Great Tasting Southern Iced Tea With Splenda Recipes

SOUTHERN ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 3 cups of water to a boil. Pour over tea bags; cover and steep 10 minutes. Remove tea bags, squeezing gently; discard.
• Stir Splenda Sweetener into tea; add remaining 2 cups water. Add lemon juice, if desired. Serve over crushed ice with garnishes.

PERFECT ICED TEA

Steps:

• Hot-Brewed:
• Bring 8 cups water to a simmer; remove from the heat and add 3 tablespoons loose tea or 6 tea bags. Let steep about 4 minutes, until it's the strength you like. Strain loose tea with a fine-mesh sieve or remove the tea bags. Let cool, then transfer to a pitcher, cover and refrigerate.
• Cold-Brewed:
• Combine 8 cups cold water and 6 tablespoons loose tea or 10 tea bags in a pitcher. Cover and refrigerate 15 to 36 hours, until it's the strength you like. Strain loose tea with a fine-mesh sieve or remove the tea bags.
• Sweet Teas:
• Combine 3/4 cup each sugar and water in a saucepan and add 1 infuser, if desired. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then remove from the heat and let cool. Strain the infused syrup through a fine-mesh sieve (you'll get about 1 cup).
• Orange Add 6 strips zest
• Blackberries 1 cup
• Cinnamon 2 sticks
• Lavender 3 tablespoons dried
• Vanilla 1 halved bean
• Mint 3 sprigs
• Ginger 1 cup sliced
• Lemon 8 strips zest
• Nectarine 1 cup chopped
• Cucumber 2 cups chopped

SWEET TEA CONCENTRATE

Steps:

• Remove peels from lemons; squeeze fruit, reserving 1/3 cup. Save remaining juice for another use., In a large saucepan, combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until sugar is dissolved, 3-5 minutes, 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.

SMOOTH SWEET TEA

Steps:

• Sprinkle a pinch of baking soda into a 64-ounce, heat-proof, glass pitcher. Pour in boiling water, and add tea bags. Cover, and allow to steep for 15 minutes.
• Remove tea bags, and discard; stir in sugar until dissolved. Pour in cool water, then refrigerate until cold.

SWEET TEA (MADE WITH SPLENDA)

Steps:

• Boil 2 cups water.
• In the mean time place 3 family sized tea bags into a heat proof pot or container. Add 1/4 teaspoon baking soda.
• Pour the boiling water over the tea bags and baking soda. Cover and let sit for 15 minutes.
• Carefully remove the tea bags and add 1 cup pourable Splenda (the type that measures equal to sugar). Stir.
• Pour into pitcher.
• Add enough cold water to make 1 gallon of tea.
• Cool in refrigerator.
• Serve with ice.
• Enjoy!

SOUTHERN SWEETENED ICED TEA

Steps:

• Fill a 2 qt pitcher (that's pitcha in the South) about halfway up with ice.
• Clip the clothespin onto the side of the pitcher and"hang" the tea bags through it (keeps the paper from getting in the tea and makes the bags easier to retrieve- you don't want to be seen with your hand in the pitcher here in the South).
• Pour the sugar or Splenda on top of the ice cubes and now fill the pitcher up with water.
• Let sit about an hour, pull out tea bags and serve.

SOUTHERN ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 3 cups of the water to a boil. Pour over tea bags; cover and steep 10 minutes. Remove and discard tea bags, squeezing gently.n
• Stir SPLENDA® Granulated Sweetener into tea; add remaining 2 cups water. Add lemon juice, if desired. Serve over crushed ice. Garnish, if desired.n