Sweet Tea...

[Mynyel]

So how much sugar do you put in a gallon of tea?

 

I live in the south and you must have sweet tea here. You can barely get unsweet!

 

I love sweet tea but, goodness mercy, I have had some tea that tastes like liquid sugar!

 

So...how much?

 

ETA:

 

I use 1 cup per gallon...working on getting it lower...

[TN Mama]

My sister in law uses 2 cups. When I used to make it 1 1/2 is what I added. Now I drink the dreaded Crystal Light.

[*********]

I don't like iced tea, but when I make it for my family, I use 3/4 cup of sugar for a gallon. I used to use a whole cup, but I've cut it down and they're not complaining, so...

[Scarlett]

So how much sugar do you put in a gallon of tea?

 

I live in the south and you must have sweet tea here. You can barely get unsweet!

 

I love sweet tea but, goodness mercy, I have had some tea that tastes like liquid sugar!

 

So...how much?

 

ETA:

 

I use 1 cup per gallon...working on getting it lower...

 

 

Southern girl here who cannot abide by sugar in her tea. Weird I know. I would rather do without than have it tainted with sugar. Only one of my friends likes it unsweet too....at big gatherings there is tea and then there is 'Scarlett and Bob's tea.' :D

[Mommyof4ks]

I only use 1/2 a cup of sugar if I am making a gallon of sweet tea, however I usually set out a bowl of sugar for people to flavor their own.

[jewellsmommy]

I personally love unsweet tea but I also like lightly sweet tea. I will use about 2/3 cup for a gallon when making for company. My mother, on the other hand, likes a little tea with her sugar and uses 2 cups for a gallon.

 

When I get tea out, I just can't do soda :ack2:, I will ask for 1/2 sweet, 1/2 unsweet. It is usually perfect.

[Disney Dreaming]

Ya'll ain't drinking sweet tea with that little sugar.;)

 

I grew up in Georgia, we like our tea sweet. I use 3 to 3 1/2 cups of sugar. Only Luzianne tea. I think it depends on how strong the tea is too. I use 4 family bags with 6 cups of water in the teapot.

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[ChrisOR]

I use only 1/4 to 1/3 cup of sugar per gallon, but I'm from the Northwest. ;) I've also made sweet tea with liquid stevia drops ... so not genuine sweet tea, huh?

[lllll]

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[Pretty in Pink]

I would use 1 cup per gallon. I prefer unsweet tea to be honest but if serving guests that prefer sweet I just make it nice and sweet. Whenever I try to get stingy with the sugar my husband complains!

[Disney Dreaming]

To ksva:

 

You know it's funny, I like it this sweet when it's just made--but after sitting in the fridge overnight, it DOES taste like syrup.;)

 

I eat chocolate syrup on pancakes.:D Another southern thing I guess(maybe not southern, maybe family). My grandmother started me on that very young. Two of my kids do this now.

[tonya in sc]

Um, sorry Pretty in Pink, but in South Carolina, 1 cup sugar to a gallon IS stingy!!;)

We use 2 c. sugar to a gallon of tea, brewed on the stove like Granny did.

 

My kids all moan when we cross the Mason-Dixon or the Mississippi. "Great. We can't even get sweet tea on vacation."

[cjzimmer1]

I don't drink iced tea nor am I from the south but I use about 1/4 of honey for a gallon of tea when I make it for DH.

[OnTheBrink]

None. Sweet tea is nas-tea!:lol:

[Scarlett]

None. Sweet tea is nas-tea!:lol:

 

Oooooh.......very clever! and I agree!

[Katiebug_1976]

1 cup...trying for 3/4, but dh likes it sweet!

[dansamy]

2 cups sugar:1 gallon tea

[zookeeperof3]

1/2 cup organic cane sugar to 1 gallon, dh hubby complained when I switched to this sugar & used 1 cup, he said it was to sweet.

Kim

[LizzyBee]

I use between 1 3/4 to 2 cups of sugar. So 1 7/8 if you want to get exact. And I only use Luzianne decaf bags.

[Alyce]

Dh and Ds like it sweet. They usually put 2 cups in a gallon. If I make it I put in 1 cup. To me they like a little tea with a lot of sugar. I grew up with parents from the midwest so we always had unsweet tea which I can't stand now. Starting drinking sweet tea when I met Dh and now can't drink anything else. Dh will drink unsweet tea if all they have and adds in several packets of sugar. I can't do that because the sugar never seems to mix with the tea so I'm drinking unsweet until I get to the bottom and then I'm drinking sugar.

[ereks mom]

So how much sugar do you put in a gallon of tea?

 

I live in the south and you must have sweet tea here. You can barely get unsweet!

 

I love sweet tea but, goodness mercy, I have had some tea that tastes like liquid sugar!

 

So...how much?

 

ETA:

 

I use 1 cup per gallon...working on getting it lower...

 

I like some sugar, If I'm drinking tea, but I don't want to drink syrup! I think my mom puts about 1/2 cup or so, but her tea isn't quite sweet enough. It MUST have some sugar; otherwise, I'd rather just have water.

[silliness7]

Ya'll ain't drinking sweet tea with that little sugar.;)

 

I grew up in Georgia, we like our tea sweet. I use 3 to 3 1/2 cups of sugar. Only Luzianne tea. I think it depends on how strong the tea is too. I use 4 family bags with 6 cups of water in the teapot.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking. :001_smile:

We don't make it by the gallon. We make 2 quarts, which I suppose is a half gallon and put in 1 cup of sugar...like Kool-Aid :001_smile:

[Shawna in Texas]

I don't like iced tea, but when I make it for my family, I use 3/4 cup of sugar for a gallon. I used to use a whole cup, but I've cut it down and they're not complaining, so...

 

Except for the not liking iced tea bit, this is what I did exactly. No one can tell around here.

 

 

Ya'll ain't drinking sweet tea with that little sugar.;)

 

I grew up in Georgia, we like our tea sweet. I use 3 to 3 1/2 cups of sugar. Only Luzianne tea. I think it depends on how strong the tea is too. I use 4 family bags with 6 cups of water in the teapot.

 

:eek:

 

I don't brew for very long, though. 4 family bags for 3-5 minutes. I've attempted sun tea (my favorite), but I always forget about it.

 

Lately, I've switched to iced green tea. i can use much less sugar and add a little orange to it.

[WagsWife]

Here is another vote for 2C sugar: one gallon tea. It has to be fresh though...like some else said, I don't like it when sweet tea has sat over night in the fridge.

[Baseball mom]

about 2 cups to a gallon

 

I had been making it by the 1/2 gallon then went to a family function. Once there I was asked if I could make the tea. A 1/2 gallon of unsweet and a gallon of sweet.

 

Sure no problem. Made unsweet, fine. Got to talking while I added the sugar to the sweet. Forgot I was making a gallon. Added 1 cup sugar. My family likes it 2 cups per gallon.

 

No one said anything except ds.

He took a drink and said "mama I wanted the sweet tea".

me- that is sweet tea

ds- no it isn't

me after taking a drink -- :blushing: "hey everybody, I'm sorry I messed up the tea"

[Guest aloysiuscarl]

My wife and I drink lots of sweet tea...and realized, paying nearly $4 a jug for it is too expensive...we were surprised to find a mr. coffee tea brewer for $20.00, so we bought it. The important key is to add the sugar immediately after brewing, while the tea is still hot. Some people like it sickeningly sweet, others just like a small amount of sugar. Some people use artificial sweeteners instead of sugar.

 

 

 

[LuvToRead]

I used to use 1 cup per gallon, but I've cut back to 3/4. My next step is to go for 1/2 cup. I was raised on unsweetened tea, DH was raised on 2 cups per gallon sweet tea.

[rafiki]

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