You will need 12 regular tea bags, two pounds of sugar, boiling water and a gallon container.
Boil the water and put the tea bags into it. While it is still hot, disolve the sugar into the mixture, and let the bags steep until the mixture is lukewarm. Squeeze the teabags, pour the tea into a container and cool in the refrigerator. If there is too little tea, rinse the teabags in hot water to get more tea to pour into the original batch to top it off.
The key to the sweet tea is to get the sugar into it while it is still hot, then cool as quickly as possible. Do not dilute this tea, it is designed to be used over ice which will make it the right strength.
It's about 1/2 lb of sugar to a gallon of tea.
In Oklahoma it is around $3.00 per gallon.
1 gallon = 16 cups 1 cup =0.23 gallon
There are approximately 578 calories in 3/4 cup of sugar and no nutritional value (calories) in the tea, making 578 (approx.) calories in the entire gallon of sweet tea. There are 128 fl. oz. in a gallon, so there are 16 cups (8 fl. oz. glasses) in one gallon. Take the 578 calories from the gallon of sweetened tea divided by the 16 cups and you get the amount of calories in an 8 oz. glass. Formual broken down: 578 calories per gallon / 16 cups per gallon ~ 36 calories per cup.
Depending on where you get your sweet tea, there are different amounts. I believe it varies between 1 cup (48tsp) in a gallon in the more Northern South, and 2 cups (96 tsp) in a gallon in the deep South.
Given that each teaspoon equals 76 calories, a quarter cup equals 4 tablespoons, or 304 calories
I make one gallon of tea to which I add 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar for the level of sweetness I desire. Unfortunately, this equates to 72 teaspoons of sugar per gallon or 4.5 teaspoons per 8 oz. glass. There are 48 teaspoons in a cup of sugar. Looks like I better start drinking more water than tea!
No. Foods or drinks don't make people shorter.
To make McAlister's sweet tea, start by steeping 2 family-size tea bags in 4 cups of hot water for 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags and stir in 3/4 cup of granulated sugar until dissolved. Add 4 cups of cold water and refrigerate until chilled. Serve over ice and enjoy!
Yes. Or you could purchase an actual Sweet Tea Vodka such as Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, Carolina Sweet Tea Vodka, or Hound Dog Sweet Tea Vodka.
McDonald's has not released their recipe on their Sweet Tea. This recipe is a secret to the public so that they can continue to make money off of it.
One gallon is about 128 ounces, so if one tea bag is good for 10 oz of water, then about 10 teabags is good for a gallon. Start with 10 and adjust accordingly with water.