Southern Sweet Tea

Name: Southern Sweet Tea
Prep time: 80 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: plain black tea leaves 8 g; water 1000 ml; granulated sugar 60 g; ice cubes 200 g

Quick answer

Total time: 90 min
Level: Easy
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4

About this dish

No milk, no condensed milk.

Eight grams of black tea steep for four to five minutes in just-boiled water, the leaves are strained out, sugar is dissolved while the tea is warm, and cold water goes in before it chills in the fridge. Boiling the leaves for a darker color only makes it astringent. Loose tea is weighed rather than counted in bags because bags hold different amounts.

Ingredients

servings

IngredientAmount

plain black tea leaves

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Instructions

4 steps

1

Bring 500 ml water to a boil and remove from heat.

Keep the remaining 500 ml water cold.
2

Steep the tea in the hot water for 4 to 5 minutes.

Strain out all leaves through a fine sieve into a heatproof jug.
3

Stir sugar into the warm tea until no grains remain, then mix in the reserved 500 ml cold water.
4

Let steam subside for about 15 minutes, then cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour until cold.

Divide the ice among four glasses and pour in the tea.