Sweet tea?

Easy.  Sun tea.  Put a few bags of tea in a jug of water, and set it outside for the sun to heat the water.  For some reason, it makes better tea.

My mom boils water and adds in about 8 tea bags, let this sit for about an hour with heat off.

Remove tea bags and pout this liquid into a gallon container.

Add sugar and hot tap water to fill.

I think she uses 2.5 cups of sugar per gallon.

davejames0426 said:

My mom boils water and adds in about 8 tea bags, let this sit for about an hour with heat off.

Remove tea bags and pout this liquid into a gallon container.

Add sugar and hot tap water to fill.

I think she uses 2.5 cups of sugar per gallon.

What this guy said. The 1 hour rest allows the flavor of the tea to concentrate. You can also leave the concentrate(after adding sugar) at room temp covered for a week and add a little extra water plus ice to cool it and dilute into the perfect glass.This stuff is the rocket fuel I grew up on in Charleston, SC. Boil about 8 cups of water with the tea bags, that is what I do. Otherwise, you can also boil the whole amount with the tea bags and add the sugar to the pot after the steep. Stir to dissolve and refrigerate. I actually use 12 bags of Red Rose Tea for mine.

calracefan said:

I buy Lipton Southern Sweet Tea at Sam's, one tea bag makes a gallon pre- sweetened with splenda, very good and easy to make.

Your kidding, right? Lipton is Northern tea...

technically, there ain't no tea grown anywhere in the continental USofA. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WorldTeaProductionFAO2008.svg

There's a sweet tea down here in NOLA that is insanely good.  They call it Lebanese Tea.  I've never seen it anywhere else, but it's not hard to make.  You'll need rosewater.

http://www.middlebarla.com/2011/10/monas-lebanese-iced-tea.html

Another variation is to make tea and sweeten with it with jallab syrup.  You can order it from Amazon, or if you have a middle eastern grocery, they might have it.

http://www.amazon.com/Jallab-Syrup-Ziyad-27oz-770g/dp/B000LRKODK

I use THIS. Brew with lipton iced tea bags and regular sugar. My wife is a Texan and I am a Floridian, we both approve. 

I stopped reading after the first ingredient.  Ahhhhh!  Makers Mark is great sippin' whiskey!

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Dammit Hoss!

Know any good nurse jokes? My wife is one too

Mine aren't quite that clean

I was in the hospital for three days.  Then, I took a turn for the nurse.

I just slipped the bar girl a $20 to pour me a triple jonnie walker.

Xmas parties suck.

I prefer grand mariner (sp?) in my tea.

So, lived in Missouri till 6 yrs ago.  Moved to the Atlanta area for wife's job.  Being a fireman in the area, you can immerse yourself in the sweet tea culture.