Absolutely The Best Southern Sweet Tea

Total Time: 4 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 6 lipton tea bags (regular size)
• 1 gallon water, very hot from tap (or you can boil it first)
• 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 hold tea bags lined up evenly by the strings and make a loop knot to hold them together. pull off paper and staple (from paper side). set aside.
• 2 in a one gallon pitcher, add very hot water. stir in the sugar till dissolved.
• 3 add tea bags and dunk into water a few times, then leave them in the pitcher. cover with lid of pitcher and refrigerate.
• 4 wait until it is very cold (at least 3-4 hours). the flavor changes until it reaches the 'cold' state.
• 5 drink and enjoy. (i leave the bags set in the pitcher, but recommend taking them out after about 8 hours--- if it lasts that long! we make 2 pitchers at a time down here in the south. :).