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Suggestions for the best southern sweet tea? (lemdro.id)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a southern man born and raised, and I run on sweet tea. Lately I've been experimenting with lowering the amount of sugar (or splenda) I make it with. What I've found is that I like the reduced sweetness, but tea bags are so low quality and bitter that I need the sugar to cover it up. Cold brewing and adding a pinch of baking soda help a lot, but I still want more. I think a higher quality tea is going to get me the flavor I'm looking for. So, any suggestions on any part of the process are welcome! What teas to try, brewing methods, etc. Less caffeine is better, I have a lot of heart failure in my family history so I try to minimize caffeine intake.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Loose leaf and cooler longer brewing. I'm just going through my first box of loose leaf and I'll never bother with tea bags again. Not only does it taste better but it's cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it really cheaper? I thought the bags were the cheapest it gets since they're so low quality, I was expecting to spend a good bit more on loose leaf.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

It can be, the tin I have was $15 on Amazon for 16oz. I got it in September and still have half of it, I would have already used a couple boxes of bagged tea by now.