Southern Sweet Tea

By SewingDragonfly

From justapinch.com

One of the reviewers suggested using one peach tea bag and one regular tea bag but the recipe author noted that the tea had a "funny taste".

Another reviewer posted...I make sweet tea but a much larger amount, using 4 bags decaf tea, 4 bags mango and peach, 1 1/2 cups sugar, heat do not boil, let set covered overnight. Remove tea bags and pour in 2 qt. pitcher.

Ingredients

• 3 c water
• 2 family sized tea bags (roughly 8 regular tea bags)
• 1/2 - 1 c sugar
• 7 c cold water

Preparation

Step 1

1. Bring 3 cups water to boil in a saucepan: add tea bags, boil 1 minute: remove from heat. Cover and let steep for 10 minutes.

2. Remove and discard tea bags. Add desired amount of sugar,stirring until dissolved. pour into 1 gallon container and add 7 cups of cold water. Serve over ice.

3. for Peach Iced tea, use recipe above using 1/2 cup sugar. Stir together 1 1/2 quarts of tea, 1 (46 oz.) bottle of peach nectar and 2 Tablespoons of lemon juice. Serve over ice