Servings: 4
Calories: 90kcal
Equipment
- Medium-sized saucepan
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Lemon slices & fresh mint sprigs for serving adjust to your taste
- 3 regular-size or 2 family-size Luzianne tea bags
- 1 pinch of baking soda
- 1 quart of filtered water
Instructions
- In a medium-sized saucepan, bring the quart of filtered water to a boil.
- Once the water is boiling, remove it from heat and add the tea bags. Let the tea bags steep in the hot water for about 5-7 minutes.
- After steeping, carefully remove the tea bags from the hot water.
- While the tea is still hot, stir in the 1/2 cup of sugar until it dissolves. Add a pinch of baking soda to reduce bitterness. Stir until well combined.
- Allow the sweet tea to cool to room temperature. You can speed up the process by placing the saucepan in the refrigerator.
- Once the sweet tea has cooled, pour it over ice and garnish with lemon slices and fresh mint sprigs according to your taste preferences.
- Stir the sweet tea before serving and enjoy your homemade sweet tea!
Notes
- For a stronger tea flavor, steep the tea bags for 7 minutes instead of 5.
- If desired, sweeten the tea with honey or agave nectar instead of sugar.
- For a stronger lemon flavor, add more lemon juice to the tea.
- To make a larger batch of tea, simply double the ingredients and adjust the amount of sugar and lemon juice to taste.
- If you don't have fresh lemon juice, you can use bottled lemon juice.
- If desired, add a few slices of fresh lemon to the tea for garnish.
Nutrition
Calories: 90kcal
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