Comments on: Spearmint Iced Tea

By: Bonita

Bonita — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:47:37 +0000

Loved this recipe. Followed your instructions exactly and I thought it was great and so did my family. Thanks for sharing!

By: lynne

lynne — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 01:08:32 +0000

I’ve been looking for something close that my mother made while growing up. I wasn’t able to get anything close to how good her tea was. We grew up in the midwest, though her recipe was handed down to her from my great grandmother who was born around 1870. My mother also didn’t make it super sweet, it was a great balance of the spearmint, sugar, water and black tea. I did find the particular spearmint she used ( I think?) and planted it in my yard about a month ago…
I forgot the name, though it was labeled as a spearmint used in the south for tea.
Everything is a mint julip when I look for the exact recipe. So I am happy to see your recipe here. I’ll try and make this once the mint starts growing more.

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By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:39:04 +0000

Shoot, as soon as I detect an accent, it’s “South”. For me, that would be “Central Illinois” lol. I had never had sweet tea until my SIL from MS came up for a visit. I fell in love but would rather not have all the extra sugar. It’s too addicting! I have tons of mint so tomorrow I’m going to try out your tea recipe. Thanks for posting it 🙂

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:42:46 +0000

Anonymous,

I realize Kentucky isn't in the deep South, but I consider anyone with a Southern accent to be Southern, even after living in Middle Georgia. Just my opinion! :)

Sweet tea is different to everyone- I wasn't trying to stir up any controversy, just sharing a tea recipe with you. That's why I added the disclaimer at the beginning that this is not sweet tea. Thanks for reading!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:03:40 +0000

First things first, Kentucky may be largely rural, and south (little "s") of New York, but it is not the South (big"S").

Despite being very Southern and coming from very Southern family, I still live in a divided household when it comes to the tea. My sister in law uses three cups of sugar per gallon (whoa!) and its almost too much to bear. My father in law likes his stong and unsweet. The way we settle the dispute is to make up a pitcher of both and then the in-betweens like my husband and I just pour half and half, so you still have all the tea flavor without the sugar. As for me an my house, we use 1/5 c sugar to 1 gallon and 9-10 tea bags. THAT is sweet tea.