I have been meaning to do this since… last summer? I finally did it. I made southern-style sweet tea in the staffroom. I would like to share it with my students who are practicing outside in the summer heat, but for now I’ll test it with the teachers inside.
I used Lipton Yellow Label tea, and sugar. I boiled 3 liters of water, then added 5 tea bags and a little over 1 cup of sugar. I let it brew for 25 minutes, then poured it into a pitcher and let it sit… over the weekend! Is that a bad idea? It was Friday. Now it’s Monday and I have sweet tea.
It’s pretty good, but it’s not as good as mom’s. I really taste the black tea strongly. It’s sweet enough, but the sweet is overpowered by the tea taste. So, should I use less tea? Brew it for less time? I think it could use more sugar, but I don’t want to mess with that now since I think it’s okay. I’ll get started on a new pitcher once I share the tea with some other teachers.
By the way, I’m a little scared that no one will like the sweet tea! But, I think they will be polite about it, anyway.