How to make Southern Sweet Tea | Y'all Sweet Tea

granulated sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides natural sweetness with added flavor.

black tea bags

🥗Healthier: green tea bags

💰Cheaper: bulk loose leaf tea

Green tea offers health benefits and a lighter flavor.

Get a half gallon pitcher and measure out 4 cups of water.

Pour the 4 cups of water into a large pot.

Heat the water until it is just below boiling, referred to as an 'almost boil'.

In a separate gallon pitcher, add 4 cups of ice.

Once the water is heated, remove it from the heat and let it cool slightly.

Open the bag of Y'all Sweet Tea and take out one tea bag.

Place the tea bag in the pot with the hot water and cover it with a lid.

Set a kitchen timer for 9 minutes to steep the tea.

While the tea is steeping, measure out 1 and 3/4 cups of sugar and set it aside.

After 9 minutes, remove the tea bag from the pot using tongs and gently squeeze it to extract the tea oil.

Pour the hot tea directly over the ice in the gallon pitcher.

Add 8 cups of water to the pitcher with the tea and ice.

Pour the measured sugar into the pitcher and stir to dissolve.

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