Southern Style Sweet Tea

Name: Southern Style Sweet Tea
Prep time: 10 min
Ingredients: 4 Luzianne® Family Size Iced Tea bags; 1 gallon (16 cups) of cold spring water or filtered water, divided into 2 (8-cup) portions; 1 cup granulated sugar, or to taste; Lemon wheels, orange wedges, or mint sprigs or leaves for garnish, optional

Prep Time:

10 minutes

Brew Time:

5 minutes

Yield:

1 gallon

Every Southern family has a sweet tea recipe, and this one is ours. It’s as Southern as a biscuit, great with any dish from apple pie to baked ziti, and should always be available in the fridge.

Luzianne_® Iced Tea

There’s nothing as refreshing and invigorating as a glass of home-brewed Luzianne_® Iced Tea. Steeped in over a century of tradition, our Iced Tea is a smooth blend of orange pekoe and pekoe cut black teas, carefully selected and specially blended for iced tea.

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Ingredients

4 Luzianne_® Family Size Iced Tea bags
1 gallon (16 cups) of cold spring water or filtered water, divided into 2 (8-cup) portions
1 cup granulated sugar, or to taste
Lemon wheels, orange wedges, or mint sprigs or leaves for garnish, optional

Directions

In a pot, bring 8 cups of water to a boil; remove from heat
Add tea bags and allow to steep for 3-5 minutes depending on the strength of tea you prefer.
Remove tea bags and stir sugar into warm tea; continue to stir until completely dissolved.
Pour concentrated tea into pitcher and mix in remaining 8 cups water.
Allow to cool to room temperature.
Pour into glasses packed with ice cubes, garnish and serve.
For best flavor, refrigerate and use within 48 hours.