Best Southern Iced Tea Recipes

SOUTHERN SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large glass measuring cup, place the tea bags and add the baking soda.
• Pour the boiling water over the tea bags.
• Cover and steep for 15 minutes.
• Take out the tea bags and do not squeeze them.
• Pour the tea mixture into a 2-quart pitcher; add the sugar.
• Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add in the cold water.
• Let cool; chill in the refrigerator and serve over ice.

HONEY CITRUS SOUTHERN ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a simmer in a saucepan. Remove from the heat, add the tea bags and let steep for 8 minutes. Remove the tea bags and stir in the honey. Let cool.
• Add the sweetened tea to a pitcher along with 2 cups ice and another 4 cups water; stir. Add the sliced kumquats (if using), key limes and lemon. Pour into glasses over ice and garnish with mint.

SOUTHERN STYLE SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Boil about 8 cups water.
• Add 3 family (large) size tea bags and steep for 3-5 minutes. You can also use 8 small regular sized tea bags.
• Mix concentrated hot tea with 1 3/4 cup sugar and stir well in tea pitcher.
• Add cold water until pitcher is full and stir to combine.
• Serve over ice with a garnish of lemon or raspberry.
• *Tip pour some in an ice cube tray and freeze. Keep the pitcher cold in the refrigerator and serve with tea ice cubes to prevent your tea from getting watery on a hot day. :).

SOUTHERN ICED TEA COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Fill a quart Mason jar with ice. Add the rum, vodka and gin, lemon juice or lemonade, iced tea and simple syrup. Stir thoroughly, taste and adjust sweetness if needed; garnish with a slice of lemon and sprig of mint. As always, drink responsibly.

SOUTHERN SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a medium size pan fill 1/2 way with water.
• add tea bags.
• cook on medium heat until comes to a good boil. it will be foamy.
• put sugar in gallon jug (pitcher).
• pour boiling tea over sugar.
• stir well to dissolve sugar.
• add water until jug is full (may not use whole gallon of water).
• stir well.
• pour over ice (i like mine anyway i can get it ice or no ice).
• drink and enjoy!
• I USE RED DIAMOND OR LUZIANN TEA BAGS.

SOUTHERN ICED TEA

Steps:

• Place tea bags in a 2 quart glass pitcher.
• Pour one quart boiling water over tea bags.
• Let this steep for five minutes.
• Remove tea bags from water, and press tea bags gently against the side of the container with the back of a wooden spoon.
• Remove tea bags from container and discard.
• Stir in one cup sugar.
• Add the remaining one quart of water.
• Stir, cool to room temperature.
• Serve over ice.
• If desired, garnish with lemon wedge.
• Note: You may store any leftovers in the refrigerator, but the tea will turn a bit cloudy.
• (This does not affect the taste).
• 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.

SOUTHERN SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• 1. In 4-cup micro-safe measuring cup with pour spout (such as Pyrex), heat 3 cups water to boiling in microwave on high. (My microwave takes 5 minutes.) Add baking soda and stir in. *Make sure your water has stopped bubbling before adding or it can bubble over. Add tea bags, holding the strings and tabs, and poke down till all are covered as best you can. Lay tabs over side of glass and place plate or lid on top. Steep for 30 minutes. Remove tea bags to plate. Add 2 cups sugar to measuring cup of tea concentrate. Stir til fully dissolved. 1-2 minutes. **If using a glass pitcher, fill pitcher halfway with cold water, then add tea concentrate, then fill rest of the way full with more cold water. (This prevents your pitcher from breaking from the hot tea!) Place pitcher in refridgerator to chill. Serve over ice with fresh lemon wedges and mint sprigs if desired. Makes a perfect pitcher every time! Enjoy!

SOUTHERN LONG ISLAND ICED TEA

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a pitcher.
• Serve over additional crushed ice.

REAL SOUTHERN ICED TEA

Steps:

• 1. In a saucepan, stir sugar into the 1 quart boiling water until completely dissolved. Remove from heat and place tea bags into this sugar syrup mixture. Allow to steep 5-7 minutes.
• 2. Pour cold water and about 2 cups of ice cubes into a 2 1/2 quart serving pitcher. SLOWLY pour hot tea mixture into the cold water. Stir until ice melts and add lemon slices or mint leaves if desired. Serve in tall glasses over ice cubes.
• 3. All tastes are different. People like sweet tea made with as little as 1/2 cup of sugar, up to a cup and a half - we prefer 3/4 to 1 cup sugar per half gallon. Try different mixtures and make it your own.

ANOTHER SOUTHERN ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a 2 qt pot, bring about 5 cups of water to a full boil.
• Add the four family size tea bags and remove from heat.
• Set your timer for 5 minutes (and 5 minutes ONLY!).
• During this time add sugar to gallon sized tea pitcher.
• When 5 minutes are up, add tea to sugar in pitcher and press gently on tea bags to remove left in liquid and stir. Discard tea bags.
• While stirring, add rest of water to pitcher filling to about two or three inches from top. (watching color, I do about three inches from top.
• Pour over a tall glass of ice and enjoy the goodness!

GREAT-TASTING SOUTHERN ICED TEA (WITH SPLENDA)

Steps:

• Pour the sugar in a 2 quart glass or plastic pitcher. Set aside.
• Place 1 quart water in large pot on stove top burner set on medium-high heat.
• Add the tea bags to water.
• Bring water just to the point where small bubbles begin to form around edge of pot. Do not bring to a full boil.**
• Remove from heat and discard tea bags.
• Pour hot tea in pitcher containing sugar. Mix well until all sugar is dissolved.
• Add one tray of ice (or 14 large cubes). Stir.
• Add water from tap to bring water level to within 4 inches of top of pitcher.
• Refrigerate for about 30 minutes
• ENJOY THIS REFRESHING BEVERAGE!