How do you make home made sweet tea?

Answer 1

Bring one gallon of water to a rolling boil. Remove from heat and add four 1 qt. "family" size tea bags and let it steep in the pot of water for about 5 - 7 minutes, depending on how strong you like your tea. Remove the tea bags and stir 1 to 1.5 cups of sugar into it until dissolved. Pour the tea into a pitcher filled with ice. Refrigerate.

Answer 2

For 2 quarts of sweet tea
boil 2 cups of water in the microwave
pour boiling water over 2 family size tea bags and at least 1 cup of white sugar in a 2 quart pitcher
steep for at least 5 minutes
add cold water to fill to 2 quart mark on pitcher
Remove tea bags and stir.

Answer 3

We make ours by boiling water (enough to fill a jug), add in about a dozen regular size tea bags and dissolve sugar. I put a LOT personally. My fam is from the south and we like our sweet tea SWEET. LMAO. Pretty much do it as you would a cup of hot tea, but in a larger quantity. Afterward just refrigerate.

Answer 4

Oh soo goooodd! Dont like it sweet- just leave out the sugar- or splenda.

3 family-size tea bags
2 cups water
1 cup sugar, I use Splenda

Put water and tea bags in a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and cover. Let steep for 10 minutes.
Strain or carefully press water from tea bags.
Put hot tea solution into a gallon pitcher and add sweetener, stirring to dissolve.
Add water to pitcher to fill.
Cool in refrigerator and serve with ice.

Answer 5

Boil 2 Lipton tea bags in a pot of water. Fill our jug, (usually a gallon) with water. When tea's done boiling, add it to jug. Then add 2.5 cups of sugar, and about 3 drops of lemon extract. Stir and you have sweet tea.

Answer 6

I use 5 or 6 teabags (with a coffee filter) and brew the tea using a coffee machine. Brew just one pot full, pour it in a gallon pitcher. Add about a cup and half of sugar (for sweet, sweet tea) or less to taste. Stir it up. Then add cold water to the pitcher to make it about 3/4 full. Stir again. Voila! Sweet tea!

You can also boil your tea on the stove... just be sure not to boil it on high or your teabags will break... disgusting.

Answer 7

my favorite sweet tea is sun tea. I use Tetley tea bags, 7 of them to a gallon glass tea pitcher...fill that up with water and the tea bags, set it out in the sun for 3-5 hours. then bring it inside and stir in about 2 cups of sugar. Put it in the fridge and your all set!

Answer 8

i use the natural heat of the sun.
pour water in a jar.. put 2-3 bag of tea then cover the lid. place in a hot sunny area for 4-5 hrs. add lemon, sugar and ice before serving.

Answer 9

Tea and sugar (or honey).

Boil water, add to tea bags, stir in sugar.

Answer 10

It depends on how sweet you want it.All i do is run warm water into a glass jug and set it outside in the sunlight for about an hour then bring it inside ,my husband likes it realy sweet,i would say about 4 cups of sugar for a gallon.take the teabags out,stir it and refrigerate.