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Sweet Tea

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Sweet Tea

The South's unofficial drink — perfectly brewed sweet iced tea. Stirring the sugar into the tea while it's still hot from steeping is what dissolves it completely, since sugar added to cold tea just sinks to the bottom instead of sweetening evenly.

Total time
10 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
0 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
American
vegetarianvegan

Ingredients

8black tea bags
4 cupsboiling water
1 cupcaster sugar
4 cupscold water
lemon slices and fresh mintto serve
icelots

Instructions

1

Steep tea bags in boiling water for 5 minutes.

2

Remove bags. Stir in sugar until dissolved.

3

Add cold water.

4

Refrigerate until cold.

5

Serve over ice with lemon and mint.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
195
Protein
0g
Fat
0g
Carbs
50.3g
Fiber
0g
Sodium
1mg

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