Best Southern Sweet Tea Ever Recipes

Steps:

• Hold tea bags lined up evenly by the strings and make a loop knot to hold them together. Pull off paper and staple (from paper side). Set aside.
• In a one gallon pitcher, add very hot water. Stir in the sugar till dissolved.
• Add tea bags and dunk into water a few times, then leave them in the pitcher. Cover with lid of pitcher and refrigerate.
• Wait until it is very cold (at least 3-4 hours). The flavor changes until it reaches the 'cold' state.
• Drink and enjoy. (I leave the bags set in the pitcher, but recommend taking them out after about 8 hours--- IF it lasts that long! We make 2 pitchers at a time down here in the south. :).

Steps:

• Place the tea bags and 3 cups of water in small pot.
• Bring to a boil.
• Take off heat and let sit for about 30 minutes.
• Mean while, put 1 to 3 cups of sugar and tap water in the gallon container, and mix.
• Pour warm boiled tea water into the container holding back the tea bags with a big plastic spoon. Fill the pot (with the bags still in it) with tap water and pour into container til almost full. Do not break the tea bags.(if so you can still drink it)
• Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Let cool. Chill in the refrigerator and serve over ice. (I try to wait at least an hour before drinking. But it's so good, you won't be ble to. The longer you wait the better it is.)
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Sprinkle a pinch of baking soda into a 64-ounce, heat-proof, glass pitcher. Pour in boiling water, and add tea bags. Cover, and allow to steep for 15 minutes.
• Remove tea bags, and discard; stir in sugar until dissolved. Pour in cool water, then refrigerate until cold.