Jimmy's iced tea
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Family size tetly tea bags (substitute three regular bags for each \"family size\") | |
| 5 | cups | Almost boiling water |
| 9½ | Grains saccharin tablets or- | |
| 9 | Packets of Equal/Nutrisweet | |
| ⅓ | cup | Sugar |
| Sprig of peppermint leaf (optional) | ||
Directions
Following is my Dad's recipe for iced tea, made with artificial sweetener and in quantity, for Southerners who drink it three times a day.
Add tea bags to near-boiling water; steep 10 minutes or longer. Pour tea off, rinse bags with additional cold water so as not to waste any tea. Add saccharin and sugar.
Pour individual, ice-filled glasses ¼ to ⅓ full of tea and adjust strength by judging color while adding water and tea as desired. Further adjustments may be made by adding sugar and/or lemon juice as appropriate.
Note: Tea seems to be better if water is heated in stainless pan, rather than heavy aluminum.
A sprig of peppermint leaf really tops it off quite well! RICK HELD <RHELD@...>
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