Southern Iced Tea

Total Time: 6 mins
Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 2 quarts water (divided)


• 6 regular-sized tea bags or 3 family sized tea bags


• 1 cup sugar


• lemon wedge (optional)

Recipe

• 1 place tea bags in a 2 quart glass pitcher.


• 2 pour one quart boiling water over tea bags.


• 3 let this steep for five minutes.


• 4 remove tea bags from water, and press tea bags gently against the side of the container with the back of a wooden spoon.


• 5 remove tea bags from container and discard.


• 6 stir in one cup sugar.


• 7 add the remaining one quart of water.


• 8 stir, cool to room temperature.


• 9 serve over ice.


• 10 if desired, garnish with lemon wedge.


• 11 note: you may store any leftovers in the refrigerator, but the tea will turn a bit cloudy.


• 12 (this does not affect the taste).


• 13 if you want to take the haziness out of the tea, you may stir in 1/4 cup boiling water per quart of iced tea just before serving.