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Reviewed: Jul. 7, 2009
Just too sweet for my tastes-- I used 1 cup of sugar but it was still too sweet!!
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Reviewed: Jul. 6, 2009
Exactly what I was looking for in a sweet tea.
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Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2009
The whole family loved it! Didn't think it was too sweet. Just skipped boiling the second time to avoid cracking the glass, after reading other reviews, and it turned out great! Will definately make again and again!
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Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2009
This tea is great but I tweaked it a little, I took the 2 cups of sugar put it in a sauce pan and added 2 cups of water to it. Then brought it to a boil, stir until the sugar dissolves, let it cool and you have simple syrup. I store mine in a quart jar, it doesn't have to be refrigerated. Make the awesome tea as directed, chill and when you are ready to serve let everyone add their own simple syrup to their liking with some lemon. You don't have to worry about the sugar being too sweet or not enough. I make lemonade by the glass and use the ss, it works very well. A northern girl born and bred who now lives in Tennessee and loves it. It's a 5 star.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.49 star rating.
Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2009
I use Splenda instead of sugar and also cut it to 1 cup. I also use decaf tea. This is great for the grandkids who think they are special to have "Sweet Tea"
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Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2009
Excellent tea with less sugar. Easier to steep the tea in a tea pot with a lid. Fewer tea bags are needed with this method. Steeping with a lid on makes a stronger tea. The best way to prevent a glass pitcher from breaking when adding the boiling water, is to put a metal knife or other metal utensil in the pitcher first. My mother always did this and the pitcher will not break. Or, you could use a pyrex pitcher.
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Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2009
I like this recipe but I had to make a couple of changes for my crew. I run ten cups of water through the coffee maker drop the tea bags in, shut the coffee maker off and let the tea brew for about an hour and a half. We like the stronger tea flavor. I also cut the sugar down to one and a half cups. Other than that I follow the rest of the directions.
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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009
I used 1/2 cup of Splenda (I haven not used sugar for years) and added lemon juice, about four lemons. My cousin warned me never to order iced tea if I travel south because they serve it unsweetened and without lemon. Weird. I've never met anyone that drinks it without sugar and lemon. ;-)
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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009
As a "southern girl" I love some sweet tea! I gave this a 4 star because it's a little heavy on the sugar. I use about a cup and a quarter of sugar instead and I use lemon and orange slices too, Yum-yum! I am so glad that the rest of the country is now enjoying what we "southerners" have always known is a delight......sweet refreshing tea!
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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009
Very good tea. As for all the complaints about too much sugar, I think that's more just a matter of taste. I was practically raised on VERY sweet tea, and this was just right.
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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009
I am from Texas and you can get the same excellent results by boiling 3 cups of water in the microwave with 4 (Luzianne is the best tea) family size tea bags. Let steep for a few minutes, longer if you like your tea strong. Put 1 - 1 1/2 cups of sugar per gallon of tea in a pitcher (More if you like it really sweet). Remove and squeeze tea bags. Pour hot tea over sugar and stir until dissolved. Add water to fill pitcher. I add cold water from my fridge, not from the tap, as it will make it too frothy. Everyone LOVES this tea.
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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009
Having been born and raised in Alabama I have always considered my mother's sweet tea to be the best in the world. But she does not re-boil her tea, after steeping, and only uses one cup of sugar per half gallon. And her tea is plenty sweet...in more ways than one! She also says that chilling the tea, before it has cooled to room temperature, will make it cloudy. So, I would not want to add the ice to the pitcher. Give it a little while to cool, then pour over ice. Perfect!
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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009
THIS TEA IS WONDERFUL...MY SON LIKES IT SUPER SWEET BUT FOR ME I CUT THE SUGAR TO 1 1/2 CUPS.. I ADDED A SPRIG OF FRESH MINT FROM THE GARDEN AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. ENJOY..... NORTHERNERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE MISSING!!!!
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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009
This is a great recipe honest-to-goodness Southern recipe, but as everyone else said - it's way too much sugar. With half the amount of sugar it still tastes wonderful. I like to use raw cane sugar (turbinado) instead of white sugar; it tastes better and isn't processed as much. If you add lime instead of lemon it tastes almost exactly like "Arizona Iced Tea."
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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009
Personally i like Luzianne(maybe because that is what my Grandmother uses in Mississippi) but i like to add an orange slice, it gives it a little different flavor to mix things up from time to time.
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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2009
I make this tea all the time using the same recipe and I change it just a little I put in some dice peaches and less sugar.
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Reviewed: Jun. 12, 2009
Sweet Tea the way it was meant to be! I noticed some of the other reviewers mentioned that they had trouble when pouring the hot tea into a glass pitcher. To avoid this, there are a few different things one can try. My Mom and Grandma both use ceramic pitchers that they bought in the NC mountains...the glazed clay pitchers don't break as easily as their glass counterparts, and can be ordered online these days (though a trip to the mountains to go pottery shopping is always fun!) Or, if you prefer, you can add the sugar during the boiling process, and then SLOWLY pour the tea over a pitcher full of ice, thus cooling it as it goes in, and eliminate the need for the extra water! Such a fantastic recipe! Thanks!
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Reviewed: Jun. 5, 2009
super sweet and really good
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Reviewed: May 6, 2009
Someone said it was too much sugar for 1/2 gallon of tea. It isn't supposed to be just 1/2 gal when finished. You are supposed to make the tea with 1/2 gallon water and THEN once the tea is done, fill it up the rest of the way---to one gallon--- with water.
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Reviewed: Apr. 24, 2009
I am a pro at making the perfect sweet tea, thanks to my grandmother. She makes hers sweeter than mine and she uses about 2 cups. For the avg sweet tea you need a cup and a half of sugar - any more it's too sweet and any less it just is not sweet enough. Also, I use 4 tea bags and I put them in a pot of water, bring it to a boil and then turn off the eye and let it cool a little. Then I add the brewed tea to ice and sugar in the pitcher. Works perfectly every time.
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