min or to taste, stirring occasionally Bring back to boil, slowly add 5 pound bag of sugar (1 pound per gallon), stirring constantly Enjoy with pork bbq :) I was told that mcdonalds uses 1 cup of sugar for every gallon of tea. That came from someone that works there McDonalds ratio is spot on. [see my post] Your Grandmother doesn't use enough tea bags.
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NOT LIKE THIS!!! Though there are some good recipies later in the thread. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=879228 |
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My grandmother in N.C used to make it in 5 gallon batches. 5 gallon pot on the stove, bring water to a boil Remove from heat and place 20 tea bags in pot (4 bags per gallon) Allow to steep for 30 min or to taste, stirring occasionally Bring back to boil, slowly add 5 pound bag of sugar (1 pound per gallon), stirring constantly Enjoy with pork bbq :) 1 pound of sugar per gallon???? Holy shit 
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It depends on how you like it and you're going to need to try a bunch of different recipes until you find the one you like.
I dislike watered down tea, so I have a 1 gallon pot I fill up. Throw in 3-4 (3 family sized or 4 individual size) bags, put it on the range at med-high and let it take 20-30 minutes to come to a boil. Once it's boiling, turn off the heat, put in about a 1 1/2 cups of sugar and pour the hot tea on top of it. Stir and refrigerate. In 2 hours it will be drink able, in 4 hours it will be cool and in 8 hours it will be good. It gets sweeter the longer it sits. Putting the bags in before it boils will yield a darker tea. Tea should be brown to black not pee yellow. It should also drink smoother than water, kind of like the way pickle juice chases shine. |