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South Carolina Sweet Tea
SUBMITTED BY:
Deanna Ross
PHOTO BY:
Janine
"Remember, this is the south where simplicity is the secret to most recipes. Follow this to the 'T' and you will have sweet tea, Sand Lapper (South Carolina) style."
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PREP TIME
1 Minute
COOK TIME
10 Min
READY IN
11 Min
Original recipe yield 1 gallon
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3 family size tea bags
2 cups white sugar
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DIRECTIONS
Using an electric coffee maker, Place the 3 tea bags in the strainer basket (not in the pot). Brew the tea as you would coffee. Pour the sugar in a gallon pitcher. Pour in the hot tea. Continue to run coffee maker with the tea bags until you have enough tea to fill the pitcher. Allow to cool completely at room temperature, then refrigerate.
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Reviewed on Dec. 7, 2003 by JUSTVEE28
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Dec. 7, 2003
the best way to make tea.............
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Reviewed on Dec. 7, 2003 by PRESTO
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Dec. 7, 2003
This recipe is as close as I have come to the sweet tea I love in certain restaurants. I make it often!!
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This recipe is as close as I have come to the sweet tea I love in certain restaurants. I make...
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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by MONICA213
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MONICA213
Jan. 25, 2004
Wow I didn't realize making great iced tea could be this easy! Now I can make it often. I will probably cut down on the sugar though, although it did taste wonderfully sweet! Thanks Deanna.
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Wow I didn't realize making great iced tea could be this easy! Now I can make it often. I will...
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Reviewed on Dec. 7, 2003 by CLAUDIA4
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Dec. 7, 2003
I love this!! Tastes just like the restaurant ones and I will make it this way from now on! Thanks, Deanna!!!
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I love this!! Tastes just like the restaurant ones and I will make it this way from now on!...
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Reviewed on Dec. 7, 2003 by MICHELLERAE
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MICHELLERAE
Dec. 7, 2003
I have been looking for a sweet tea recipe that resembles the tea that is served in kentucky. This is as close as I've come. I liked this tea! Good Job!
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Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2007 by Cristiesc
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Dec. 12, 2007
I was born and raised in SC, and if I made tea like this my mother would have tanned my hide. There are a few things wrong with this - One not people use an electric coffee make for tea only....if you use your coffee make for coffee too, it is going to leave a funny taste in your tea. Also You never specified what kind of tea to buy...that is important, I'vew had people come up and ask me all the time. I make teas the following way: 7 regular sized Orange Pekoe Tea Bags (orange peko is the type of tea leaf, its generally what is used in Lipton and your other brands...but double check. It doesn't taste like oranges either. 1 1/2 Cups of Sugar for a 1 gallon pitcher. Put tea bags in small pot and put on stove with about 3 cups of water...give or take. You want the tea bags covered, so the bigger the pot, the more water you have to use. Bring tea to a boil and let it roll for 2-3 minutes. Turn tea off. let tea sit in pot for 10-15 minutes. While this is happeneing, fill you pitcher up half way with WARM water. Hot is good too, but it takes longer to cool off. Put sugar in warm water in stir vigourously. The secert to sweet tea is adding your sugar to warm liquid to melt the sugar so it doesn't all all to the bottom. Next, add your tea, then, you can either fill the pitcher the rest of the way up with water and refridgerate or...put ice in it to fill it up and drink. But remember...if you drink it before the ice melts, it might be a little sweet.
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Reviewed on Jun. 14, 2007 by
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Jun. 14, 2007
I have been making sweet tea on the stovetop for years, and then came across this recipe. I tried it, and love it! I put the sugar in the pitcher right before I add the first batch of hot tea to it so that way the sugar disolves completely. I also use regular tea bags because that is all they sell in bulk at the wholesale club - so I use 10 regular size tea bags, which equals to 3 family size tea bags.
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Reviewed on Sep. 24, 2005 by TMGREAD
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TMGREAD
Sep. 24, 2005
I have been trying to make sweet tea that tastes like my Granny's did for years without success, until now. I use all the sugar for myself, but cut it down for my northern friends. I am going to buy a coffee maker to dedicate to tea, because even though I thought I had cleaned the coffee maker well, I still had a faint coffee background flavor in the first batch. Thanks Deanna. I make a couple of gallons a week.
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Reviewed on Apr. 11, 2005 by
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THE5BEERS
Apr. 11, 2005
We reduced the sugar to 1 cup, it was very good. Very easy to make. Thanks!
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We reduced the sugar to 1 cup, it was very good. Very easy to make. Thanks!
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Reviewed on Nov. 15, 2004 by
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Lisa
Nov. 15, 2004
Wow! What a great recipe. It was so easy! I wanted a recipe that tastes like my GrandMother's, except not quite as sweet. I only used 1 cup of sugar and it was perfect! I'll add the 2 cups when my GrandMother visits. Thanks!
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Wow! What a great recipe. It was so easy! I wanted a recipe that tastes like my GrandMother's,...
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