Simply Southern ~ Sweet Tea

This marks the first post in a new section on the blog to host all things southern. 

 Whenever I become homesick I naturally want something that reminds me of home, the other side of that is I have the blessing of sharing my love of all things southern with others .

One of the great things about where we live is that we get to host our summer interns for dinner while they are here serving for three months. Micah and I like to pull out the stops and share some our favorite southern classics like boiled peanuts and bar-b-que. (I guess the south is the only place where bar-b-que means meat slowly smoked to perfection, because here when someone says bar-b-que they usually mean hamburgers and hotdogs.) 

The one thing that the interns and others have loved the most is our sweet tea. We have gone through as much as four gallons of tea in one evening. So many of these young adults have asked for our recipe and we don't really know what to say, so for all of you who want to know how to make our tea 

Here is the recipe: 

Tea bags - some people are very particular when it comes to this ingredient.
Sugar, gallon sized pitcher, spoon and water in a pot. 

Add the sugar to hot water in your pitcher about half full. 

Bring the water to a boil. 

Add your tea bag - this is a gallon size tea bag. 

Turn off the water and let steep. 

For five minutes. 

Discard the tea bag and add the tea to the sugar water in the pitcher. 

Add water until you fill the pitcher. 

Pour over ice and enjoy!

~Sweet Tea~ 

Ingredients: 

Gallon Size Pitcher

1 1/2 Cups Sugar

Tea Bags - 1(if using gallon size tea bags)

             or  4 (if using family size tea bags)

             or  8 (if using regular size tea bags)

1. Add some water to a pot and put in on the stove to boil. 

2. While the water is heating up add your sugar to your pitcher then add hot water and stir until it fills about half of the pitcher. 

3. When the water boils add your tea bags and turn off the water. Let the tea bags steep for five minutes. 

4. Throw away the tea bags and add the tea to the pitcher of sugar water. Stir and place in the refrigerator to cool off or pour over ice and enjoy right away.