What's with the "Sweet" tea cult(ure):

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08-25-2008, 10:59 PM

#21

afs9

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cajun

1st...ya gotta boil the water and tea bags, or make it in the coffee maker
with the tea bag strings hangin out of the side.

For a 10 cup coffee maker, use 10 tea bags. Yep, 1 bag per cup.

If ya make it in the coffee maker, ya gots to cut it with more water. 50-50

It's real easy, pour the coffee maker tea into a pitcher, add sugar, and then
refill the coffee pot with water to cut it down. Stir, chill and enjoy.

Ya gotta add sugar while it is still HOT, so as to have the sugar disolve
completely. About 1 cup of sugar per gallon of tea.

True Southerners don't do sun tea....it ain't strong enuf......LOL

Cajun

NICE!
Thanks, Al! This pretty much sounds like what my Assistant said--she grew up in Georgia and my Director has family in the South as well, and said water HAS to be HOT when you put in the sugar! It was funny hearing them both talk as the 'accent' became thicker as they discussed it!

I like my hot tea with milk and lotsa sugar (lived in England too long

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08-25-2008, 11:25 PM

#22

Cajun

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MrVette

I like my tea unsweetened.
It's nasty with sugar in it.

Course ya do....Michigan is WAY north......LOL

I agree that the tea is better if the sugar is brewed right in, but it messes up
the coffee maker....

Cajun

08-25-2008, 11:35 PM

#23

JayKWills

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Just sounds like way to many calories to me, I'd rather eat my calories than waste then on sugared tea! I'll take mine green or white without any sweetener, please!

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08-26-2008, 07:33 AM

#24

Old Lar

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Originally Posted by jx3

Have you tried the Southern Style Sweet Tea sold by Arizona? As about as close as you can get from the store.

If you check out the Arizona label, they use high fructose corn syrup for the sweetner. Yeah it tases sweet, but not the same as using sugar for the sweetner.