Spiked Sweet Tea

Name: Spiked Sweet Tea
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 bunches fresh mint; 1 cube Ice; 2 lemons, zested; 1 liters sugar; 43 grams (or 3/4 cup) loose black tea leaves; 710 milliliters water, plus 2 quarts, divided

Spiked Sweet Tean is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegan recipe with 2 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 0g of protein, 0g of fat, and a total of 2326 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have sugar, ice cubes, lemon zest, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a beverage. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes.

Instructions

2 ounces your favorite whiskey or bourbon per serving (recommended: Maker's Mark)

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Bourbon

Whiskey

Combine sugar and 3 cups water in a non-reactive saucepan. Slowly heat until sugar melts.

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Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat and cool.

Infuse the black tea in 1 quart of just boiled water for 2 minutes. Strain tea into a pitcher and then add 1 quart of room temperature water.

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Tea

Water

Combine the tea and the cooled simple syrup, mixing well. Refrigerate until cool.

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Simple Syrup

Tea

To serve, fill a 12-ounce glass with ice cubes, a pinch of zest, and a sprig of mint.

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Ice Cubes

Mint

Add 2 ounces whiskey or bourbon and fill to the top with the sweetened tea. Stir and serve. Repeat as needed.

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Bourbon

Whiskey

Tea

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Servings:

1bunches

fresh mint 1cube

Ice 2

lemons, zested 1liters

sugar 43grams

(or 3/4 cup) loose black tea leaves 710milliliters

water, plus 2 quarts, divided

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are my top picks for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. One wine you could try is Weingut Schneider Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Trocken. It has 4.4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 30 dollars.