Best Low Sugar Or Sugar Free Southern Sweet Tea Recipes

HEALTHY SWEET TEA RECIPE {HONEY ICED TEA}

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups of water to a near boil.
• Add tea bag(s) and (optional) baking soda, and cover the pan. Remove from heat, and let steep for 15 minutes.
• Remove tea bags, pour into a pitcher, add the honey and stir.
• Add 4 cups of cold water and place in the fridge.
• Place tea, honey, 8 cups of room temperature water, and baking soda in a sun tea jar. Place in a sunny place.
• Stir occasionally if possible to distribute the honey. The length of time to steep will depend on how hot it is outside.
• Serve over ice if you'd like to serve immediately. Transfer to the refrigerator and cool.

LOW SUGAR (OR SUGAR FREE) SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Boil 4 cups hot water. Place tea bags in heat-proof glass container. Pour boiling water over tea bags and steep 15-20 minutes. Remove tea bags. Stir in sugar until completely disolved.
• Add 4 cups ice water to tea, then stir in Stevia packets. Refrigerate overnight. (The stevia after-taste is too strong on the first day) Serve over ice, and use within 4 days (the tea will start to get a bitter taste after a few days).
• NOTE: This makes a strong tea. I like to pour mine over a glass of ice and let it sit for a while before I drink it, so I make it strong enough that it taste right when watered down by melted ice.

DELICIOUS QUICK & EASY SOUTHERN SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Place family size tea bag in a microwave safe container filled with water & microwave until it boils (approx. 4min for 4cups).
• While that is going, in a gallon size pitcher, pour about 1 1/2 - 2 inches of sugar in the bottom. I usually eye it and it comes out perfect.
• The microwave should be finishing up. Pour hot tea water into the pitcher over the sugar. The hot water dissolves the sugar granuals. Stir until completely dissolved. (If you have time, let sit in microwave for a while and steep even more. If you don't have time, that's cool too.).
• Fill the rest with cold water & refrigerate.
• Serve over ice. Enjoy!
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• I, personally, don't put lemon in it because I find that lemon cuts the sugar & you have to use a whole lot more sugar for it to be southern "sweet".