However, on Pinterest, I spotted a delicous looking mason jar filled to the brim with ice cold sweet tea. I was drooling on the spot.
This weekend, with the fridge bare, I decided to make the Pinterest tea in hopes that it would satisfy my craving.
I gathered my ingredients, and set out to brew the perfect batch of sweet tea.
You'll need:
6-8 Family Size Tea Bags (I used 7)
1 1/2 Cups of Sugar
1/4 tsp of baking soda (they say this is the magic ingredient).
Put 4 cups of water on the stove to boil.
Sprinkle 1/4 tsp of baking soda in the bottom of your tea pitcher.
Place tea bags in pitcher and finagle a way to keep all the strings up out of the tea for easy removal.
Once the water is boiling, pour over your tea bags.
Cover and let steep for 15 minutes.
Remove tea bags.
Pour in sugar and stir until desolved.
I put my tea bags in my measuring cup and fill cold water on top of the tea bags.
I continue doing this until the tea bags run clear, making sure all the flavor is in my tea.
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So, just add the ice. You'll thank me once you take a sip of this ice cold, perfect sweet tea!
{{I wish I had a nice picture of the tea in a mason jar, with a cute red swirled paper straw sticking out with maybe a vase full of daisys beside me, while sitting on the deck reading a book and soaking up the sun...but...that's not real life folks. I also tried to get my camera out, but something is going on with the kitchen light in the apartment, and it goes out at random. Like when I'm trying to take pictures of my sweet tea making process. So, this lovely iphone picture will have to do.}}
Hope this tea makes your Monday a tad bit sweeter!
LOL! I love your disclaimer in the bottom of your post.. like "I wish I was looking all relaxed, reading a magazine, with my perfectly painted toes, soaking up the sun while my perfect sweet tea brews.." Thanks for keeping it real, friend! And THANK YOU for linking up!!
ReplyDeleteAnn, You are too much! And, you have no idea how to relax. ha You are so busy even in your sleep. You get that from Margaret #1 I might add. No me! :) Keep up the good work/play honey. xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteI love sweet tea too. I had never tried it until we moved to Florida four years ago. I used to make it all the time. But now that we've adopted a more healthy lifestyle I only order when we are out on occasion. I may to break my rule and try this version!
ReplyDeleteI love me some sweet tea! I can still remember how many scoops of sugar needed to make sweet tea in my momma's tea pitcher...a lot!!! Thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteaww I just posted this recipe last week! It's so good and such a great way to make it!
ReplyDeleteYum! As a life-long resident of the south, you know I LOVE sweet tea. :)
ReplyDeleteI need to try this..or.....how about the next time I'm in town you just have some waiting on me and we'll sit on the porch and sip together :)
ReplyDeleteDid this make a gallon or 2 gallons? Your pitcher looks huge! You know I am a fellow sweet tea lover but I only use one family size lipton bag to a half gallon and since my rear has started the 30+ spread we went to splenda...I may have to break my splenda rule and try this out. YUMMY
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