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The Best Luzianne Southern Sweet Iced Tea Recipe

The Best Luzianne Southern Sweet Iced Tea Recipe is so easy and perfect on a hot summer day. All you need is tea bags, sugar and water!
Prep Time0 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Steeping Time5 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: southern sweet tea, sweet tea
Servings: 16 8 ounce glasses
Calories: 29kcal
Author: Mindy Boyd

Ingredients

  • 4 family size tea bags
  • 1 gallon water 16 cups
  • 1 cup sugar

Instructions

  • Bring eight cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Take it off the stove and let it stop boiling. 
  • Place tea bags in the hot water and let the tea steep for 5 minutes. Do not steep too long or it will give your tea a bitter taste. Remove tea bags. 
  • Mix sugar into the hot tea and stir until it dissolves. Pour tea and cool water into a gallon pitcher of jug.

Notes

Do not pour tea that is too hot into a glass container that is too cold or it may break.
Nutritional information is approximate. 

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Nutrition

Calories: 29kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Sodium: 12mg | Potassium: 0.1mg | Sugar: 7g | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.004mg