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Recipe courtesy of Alton Brown

Sweet Tea

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 8 to 10 servings
  • Nutritional Analysis
    Per Serving
    Serving Size
    1 of 8 servings
    Calories
    484
    Total Fat
    0
    Saturated Fat
    0
    Carbohydrates
    125
    Dietary Fiber
    0
    Sugar
    125
    Protein
    0
    Cholesterol
    0
    Sodium
    14
  • Total: 25 min
  • Prep: 10 min
  • Inactive: 10 min
  • Cook: 5 min
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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

  1. Infuse loose tea into hot water for 4 to 5 minutes. Strain tea into room temperature water. Sweeten with simple syrup if desired.
  2. 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.
Show: Good Eats
Episode: True Brew 2: Mr. Tea

Categories:

American Southern Recipes Tea Recipes Sugar Fruit Lemon Recipes for a Crowd Gluten Free Low-Fat Low Sodium

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tahava

I swear some people could screw up a free lunch. I'm a "yankee" and there is nothing about that recipe that is hard to understand, either in regards to the thousands of ingredients or three days it takes to make the tea (please understand that was dripping with sarcasm!)<br /><br />To read the complaints about the number of ingredients and steps (add tea to water, steep, strain) to people seriously not grasping that yes, 1+ quart of simple syrup is "too sweet" for 2 quarts of tea. how do you look at that and even come the conclusion to dump the whole lot in the tea? <br /><br />while I whole-heartedly understand we all have differing kitchen skill levels - common sense is common sense (1.5qts of sugar syrup is too sweet for 2 qts of tea. really...??).<br /><br />I'm sorry I feel the need to defend a recipe for sweet tea ;)

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