Works For Me Wednesday

Sweet Southern Lime Tea

The thing I missed most the few times I have been North of the Mason-Dixon was a good ‘ole glass of sweet tea. Don’t ya’ll have sugar up there or do you just prefer colored water with your supper? In my humble opinion, unsweet tea is just a waste of a perfectly good tea bag.

If you’ve never had a proper glass of sweet tea, here is a classic recipe with a lime twist.

You’ll Need:

3 Family Sized Lipton Tea Bags

1 small saucepan of boiling water or a kettle filled up to the nozzle hole on the inside. ( I don’t know how much water that is…It’s just how we measure down here.)

2 1/3 cups of Sugar

2 Fresh Limes

To Prepare:

Bring Water to a boil and add tea bags.

Remove from heat and let cool COMPLETELY. (This is very important. Fresh tea is bitter and just plain nasty. If you must make it more quickly, add a pinch of baking soda to take out the bitter.)

Add tea mixture and sugar in a gallon pitcher. Add water to top of pitcher and mix thoroughly. Chill.

To Serve:

Cut limes – You can either float in the tea if you want a decorative touch or serve lime slices with an individual glass.

I promise this tea will make you famous! :)

March 13, 2007 | Filed Under Recipes, WFMW 

Comments

7 Responses to “Works For Me Wednesday”

  1. Myfriendconnie on March 14th, 2007 12:04 am
    1

    Thank you! I love sweet tea, but it’s a booger to clean up! My daughter, just today, spilled an entire gallon that was just made all over the floor.

  2. Amberly on March 14th, 2007 7:59 am
    2

    As a fellow preacher’s wife and southerner, that sounds delicious! My husband loves limes, so I’ll have to give that a shot. Although, my tea is a bit sweet for him. He likes to say that I put a little tea in my sugar! :-) Thanks!

  3. Leigh Gray on March 14th, 2007 10:11 am
    3

    Oh – i love some sweet tea too. I just moved to Illinois and not everyone has or even likes sweet tea. I can not imagine drinking it any other way. There is a whole in the wall little restaurant here that has just started serving sweet tea. I really think that was God’s little presnt to me since the move.

    Thanks for the recipe.

    Leigh

  4. Alexandra on March 14th, 2007 6:44 pm
    4

    Sounds divine!

  5. Photo Buffet on March 14th, 2007 10:48 pm
    5

    Lisa, this sounds great! Soon as summer hits, I’m all over this recipe.

  6. eph2810 on March 15th, 2007 8:31 pm
    6

    Oh my, that sure is a lot of sugar in that tea :)….I only like hot tea, not sure why I can’t get used to cold tea. Maybe I need to try your sweet tea *smile*.

  7. Anonymous on March 18th, 2007 8:14 am
    7

    Up here in the North we are very cold. (it’s below freezing right now as I get ready for church) We drink our tea hot to warm us up :)

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