How many cups of Sugar go into a perfect gallon of Sweet Tea?

[Chimera]

Absolutely! When I moved from civilization to the South in 1992, my second mistake was to order tea without specifying "unsweet," which brings up another point. Why, when you order unsweet tea, are you then asked, "Would you like sugar, Splenda or (insert whatever else is out there) with that?"

Oh, my first mistake was moving away from beautiful Southern California.....

Better than berry flavored tea you get in Cali.

[jtnc]

Zero...sweet tea sucks

[Mrs Pantherfan]

regardless of whether you like it sweet or not...

can we all agree that it needs to be fresh brewed and the fake crap that some places try to pass off as tea is grodie???...that place Which Wich at Park and Woodlawn does it...

[Anybodyhome]

According to Julie Andrews, "Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down..."

...wonder how many people can pick up on the obscure reference....

[DC Amp]

3/4 cup sugar to the gallon, all the fast food chain's sweet tea tastes like syrup and only make me more thirsty. When I eat out I order half & half sweet unsweet.

[HippyTea]

2 family bags Green Tea... 2 blueberry small bags... 2 raspberry small bags... One tension tamer....  3/4 cup granulated sugar... One gallon filtered water....  Best tea ever...  

[Kevin Greene]

Sweet tea......when there's beer.

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[lightsout]

There's only ONE correct way. 

Boil two tea bags in a medium sized pot (take it to a boil and take it off). I think my pitcher is a gallon....not sure. Anyway, 2.5 cups of sugar, pour pot into pitcher, stir, add water until full.

I've done it this way forever. It's as close to Bojangles as one can get without Bojangles itself. Bare in mind, I only have a cup or two per day. The rest of the time is water or gatorade. Would not recommend this much if you drink sweet tea and nothing else because you will die.

Edited September 5, 2018 by lightsout

[SmokinwithWilly]

I make 2 cups of hot tea, sweetened with a teaspoon of honey, then pour it over ice. I drink sweet tea once or twice a month in the evening. Other than that, it's water with lemon and lime. 

[PurityControl]

This thread has me jonesing to make some sweet tea & bourbon cocktails for the game on Sunday.

[Jase]

Holy megabump 

the correct answer still lies between 1.5 and 1.75 cups per gallon.

[Wyank]

Best thing about being a damn yankee.  Sweet tea isn't a thing.

[KSpan]

[Trident Panther]

Damn, that one guy bumped a 6-year old tea thread.