Ingredients
- 1-ounce loose black tea
- 1 quart hot water
- 1 quart room temperature water
Simple Syrup:
- 5 cups sugar
- 3 cups cold water
Directions
Infuse loose tea into hot water for 4 to 5 minutes. Strain tea into room temperature water. Sweeten with simple syrup if desired.
For simple syrup, in a small non-reactive pot combine 5 cups of sugar and 3 cups of cold water. Slowly bring to a boil and add 6 sliced lemons and a few sprigs of fresh mint. Remove from heat. Allow to cool 10 minutes and strain.
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By lonifielding
on April 08, 2013
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Perfect recipe! I have a lot of tea bags left so I weighed 1oz of them (4 regular bags, and I cut the simple syrup recipe to 1cup water and 2/3cup sugar (I didn't want to store extra because it only takes 2 minutes to make, then added it all to the tea. Perfect! Just enough sweetmake without being overly so. Thank you!
Update-- I just realised I had initially intended on making the simple syrup with 2/3 water and 1cup sugar. I'm glad I mixed them up though. It was perfect the way I fixed it.
By jorainville
on July 13, 2012
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I love sweet tea and was delighted to find this recipe! I especially like making enough simple syrup for several batches, portioning it, and freezing it. It is then a snap to whip up additional batches of sweet tea during the work week. I add lemons & limes and mint from the garden into the syrup and it makes a fabulous tea!
By lorraine.kirsch...
Fort Collins, 44
on December 09, 2009
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I love this tea. It's just what I needed. I was a little confused as to how much syrup to use, but one can only guess.... it's like sweeting your coffee: EVERYONE'S DIFFERENT! Thanks, Alton! You are a genius!
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