Sweet Sippin’
I am not an iced tea drinker per se.
If I do drink iced tea, it must have lots of lemon and a little sweetner. The southerners have it all figured out with their infamous {sweet tea}. It’s a little too sweet for me, but I wanted to share a recipe that strikes the perfect balance between lemon and sugar and will have you thinking you’re on a wicker rocking chair under a leafy palm porch fan…
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6 cups boiling water
5 Lemon Zinger Celestial Seasoning tea bags
1/2 cup sugar
Drop tea bags into boiling water that has been removed from the burner. Let steep for 8-12 minutes. Remove tea bags and pour warm tea into a pitcher and add 1/2 cup sugar. Stir until dissolved and fill the rest of the pitcher with ice. Serve with an extra squeeze of lemon and a mint sprig, if desired.
{Another summertime favorite is the Arnold Palmer ~ half iced tea [unsweetened] & half lemonade}
Happy Monday!
July 12, 2011 @ 8:36 pm
Know you must be lovin’ that Southern hospitality! Sip on!
July 14, 2011 @ 4:07 pm
this sounds delicious! i love sweet tea. i would be 500 lbs if i lived in the south. i love unsweetened green tea w/ lemon. my fave.