Sweet Lemon Iced Tea
"Great summer time tea! I saw this recipe on the blog Grocery Cart Challenge."
photo by breezermom
- Ready In:
- 6mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 946.36 ml water
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 1.23 ml baking soda
- 8 tea bags
- 236.59 ml lemon juice
directions
- Measure sugar and place in large mixing bowl with 1 cup lemon juice and baking soda. Stir to blend. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat and place tea bags in the pan to steep for no more than 5 minutes. Remove the bags and discard, being sure not to squeeze the bags. This can release the tannin which causes your tea to taste bitter. Pour hot tea into sugar/lemon mixture and stir to mix well. Transfer into one gallon container and fill to the top with cold water. Refrigerate and serve over ice.
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Reviews
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Made your recipe as given, & it's well worth telling others, who might not know, that using baking soda (just as I use it in the homemade pasta sauce that I make) helps dissipate the bitter taste that sometimes occurs when tea isn't brewed properly (or, in the case of the pasta sauce, when using a lot of lot of the acidic tomato products)! Anyway, you definitely got a great recipe for good ol' southern sweet ice tea! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in this fall's round of Pick A Chef] -
This was a fail for me. All I could taste was the lemon. -
Really great recipe! Nothing to add or change. Will be using this recipe often! -
I'm a big fan of iced tea, so this was right up my alley. I really liked how the lemon kept this from being too sweet. I made this batch with some regular Salada tea bags, but I think I might try this with some of the other teas that I have in the pantry as well. Thanks for posting! Made for PAC Spring 2014
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We drink a couple gallons of iced tea a week in my house and I love love love this tea! It is the perfect balance of sweet and sour! This has become my go to drink. (4)
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