Granny Rhyne's Sweet Tea Recipe
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Ingredients: 2 family-size (Large) Tea Bags (Lipton, Tetley, etc)
2 - 3 c. sugar (as much as you can stand)
1/3 - 1/2 c.lemon juice (as much as you can stand)
2 L. water (spring water is preferred)
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Directions:In a pot, boil about 1/2 L. of the water with the tea bags. Bring the water to a rolling boil and then remove the pot from the heat. The bags should be steeping pretty well at this point. Add the sugar and stir until it dissolves. Depending on how strong you want your tea, you can continue to let it steep up to an hour. But if company is coming right away, pour the mixture into a pitcher and fill the pitcher with the rest of your water. Stir. Then, add your lemon juice. Stir. If you have time stick the pitcher in the refrigerator to allow it to continue to cool. If you don't have time -- add ice. |
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Notes: Granny Rhyne lived in Rutherford Co., NC. Her home, in Ellenboro, NC, had been a boarding house which she ran with her mother during the 40's and 50's for teachers and traveling salesmen. This tea recipe was one that they served at dinner in the home and she continued to serve the family for many years. Now, you get Sweet Tea all over the South but her tea (like all of that served by our individual Grannys) was unique in that it held a delicate balance of the lemon and the sugar. It was not like the store brought so called tea beverages that we can purchase today which remind me of lemon flavored Kool-Aid. Hers was a delicate balance of lemon, tea, and sugar that seemed to cut through the heat and give you a general feeling of goodness and refreshment while sitting on the porch on a HOT summer day . But, can I make it just like she did? Of course not; but this is the closest I have been able to get. Try it yourself, and play around with it. That is the whole point right? That we put our own touch and our own experiences into making those things for those people we love. That is what Granny Rhyne did.
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