Sweet Tea?!
Sweet Tea?
I have a co-worker who's birthday is this coming Monday. She is from the south, from Mississippi to be exact. Now I want to get her something and I know that she loves sweet tea. I'm not sure what that is or even if they sell that over here in the midwest. I live in Chicago and not sure if it is sold out here. So what is sweet tea and where can I find it out here in Chicago. She is always talken about how down south they got sweet tea and blah, blah,blah, blah,blah, blah........So please help!..Thank you!
Answers:
I am from the south. AND I LOVE sweet tea. Boil some Lipton tea in a pot. How much water u use depends on how large a serving u will have. After boil let it sit for 45 minutes to an hour. Pour in Container. Add Sugar(sweeten to taste) then add the same amount of water as u have tea. Add ice and drink away. It Is SO DELICIOUS. MMMMM.....Tea
sweet tea is pre-sweetened tea that is very popular in the South. It is very sweet. It is pre-sweetened by adding the sugar in with the boiling water so it dissolves into the mix. Southerns will tell you this is the right way because added sugar to iced tea won't dissolve and will just fall to the bottom of the glass.
Don't know if anyone sells a pre-made sweet tea as Southerners like it but any sweetened pre-made tea will use a similar process. It just might not be as sweet as they seem to like it.
2 quart pitcher
3 family size tea bag (Lipton or Luzianne)
cover and let steep 2-3 minutes
remove tea bags and pour liquid in pitcher
2/3 cups sugar while hot to dissolve
Dissolve sugar, then refrigerate covered.
Add ice when serving.
If you go to Target or Wal-Mart they have Iced tea makers. You just put in 5 Lipton tea Bags and 3/4 cup of sugar and it does it all for you. It's so YUMMY!!!!!
I respect your question and your desire to want to make your wayward Southern friend happy...but I am perplexed that sweet tea is such a mystery to people from outside the South.
We have a distinct culture here, but I never knew that Sweet tea was such a regional thing. (excuse me, "thang")