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Large glass pitcher of sweet tea

The BEST Luzianne Southern Sweet Tea

Jessie Thompson
Sweet tea is a staple in many Southern homes. Sweet, cool, satisfying and NO BITTER after taste. That is what REALLY GOOD Southern sweet tea tastes like. This recipe has a few tips and tricks to ensure that your tea turns out great EVERY TIME!
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Cook Time 2 minutes
Tea bags steeping 5 minutes
Total Time 7 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • large pitcher
  • Pot & lid (for boiling the tea)

Ingredients
  

  • 3 Family size tea bags I use decaffeinated
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions
 

  • Fill pot 3/4 full of clean water and bring to a boil.When the water is boiling, place the 3 family size tea bags inside.Remove pot of boiling water from the heat, leave tea bags in it, and put a lid on it.
  • Let the tea bags sit in the water for 5 minutes.
  • Pour 1 1/2 cups of sugar into tea pitcher.Put 1 teaspoon of baking powder into tea pitcher.
  • Pour hot tea water into the pitcher. (Be sure to not let the tea bags go into the pitcher)Stir to make sure that the hot tea has dissolved the sugar and baking powder.
  • Fill the pitcher completely with clean water.
  • Place in the fridge. (Do not let tea sit out on counter.)
Keyword Beverages, tea