Sweet tea

Robin and I are here in Dallas for the C3 2010 conference this week and we’re learning a lot. I’ll be blogging about some of that later. But one great thing about the South is you can always find a place that serves sweet tea. Always. Except Dallas, TX. Apparently Dallas missed the memo. First restaurant we visited, no sweet just iced tea. Sacrilege. The next restaurant ran out “right before” we got there. Unbelievable. The next restaurant where we ate had the worst sweet tea ever. Whatsamatterwithyouguys!?!

Sweet tea is one of God’s gift to humanity. And here’s the deal. It’s so easy to make.
Want the recipe? No prob…
Take a 3 qt pan & fill it with water. Don’t worry about the exact amount. Just make it mostly full.
Bring the water to boil. Once boiling, turn off the heat and add 2 cups of sugar (a little less is okay but don’t mess with the magic). Stir until dissolved.
Add 4 family size tea bags and let sit for 20 minutes.
Remove the bags and pour God’s nectar into a gallon jug. Add cold water to make it full but leave a little bit of room for a couple squirts of lemon juice.
Gotta be careful with the lemon juice though. If the tea is too hot, you’ll cook the juice and get floaties. Now floaties in an Arnold Palmer is okay but sweet tea? No way! So make sure and add the cold water first.
That’s it. Add ice and enjoy.

By the way, Dallas has one more place for me to check out before I declare it a disaster zone. I’ll let you know how I make out.