Southern Sweet Tea

For 1 Gallon of Sweet Tea, you will need:

1) Luzianne Decaf Tea (get the square box with 48 bags; the longer, skinnier box has larger sized tea bags which is not in accordance with this recipe) - 5 tea bags

2) 1 cup of sugar

3) Water

4) 1 Gallon pitcher

(After testing with Lipton, other off brands, and even Luzianne with caffeine, I couldn't find a tea that tasted as good as Luzianne decaf, but this recipe will work for any brand with the same size tea bags)

Fill sauce pan mostly full of water and add  5 tea bags.

I usually tie them together  and then pull off the tags in order to make it easier to remove from pan when done brewing.
Turn burner on high.

Bring water to a boil.  Once tea starts to boil, turn burner off and let tea set for at least 15 minutes.  I usually grab the set of strings and bounce the bags in and out of the water/tea to make sure they all get immersed.

Pour sugar into empty 1 gallon pitcher. You can adjust the amount of sugar to your liking.



Remove tea bags from pan and gently squeeze against side of pitcher.  Be careful not to squeeze too hard so you won't bust the bags.

Quickly pour tea into pitcher.

Add water until pitcher is full and stir.

The tea will be hot once mixed.  It tastes VERY good freshly brewed, but if you prefer cold tea, you can either add ice while adding the water or just place it in the fridge for several hours.



We hope you enjoy this as much as our family and friends do!