Ruths Secret Sweet Iced Tea Recipes

RUTH'S SECRET SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Place the tea bags in half of a large kettle of water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let steep for 15 minutes.
• Remove tea bags and add sugar until the bitterness is gone. Add 3 trays of ice cubes (36 cubes) and stir.
• Add juice of one lemon, or to taste. Slice the squeezed lemon and put in pitcher or glasses. Serve over ice.

ICY SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Take a medium-sized sauce pan and fill it with 3 cups of water, bring to a boil, add 5 tea bags.
• Let steep for approximately 5 minutes; remove tea bags.
• Put the tea in any container you would like.
• Add the other 2 cups of ice cold water and the 1 cup of sugar; mix together.
• Cut the 3 lemons in half and juice them into the tea.
• Once you're done juicing all of the lemons, put 2 of the already squeezed lemon halves into the tea and refrigerate for about an hour and serve!

DAVID'S SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Tie tea bags together.
• Bring 4 cups water to boil, add tea bags and take off heat.
• Cover and let sit for about an hour.
• Pour tea into gallon container and squeeze tea bag excess into gallon container with clean hands.
• Add sugar and stir.
• Finish filling container with water, stir and serve.

SOUTHERN STYLE SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Boil about 8 cups water.
• Add 3 family (large) size tea bags and steep for 3-5 minutes. You can also use 8 small regular sized tea bags.
• Mix concentrated hot tea with 1 3/4 cup sugar and stir well in tea pitcher.
• Add cold water until pitcher is full and stir to combine.
• Serve over ice with a garnish of lemon or raspberry.
• *Tip pour some in an ice cube tray and freeze. Keep the pitcher cold in the refrigerator and serve with tea ice cubes to prevent your tea from getting watery on a hot day. :).

SWEET LIME ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour the water into a gallon sized jar over the tea bags. Allow to steep for 45 minutes. Remove and discard the tea bags. Stir in the sugar and lime juice until the sugar has dissolved. Cool to room temperature; refrigerate until cold before serving.

REFRESHING SWEET ICED TEA

Steps:

• Heat a full cup of water in the microwave until boiling hot. I use a large measuring cup.
• Submerge tea bags in water and let steep 3 minutes or until water gets dark.
• Pour dark water into pitcher. Refill cup with hot water from the faucet and let steep for 2 minutes.
• Add sugar to pitcher. Stir until dissolved.
• Add hot water from cup and than fill the rest of the pitcher with hot water from the sink. Stir and Refrigirate.
• Enjoy!
• I refill my cup and let steep 4 times, but it depends on how dark you like your tea. If you are in a rush, 1 steep will do.