Gallon-Size Sweet Tea
Yields:________
Total Time:________

Ingredients:

  • 2 Cups Granulated Sugar
  • 4 Luizianne Family Size Tea Bags
  • 4 Quarts Water (Divided in Half)

Equipment:

  • Gallon-Size Pitcher with Lid
  • ICE (Preferably Bagged or Filtered Water Ice)
  • Long Handle Wooden Spoon
  • Measuring Cups
  • 2 Quart Saucepan with Lid
  • Refrigerator
  • Stove

Pre-Preparation:

  1. Lay out all ingredients/equipment 15 minutes prior to cooking/baking.

Directions:

  1. In a 2 quart saucepan, add two quarts of water. Do not cover with the lid YET.
  2. Place the saucepan on the stove to boil on high.
  3. Once your water has come to a full boil, add in your tea bags leaving the tabs outside the pan.
  4. Once you have added the tea bags, let them boil for about 5-10 seconds and then cover pot with lid and remove from heat.
  5. Steep for 15 minutes.
  6. When the 15 minutes is up, remove cover from saucepan.
  7. Remove teabags and allow to drain above the saucepan and discard tea bags.
  8. Pour tea into gallon size pitcher.
  9. Measure out, level, and add in sugar to your pitcher of hot tea.
  10. Using long handle wooden spoon, stir sugar until it has dissolved.
  11. Once sugar has dissolved in hot tea, then add your remaining two quarts water and do a quick stir.
  12. Place pitcher on counter-top and cover with lid with some ventilation available for heat to escape.
  13. Pour tea over your ICE of choice. (For a better taste use bagged ICE.) & enjoy.
  14. Place pitcher in refrigerator and discard after 2-3 days.