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Sweet Tea Concentrate Recipe

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Sweet iced tea is a Southern classic and this is a fabulous recipes for those tea lovers or for a party. The concentrate will make 20 servings.—Natalie Bremson, Plantation, Florida

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Sweet Tea Concentrate Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + cooling

Yield: 20 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

2 medium lemons
4 cups sugar
4 cups water
1-1/2 cups English breakfast tea leaves or 20 black tea bags
1/3 cup lemon juice
EACH SERVING:
1 cup cold water
Ice cubes

Directions

Remove peels from lemons; save fruit for another use.
In a large saucepan, combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 3-5 minutes or until sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; add tea leaves and lemon peels. Cover and steep for 15 minutes. Strain tea, discarding tea leaves and lemon peels; stir in lemon juice. Cool to room temperature.
Transfer to a container with a tight-fitting lid. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
To prepare tea: In a tall glass, combine water with 1/4 cup concentrate; add ice. Yield: 20 servings (5 cups concentrate).

Nutritional Facts 1/4 cup concentrate equals 165 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 27 mg sodium, 43 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Sweet Tea Concentrate in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2011, p162

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Reviewed on Aug. 02, 2012 by lahop2it

My son loves sweet tea, but I don't like any sweetner in my tea. He is visiting, and so I decided to try this recipe and see if he liked it. He loved it. He said it was very refreshing and not too heavy. I'm even having a glass. It's a little sweet for me, but the great thing about the concentrate is that it allows you to control how sweet or not to make your glass. Excellent!