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Default What is the best way to make iced tea?

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> I don't sweeten my tea either, much to my son's chagrin! He spent some time in South
> Carolina with his birth mom and got completely addicted to sweet tea there.
>


One of the good changes I have seen during my 20+ years living in North
Carolina is that asking for unsweetened tea in a restaurant usually gets
it rather than a "what planet are YOU from" look.

The traditional recipe for southern sweet tea:

5 gallons of water
5 lbs of sugar
1 tea bag.



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Peter Aitken