Low Sugar Or Sugar Free Southern Sweet Tea Recipes

SOUTHERN SWEET TEA (SUGAR FREE)

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat water to boiling. Add tea bags and steep for 8 minutes. Remove tea bags, and whlie water is sitll hot, add sugar and whisk to dissolve. This is optional, but you can add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to remove the bitter taste of the tea.
• Allow tea to cool the transfer to a pitcher and refrigerate.
• Serve over ice along with lemon wedges.

LOW SUGAR (OR SUGAR FREE) SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Boil 4 cups hot water. Place tea bags in heat-proof glass container. Pour boiling water over tea bags and steep 15-20 minutes. Remove tea bags. Stir in sugar until completely disolved.
• Add 4 cups ice water to tea, then stir in Stevia packets. Refrigerate overnight. (The stevia after-taste is too strong on the first day) Serve over ice, and use within 4 days (the tea will start to get a bitter taste after a few days).
• NOTE: This makes a strong tea. I like to pour mine over a glass of ice and let it sit for a while before I drink it, so I make it strong enough that it taste right when watered down by melted ice.

SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil over high heat in 2-quart saucepan.
• Remove from heat; add tea bags and brew 15 minutes, dunking tea bags several times.
• Remove tea bags and squeeze.
• Stir in sugar and baking soda until completely dissolved.
• Stir in remaining 12 cups water.

SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Take a medium sized pan and add your 6 cups of water and let it boil. While boiling add 1 dash of cinnamon. Once water come to boil, tie the 3 tea bags together and add to 1 gallon pitcher. Inside your pitcher should have the 3 tea bags and 2 cups of sugar.Pour the water into the gallon pitcher. Allow the tea to sit for 20 minutes. Then stir really good. Leave the tea bags in the pitcher but don't leave them in no longer than 8 hours.
• Enjoy!

DELICIOUS QUICK & EASY SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Place family size tea bag in a microwave safe container filled with water & microwave until it boils (approx. 4min for 4cups).
• While that is going, in a gallon size pitcher, pour about 1 1/2 - 2 inches of sugar in the bottom. I usually eye it and it comes out perfect.
• The microwave should be finishing up. Pour hot tea water into the pitcher over the sugar. The hot water dissolves the sugar granuals. Stir until completely dissolved. (If you have time, let sit in microwave for a while and steep even more. If you don't have time, that's cool too.).
• Fill the rest with cold water & refrigerate.
• Serve over ice. Enjoy!
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• I, personally, don't put lemon in it because I find that lemon cuts the sugar & you have to use a whole lot more sugar for it to be southern "sweet".

A SECRET INGREDIENT TO SOUTHERN STYLE "SWEET TEA"

Steps:

• On your stove top bring water to boil, with the tea bags.
• Once it reaches a boil, remove from heat & let stand to brew for a few minutes.
• Remove bags.
• Add sugar, (add gradually, taste until you have it the way you like it).
• Return to heat until sugar is completely dissolved (just a minute or so).
• Add ice, put into container, pour, (or put into container, then add ice, then poor lol).
• Enjoy!

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Hold tea bags lined up evenly by the strings and make a loop knot to hold them together. Pull off paper and staple (from paper side). Set aside.
• In a one gallon pitcher, add very hot water. Stir in the sugar till dissolved.
• Add tea bags and dunk into water a few times, then leave them in the pitcher. Cover with lid of pitcher and refrigerate.
• Wait until it is very cold (at least 3-4 hours). The flavor changes until it reaches the 'cold' state.
• Drink and enjoy. (I leave the bags set in the pitcher, but recommend taking them out after about 8 hours--- IF it lasts that long! We make 2 pitchers at a time down here in the south. :).