Cruzette wrote:

I found sun tea to be on the bitter side.

MY DH is from the south and loves sweet tea. Best way to make sweet tea is to bring the water to a boil and add the sugar so that it will dilute. Then add the tea bags.

MY MIL use to make sweet tea sooooooooo sweet, you could use it for syrup the next morning! She also made the tea extremely strong. It wasn't bitter, just strong. My DH loved it!

I have modified this sweet tea for my DH. I take a large sauce pan and put about 3 cups of water in it. To that I add three packages of Sweet & Low. Once the water has come to a boil I add 8 decafinated tea bags and boil for about 2 minutes. I squeeze out all the liquid from the tea bags.

In a half gallon plastic pitcher (I use my Tupperware pitcher) I add about two cups of ice and enough water to cover the ice and then I add the hot tea to the cold water adding more cold water to make a full 1/2 gallon container.

The DH loves it, too sweet for my taste though.

othertonka wrote:

Boy oh boy, I guess we all are going to die if we drink sun tea. How about doing your dishes? You better BOIL your dish water for 5 minutes before you do the dishes because it is not hot enough and bacteria can form. I guess you better not drink the tap water unless you have boiled it for 5 mintues first, Bacteria you know. I make sun tea in a glass jar with tap water, takes about 3 hours, and then into the refer to cool. Been doing it like this for years with no problems. But if it bothers you, don't do it. I will continue.