My YouTube channel is sneaking up on 2,000 subscribers. To celebrate the milestone I decided to share my favorite sweet tea recipe. Being from the southeastern United States, sweet tea is a staple of daily life. However, I find that most sweet tea is heavy on the sweet and rather weak on the tea flavor. So, after months of tweaking the ingredients, ratios, and timing my family and I decided that this recipe gave the best balance of sweetness and flavor. The video is designed to be more of a visual experience so if you want the specifics, the recipe is as follows:

• Fill a two quart saucepan mostly full with cold water.
• Bring to 200˚F / 94˚C
• Kill the heat and add:
• - 1 Lipton Family Size Tea Bag
• - 1 Luzianne Decaf Family Size Tea Bag
• - 1 Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Tea Bag
• Steep for 5 minutes (longer for more flavor)
• Pour 1/3 cup of Turbinado Cane (Raw) Sugar into a half gallon container.
• Remove the tea bags giving them a gentle press.
• Carefully pour your warm tea mixture into the half gallon container.
• Top off the container with cold water.
• Shake as needed to dissolve the sugar.
• Chill and Enjoy!