lemon sweet tea

Name: Lemon Sweet Tea
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: - water; 8-10 bag(s) plain black tea or a blend such as lipton; 2/3 cup(s) fresh or bottled lemon juice; 2 cup(s) white sugar; - fresh lemon slices (optional); - gallon size jug or pitcher

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Amy H.

Detroit, MI

Updated on Jul 6, 2017

My family is from the South, so we grew up on sweet tea. I love it with lemon on a hot summer day. The kids always beg me to make this tea. This is how I make it!

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cook time 10 Min

method Stove Top

yield 10 +

Ingredients

- water
8-10 bags plain black tea or a blend such as lipton
2/3 cup fresh or bottled lemon juice
2 cups white sugar
- fresh lemon slices (optional)
- gallon size jug or pitcher

How To Make lemon sweet tea

Step 1

Fill a large sauce pan with water and 8-10 tea bags. Bring to a boil.

Step 2

Reduce heat and let tea simmer for a few minutes. Remove from heat. Remove tea bags, set them aside in a glass measuring cup. Let tea cool a bit, but you still want the tea warm enough to dissolve the sugar.
Step 3

Pour sugar and lemon juice in pitcher then pour pan of warm tea into the pitcher and stir until sugar is dissolved.
Step 4

Fill the measuring cup with the tea bags with cold water and strain into picture. Repeat until pitcher or jug is completely full. Stir one more time. Add sliced lemon if desired and chill.
Step 5

Serve in a glass over ice. Yield 1 gallon.
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