# Southern Sweet Iced Tea

A refreshing sweet iced tea that can be easily made at home, allowing control over the sweetness.

- Total time: 18 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 5 Luzianne Tea bags or Lipton Tea bags
- 1.75 cups sugar
- 8.5 cups water
- 0.25 tsp baking soda
- 1 lemon

## Instructions

1. Measure out 1 3/4 cups of sugar.
2. Boil 8 cups of water.
3. Add the sugar to the boiled water to create a simple syrup.
4. Add the tea bags to the simple syrup.
5. Allow the tea bags to steep for at least 8 to 10 minutes.
6. Add a dash of baking soda to the tea for a smooth taste.
7. Squeeze all the juice out of the tea bags and remove them.
8. Add sliced lemon to a pitcher.
9. Once the tea is cooled, pour it into the pitcher with the lemons.
10. Cover the pitcher and store the sweet tea.
11. Fill a glass with ice.
12. Pour the sweet tea into the glass with ice.

## Equipment

- heart-shaped measuring cup
- black measuring cup
- bowl
- tea pitcher
- glass

## Tips

- Add a dash of baking soda for a smooth taste on your tea.
- Making your own sweet tea at home allows you to control what goes inside it, like the sweetness and bitterness levels.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-10-27

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