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Whats the best way to make sweet tea? I am from the south, going to school up north and have a massive craving right now so please dont give me a way to make bull shit "sweetened iced tea". Im talking about good ol down home sweet tea.

>> No.4421477

>>4421453
>one cup sugar
>one cup water
>bring to a boil
>pour over a quart of ice
>steep 3 family-sized Luzianne tea bags on low heat until dark amber
>add to pitcher with a pinch of baking soda
>top off with water (if needed) to create a total of 2 quarts (3 if you want it less sweet)

>> No.4421484
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4421484

>>4421453
>I am from the south

>be from place
>don't know how to make incredibly simple 2- or 3-ingredient recipe from this place
>being this stupid
>year of our lord 2000 + 13

>> No.4421543

>>4421477
Thanks. Gonna give it a try hopefully comes out how i want.

>>4421484
I know how its supposed to be made. I just never get it how i know its supposed to taste. jesus christ lay the fuck off.

>> No.4421551

I do it like this:

tea, bagged, black, enough to weigh 10-12g (Luzianne and Lipton, for example, both weigh 2.2g per bag, so five of those; I like it stronger, so I'd use about 25g/eleven bags)
ice cubes, 4½ cups
water, 3 cups
sugar, 3 cups

Place tea in a half gallon pitcher.
Top with ice.
Boil sugar and water together.
Pour mixture over ice/tea.
Let sit, stirring occasionally, until ice is melted completely.
Remove tea.
Serve, pouring brewed tea over ice.
Makes just under a half gallon (7 cups/6 servings).

If desired, you can brew it with fresh mint and/or lemon slices or serve it poured over muddled mint topped with ice with slices of lemon floating about in there.

>> No.4421610

>>4421551
If you use anything except Luzianne for iced tea, you're a yankee.

>> No.4422344

>using bagged tea

lol

>> No.4422355

>boil water
>remove from heat
>place gallon tea bag in water
>wait 5 mins
>pour tea into pitcher
>ad water until full
>wring out and remove tea bag
>add sugar to taste

>> No.4422378

>>4421543
It's tea that has been sweetened. There is no set way it's supposed to taste other than tea that has been sweetened. I personally bring a gallon of water to a boil, pull it off the heat immediately, add the tea, and steep it until it gets as dark as I like it. I usually add my sugar when the tea is still warm enough for it to dissolve easily but before it finishes steeping. If I let it steep too long and the tea is over-extracted, I will add a little bit of vanilla.

There is also the traditional Southern restaurant method, wherein you add sugar to the hot tea and don't stop until it stops dissolving and starts getting sugar sludge at the bottom of the pitcher.

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4422381

>Fill Tea Jug with water
>Place tea bags in water, more or less depending on how strong you like your tea
>Screw lid on tight (We have ants)
>Set outside in the sun on a warm/hot day for the whole day, bring it in that evening.
>Wash ants off
>Remove tea bags and mix in sugar to taste while it's still warm.
>Serve in fuckhuge glass of ice

Sun Tea > All Tea

>> No.4422388

* FREEZE WATER
* PUNCH TEA LEAVES AGAINST BLOCK OF FROZEN WATER SUBSTANCE
* POUR SUGAR OVER WOUND

prove me wrong op, prove me wrong

>> No.4422420

georgian here -

>fill regular sized pot up with water, throw in 2 tea bags
>bring to a boil on stovetop, let boil for like 10 minutes
>put 1.5 cups of sugar in tea jug
>pour pot of tea in jug, fill rest of the way with water while stirring
>stick in fridge, drink it when it gets cold
>

>> No.4422433

Aspartame, for all you hippy motherfuckers

>> No.4422439

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSkT77010fE

>> No.4422455
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4422455

>>4422420
>boiling tea bags

Nigga, do you even South? TNfag here - boil a pot of water on the stove, take it off, AS SOON as it stops boiling put, like, eight or ten teabags in it, let it sit a long time. Pour into a gallon pitcher, put in a ton of ice, fill it the rest of the way with water, add as much sugar as you want.

>>4422433
I don't think hippies would go for the cancerous chemical stuff. I imagine they'd spring for raw local honey or stevia or something first...

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>>4422439
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSkT77010fE

>> No.4422475

>>4422439
>>4422466
mfw other people watch his videos


i don't know why i'm still subscribed but by being the most boring person alive he has become the most interesting

>> No.4422483

>>4422344

You would be correct if we were talking about plain tea. But OP just wants a big ass jar of tea to dump a fuck ton of sugar into.

>> No.4422489

Brew tea, cool tea, pour sugar syrup in, stir, throw in some ice, shut up.

>> No.4422492

If you're going to be a faggot and use bagged tea, at least support our economy whilst doing so.

http://www.charlestonteaplantation.com/Catalog/Category/103/105/Pyramid+Teas.aspx

>> No.4424523

>>4422492
Luzianne is American (read: Southern) tea, and the only correct brand to use in sweet tea. Lipton is International and the shit you linked to is low-country.

Please GTFO.

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4424570

>>4424523
>Only use Luzianne

Even though Lipton is international, it's the most used tea for sweet tea in establishments and around the house here.

Honestly, if you said "I love Luzianne sweet tea!" most people would look at you like you have some problems.

>> No.4424587

why not just drink a good tea in the first place?

also, enjoy your diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disorder

>> No.4424594

>>4424587
So much drama.

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>>4424587
>why not just drink a good tea in the first place?
Because this is good tea. You god damned yankee.

>> No.4424617

>>4424607
*silent proud tears*

THE WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION WON'T KEEP US DOWN!!!
THE SOUTH SHALL RISE AGAIN!!!

>> No.4424624

>>4424617
Georgia's still flammable

>> No.4424630

Uncultured swine.

I wish your ancestors were all hung for treason so we couldve replaced southern culture with actual culture.

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4424640

>Sugar in tea

>> No.4425428

Luzianne is shit.
Get Community Tea. Grown in Louisianna, only available in limited quantities.

Here in Texas, sweet tea is a way of life, right alongside Dr. Pepper. To make it properly, brew tea to desired strength, then add sugar until it reaches saturation, and no more will dissolve into the liquid.

Enjoy on a hot afternoon by serving in a fuckhuge glass of ice while you kick back and watch the mexicans mow your lawn.

>> No.4425441

>>4424523
Yes, but the tea itself is grown elsewhere. Charleston tea plantation is American grown. I think that's what the poster was getting at.
That said, I've never used Charleston tea. Luzianne or Lipton or gtfo.

>> No.4425442

>>4421610
Lived in the south my entire life and all I use is Lipton iced tea
Luzianne tastes like sweaty porch monkey butthole

>> No.4425448

>>4422420
>boiling the tea bags
u fukken wot