Southern Style Sweet Tea
6 individual sized bags of Community Tea
3 quarts of water
1 cup sugar
Bring water to a rolling boil. Turn off heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Put in tea bags and let steep for 7 minutes. Remove tea bags. Add sugar and stir.
Version 2
2009-07-05
I think this one is much better.
1 quart water
5 individual sized bags of community Tea
1/2 cup sugar
(same directions as above)
3 quarts of water
1 cup sugar
Bring water to a rolling boil. Turn off heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Put in tea bags and let steep for 7 minutes. Remove tea bags. Add sugar and stir.
Version 2
2009-07-05
I think this one is much better.
1 quart water
5 individual sized bags of community Tea
1/2 cup sugar
(same directions as above)
Labels: cooking
posted by jigawatt at 2:27:00 PM
1 Comments:
I kid you not: my family's recipe for sweet tea calls for 2 1/2 cups of sugar for one gallon of tea.
I've read that when steeping tea it's important to have the water temperature as close to boiling as possible without actually boiling. If you let it boil, they say it brings out the bitter tannins. But if it's too far below boiling, it doesn't extract all of the flavor.
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