Kim Davis I, very much, agree with you, Kim, is't Phyllis just the most informative and lovely lady and don't you just love her husband mr. Bucky and their little grey colored puppies, also !! :)
I wished that you was my next door neighbor. I would learn SO much! You are so patient and always do the steo by step of how to do something. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and I LOVE your videos!
Red Rose to me is the best to my taste, but I'll take any kind I can get. I want mine strong and unsweetened. I don't care for all those flavored teas such as vanilla and others. Just plain ole black unsweetened tea. I know it is unsouthern to drink anything. but sweet tea. Now, if I drink sweet tea I want I really sweet like my mother made. A glass of hers was not semi sweet I would want It sweet. Ice tea for every meal, it is the southern way.
My Mississippi granny always made her tea in one of those Federal "star" glass pitchers. Years later I just had to find me one of those pitchers for the nostalgia factor, lol. I love it.
So that's how you southern gals do it! I lived in Wisconsin, and after Katrina we had a lot of southerners move north. Well low and behold we started seeing sweet tea everywhere. I prefer the less sweet version and would drink this or lemonade with a meal. Thanks for the video. God bless and have a compassionate day.
just wanted to tell you thank you so... so.. much for your informative videos.. youre concise way of giving instructions..and charming manner.. you and Mr Bucky both have made many of my nights (and afternoons)delightful as well as delicious!
Hi Mrs. Phyllis, just discovered your videos today but I'm instantly hooked! I was born and raised in California and then as a teenager moved with my family to Upstate NY. I've always wanted to live in the south, people here are downright rude most of the time and always in a hurry. Life is short so make it sweet! Which brings me to my next point, I'm pretty sure instead of blood I have sweet tea, I love it so much, but I've never made it at home. Gotta make this today because I'm melting in a 90 degree humid apartment. Anyways, sorry for rambling I just wanted to say you're one of the sweetest people on RUclips and thank you for sharing your recipes and stories with us. Hope you're doing well! 💜
I was born in san diago california...im a military bratt...my daddy served 20yrs in navy bfore retiring so we moved alot bt aftr havin my 2 sisters in 2 diff states my parents decided to settle dwn & buy a home in san diago california while living there my mother gave birth to my brother first then me & im the baby. But then they had to sell the house move to ohio & take care of my sick grandma & ive lived here since. Also my daug jus bought her 1st home in s.carolina.
Miss Phyllis & Mr. Bucky became part of our family. They were SO cute together and loving, so “” down to earth””, and comforting to watch. Miss Phyllis amazed us by all the things she knew how to do. She most definitely was “” one of a kind “”. I miss them terribly, but I am SO thankful for their videos. Mr. Bucky was a great Bible teacher, and had such a gentle spirit. They were the greatest.
Being a guy who grew up in Pennsylvania and has lived here my entire life, sweet tea was something we just didn't do. My parents made unsweetened occasionally in the summer. I'm 37 now and just this year I developed a taste for sweet tea. I've been trying different "recipes" but haven't found the right combination yet. I just made yours Miss Phyllis. It's chilling in the fridge now. I'm looking forward to trying tomorrow for lunch.
Wow! It's been 4 years since I posted this and I have to say, this is now the only way I make sweet iced tea. I've had Phyllis' "recipe" on my fridge for the past 4 years. Its really good and not overly sweet.
My mother was born and raised in North Carolina. I grew up on her southern cooking and sweet tea... fried okra, fried green maters, Eastern carolina bbq.
Beautiful tea Phyllis! I'm further south but the house drink here is also ice tea. I use Red Diamond gallon size tea bags. I make one gallon at a time and it's unsweetened. That's the only way Mr G will drink it. I myself sweeten my tea with Splenda Truvia and lemons. Plus I only use bottled water. I buy it by the gallon jug... Re; a gallon at a time. I use one gal size tea bag to 2 1/2 cups of boiling water. Once the tea bag is put in I remove it from the burner. I let it steep not over 5-6 minutes. Anything over that makes it taste merky. I usually leave it on the counter until we finish the gallon. We do love out tea!
We're just a nation of coffee drinkers, I guess we're just addicted to coffee. If Mr. Bucky doesn't get his coffee in the morning he'll have a headache by noon from lack of caffeine.
Made sweet tea my whole life. My daddy called it the 3/4/5 rule. 3 tea bags, 4 cups boiling water, steep 5 minutes. 1 1/2 cups sugar LOL Yup we like it sweet!! I must admit I quit drinking all sugared drinks because of health as I’ve gotten older. Pretty much water, water, water. Lost over 40 lbs and have kept it off. I do miss my southern sweet tea!!
Im from Texas born & raised but a lot of tea in restaurants here is to sweet for me tast i like sugar water, the best tea iv ever put my lips on was made by my late sister inlaw god rest her soul her tea was just rite
The best tea for iced tea that I've ever tasted is Kroger's store brand in the family size box. With 2 cups of sugar for each gallon, it really is very good, and considerably less expensive. I'm not sure how far into the south Kroger's grocery stores can be found, but the stores origins, which go back over 100 years, show that the owner began his retail business by selling his own brand of tea.
The Mississippi River isn't the boundary between sweet an unsweetened tea ! We have what is known as Texas Sweet Tea , and it is probably the sweetest of all !
LOL....I had a friend here from Alabama I'm in California we went out to dinner and he ordered "Sweet Tea" in his southern drawl I don't think the waitress understood him ask him again he repeated "Sweet Tea" she still looked baffled I said he want iced tea then I told him he would have to put his own sugar in it...lol I don't know why places here don't put sugar in the ice tea here...
Pam Carballoca I was just reading your comment about "Sweet Tea". I'm from Texas, and our favorite restaurants offer both sweet and unsweet. Probably some of the reasons that a lot of restaurants only offer unsweetened only, maybe to save money, product, time, and possible waste. I ordered sweet tea one time from my favorite place and I think they put about three times the amount of sugar in it. It was so sweet, that I couldn't drink it. I returned it stating that and they brought me another glass of it. I just kept on diluting it into my ice water. Have a blessed day. 😊🕊🌈❤️
Filtered Water - I made a DIY stainless steel container for Berkey water filters that I purchased. My daughter and I would always buy water pitcher with filters similar to the one you have. We both always ended up with bad tasting water time after time even with a new filter. Finally, I spent the money to DIY a Berkey water filtering system for my daughter. Berkey always got good reviews. I did that 2 years ago and my daughter says they love their water. I heard one person say they have had their Berkey filters for 7 years (you have to clean the filters as needed). When I retire, I'll either get a Reverse Osmosis System installed (love that water and my body really likes it) or I'll try the DIY Berkey. My body doesn't handle the city water very well. God Bless!
We drink sweet tea year round here in Kansas!! My mom made it the same way you do and taught me and I taught my daughter and son!!! It's a normal thing at lunch and dinner and throughout the day.
This is fabulous! ..... My drinks are (In the summer time)bottled water, Sun Iced Tea with or without lemon, or juice(Apple, Apple cider, grape, or cranberry) both with lots of ice.... (in the winter) Hot Earl grey tea, English breakfast tea, Irish Breakfast tea, or Lady Earl tea, or hot chocolate. ...My husband doesnt drink tea he just drinks coffee in the morning and coke for almost every meal or water in between. .... Love your channel hun
Hadn’t seen this one Miss Phyllis! Live this, I smiled the entire time...I myself make tea very similarly, I use a funnel as well...I purposely bought Tropicana Orange Juice because of the handled bottle it was in I knew would fit in my French door fridge well, it was buy one get one at Winn Dixie! Northerners and Westerners have no clue what Sweet Tea is...my daughter used to get so frustrated while she was stationed in California when she’d go into a restaurant and ask for sweet iced tea..they’d look at her like she was nuts. She found one restaurant in Oceanside that actually served it and she survived by buying Gold Peak Tea.
I'm a West Virginia girl and we are Southern!!! Love you, Ms Phyllis, you make some really good food!! Anyway, I use to love sweet ice tea, however, am now diabetic so can't use all that sugar that really makes good sweet tea. So, I don't drink my sweet ice tea anymore because I don't know how to make a it with an artificial sweetener. Sure do miss it!!! Was hoping someone else or yourself would also be a diabetic and give me an idea as to how to convert to my needs...thanks so much!!
I drink tea with lemon, though I now like to have a mix of black tea and rosehip and hibiscus tea. I also do drink tea warm in winter, though I have it over ice in summer. I also have a habit of disolving sugar in a little hot water before I put it in the brewed tea, though that was an outgrowth of making cold-brewed tea in summer (put tea leaves of tea bags in cold water and let sit for a few hours, or overnight), so a sugar syrup mixes better.
I drink sweet iced tea (without lemon) 450 times a day! I dont have a water softener or filtration system, and I don't mind drinking tap water, but when I make tea I always use bottled purified water. I love how clear the tea looks and it just seems to taste better. Tea runs through my veins! I told my husband if I'm ever bed bound he better have a feeding tube of nothing but sweet tea. 😳 It gets HOT down here so tea is a must have! And I also use whatever is on sale or I have a coupon for: Tetley, Lipton or Luzianne.
I use the baking soda ideal, but i never squeeze out my tea bags i add the baking soda in the water ater it boils and before I add my tea bags. You are so dear . Peace Sweetie ✌🇺🇸
So glad I found your channel! I am from Fargo, ND but fell in love with sweet tea in North Carolina where my brother lives. I admit that being from the north, I normally drink my ice tea unsweetened but sweet tea is a guilty pleasure of mine. One of the few places you can get it up here is McDonalds and it is actually really good. Not super sweet like at Bojangeles' down in NC. It looks like your version would not be too sweet either and I can't wait to give it a try. Thanks for posting.
I don't like real sweet tea either. When we go out to a restaurant I always ask for half sweet and half unsweetened in my glass and of course I have to have lemon in mine.
I worked in a restaurant decades ago, and realized that not everyone will clean the nozzle. I came back after vacation one time and the plastic insert was black with gunk. the unsweetened tea wasn't like that, so something was growing in the sweet tea. I cant bring myself to drink sweet tea in a restaurant to this day :(
Oh by the way...forgot to ask, but do you ever put Lime in your iced tea? My granny used to do that but I am not sure why. I have always loved it though. Like some people also put lemon in guacamole but the flavor is totally different. I have to have lime for that dish. Also, what is the best restaurant that you have tasted a great iced tea from. I love McAllisters iced tea . It's always fresh and great tasting. Surprising I know, and I am VERY PICKY about my tea. I guess that's because I don't take sugar with my ice tea so the tea has to be very flavorful. Also, I always serve sugar SYRUP at the table with our iced tea......the granules never seem to dissolve. Do you ever do that? I totally agree with you ...filtered water is the way to go!!
I know what you mean about unsweetened tea in the restaurant. I feel crazy sitting there trying to sweeten my tea, because I've got to use about 15 packs of tea and there is never enough sugar and then I have to ask for more sugar! UGGGHHH! I'm going to start making tea with my meals, too. Such a good and healthy idea!
hey just watch this one and had to tell you and old story. we are from the Ohio (me W. Va.) we were living in Mississippi and my daughter got pregnant and we drank tea all the time. well, when she went into labor and we are at the hospital they were given her medication for pains. Dermoral I think. she started to talk about given the doctor and nurses tea. we all laugh and said maybe we need some of that medication.HAHA had to tell you after watching this. love your advice and help in cooking.
Great video, I always drink my iced tea plain, in Canada we only have the sugared and lemoned “brisk” in the soft drink dispensers, I don’t recommend it!
I have found that “southern sweet tea” drinkers will NOT ever add sugar to cold unsweetened tea. They are purists about that. 🙂. I am from MI and drink it either way but I do not like it too sweet. My daughter is a sweet tea purist and will not add sugar. Not sure how that happened lol. Her father is from KY so maybe it’s genetic lol.
Yes, I noticed that too....nothing specially made for making ice tea....wonder how it is different??? I plan on mixing green tea and black tea, half and half, with sugar and lemon.
Yes, if it's a natural peach flavor, with just filtered water, tea, and some natural real sugar, it can be delicious...prior to trying the Snapple peach tea (green& black tea mix, premium teas) I never thought I would appreciate peach in sweet tea...but WOW...and you could dilute it at home by adding more water, if desired, and lots of ice. Many tea 'mixes' have other things, like ascorbic acid, etc. added, and aside from not tasting as good as natural teas, they give me heartburn/acid reflux! Now I watched Mz. Phyllis make her tea I will probably make my own more often & keep a supply in the fridge for the hot summer days.
I make ice tea mainly in the summer months but never use sugar i am glad i never did Because 2 years ago My Dr told me my sugar is a bit higher then normal Now now have to take a pill one a day for my sugar The only time i put raw honey It's fall and winter in hot tea Only 1/4 tea spoon I usually take only 1 cup of tea in the cold Afternoon tea Morning always 1 cup of perk coffee Not to much cafien So i don't get the jitters LOL LOVE FOLGERS OR MELITA
To much sweet tea is bad on the kidneys be careful drinking it all the time. I always have it in my fridge however I also drink water a lot of times instead. This was a interesting video and I'll have to try the baking soda since we use a well. Thanks!
I'm so desperate to watch Phyllis videos, I've started watching these old ones-- my goodness, she's a sight for sore eyes. When I think about what's happened and changed in her life since this was recorded, it gives me a shiver down my spine. God bless her, I hope she's doing okay and will be back among us ASAP. I'm ready for some iced tea!!
Ice Tea is not a big drink in Australia, however, this seems like such a great alternative to sodas. I will try this for sure! Love your vids Phyllis. I feel like I must have lived in the American South in a past life or something 😊
I'm from the south. My grandmother always said never boil water so much the oxygen escapes. Soon as it comes to boil, take off the fire just like this video. Otherwise your tea will be bitter. Plus don't leave tea bags in water too long, also causes bitterness.
We have sweet tea here in Texas - I put tea bags in cold water, bring to just a boil remove from heat and add the sugar stirring until melted - let it steep until it is the strength yo prefer. In a heavy glass pitcher- I fill it with ice (instead of water) and pour the warm tea over the ice.. I learned to make iced tea from an older lady who worked the lunch counter at Woolworth's five and dime back in the 60's.
Mrs. Phyllis I just came across your channel a few says ago and I love your recipes they remind me of my childhood in the 70s. I am Mexican American but grew up eating Southern food because my mom learned to cook it when she worked as a maid for an American family in Texas. Thanks to that I cook both Southern and Mexican!
Love the recipe but I think that when plastic is heated, it leaches into the tea. That can disrupt hormones. Please be careful. Maybe you can use two glass pitchers instead of the plastic.
Hi I am addicted to your videos Been watching them for 3 days My husband's grand mother is from the South and he remembered loving her tea Today I made your recipe and We loved it I like the fact that it is decaf So just wanted to let you know that I love your style Low key and so easy to follow lam discovering new cooking ingredients and it's fun to,try new stuff Thank you for sharing and stay well.
Another way to flavor tea, if you don't prefer lemon, is add a sprig of fresh mint leaves. I grow a big patch of mint ever year. Just love spearmint flavored tea.
I only drink coffee, Ice tea, and water too! I love sweet tea made this way. I did get a good tip from my London friend, and he said to never squeeze the tea bag, as it brings out the tannins (bitter part) in the tea, and it WORKED!! It really shocked me, the difference it made. My tea was regular tea, not decaffeinated, so I don't know if that makes a difference, but it sure is much better since we started making it that way. When my children tried it, it made a difference to them too, so much so, that now everyone makes it that way. Bless, Sheila
...yes, I do agree with the squeezing of the tea bag & bitterness, but I too use caffeinated tea so the difference may lie there. I am a Mississippi girl and love me some sweet ice tea...24/7!!! Thanks for sharing Miss Phylis....Hugs...Stephy
You said what I was going to say...it is true don't squeeze the tea bags. I did all the time and learned that it makes it bitter...it sure taste better not squeezing the bags. 👍
I use decaf tea, no squeezing tea bags! I let my tea steep until it is almost room temperature. Makes stronger tea without any of the tannins. Also, cold water or ice rather than room temperature for mixing with the tea concentrate. Just makes better tea, don't ask me why. Oh, and I'm from Louisiana, and now live in Texas. You still have to say whether you want sweet or unsweet tea in both of those states.
Sweet Phyllis, we love you so here in Hamburg/Germany💕🤗. Thank you sooo much for being as you are and for all your great receipts. You are wonderful❤️. Love from Angel
Being raised in the south, we drank sweet tea for lunch and supper and in between times as well. I only use Luzianne tea because I think it has the best flavor. I put my bags into the cold water, bring it up to the boiling point, take the pot off the burner, add the sugar and let it all steep for a few minutes. Remove the tea bags, pour into the pitcher, add cold water to top of container and my tea is ready to go. I happen to like a strong tea while my husband prefers a weaker tea, so I just fill his glass about half way and add more water to the glass. The funny story about this is my husband grew up in Delaware and lived with his grandmother. He said they only had unsweet tea and it was only served during the summer months and only for their dinner time. Well, when he married this southern girl, he learned very quickly to appreciate southern sweet tea served all year long!
Barb, I grew up drinking sweetened Lipton and never really liked it. When I grew up and was on my own, I tried all the brands. I, too, found Luzianne to be the best.
I love sweet tea too when I was a little girl my mom would make it with lemon and a little orange Kool aid it really brought out the orange peko in the tea bag it's delicious
I had a Aunt who would make tea in a sauce pan very very strong and a lot of sugar and let it reduce to a syrup and then when she would want a glass of iced tea she would get a glass of ice and put water in it and then add her syrup to taste and stir it around and have her tea. I wish I had learned to make it from her so that I could keep the syrup in the refrigerator and I would like to be able to make it with Splenda or a sugar substitute into a syrup since I am a diabetic but I grew up on sweet tea and I love sweet tea!!
I just use 5 family size tea bags to a quart of water. Once the water boils, pour it over the tea bags. I let that sit until room temperature (or close to it), remove the tea bags (don't squeeze), add the Splenda (enough to make a gallon of tea, for me that is about 2 cups), add lemons or lemon juice if you like. Pour that into a bottle and refrigerate. Then fill your glass 3/4 full of ice and water and add your tea "concentrate". That is how I keep tea at work without having a huge pitcher. But then I drink about 1 gallon of decaf tea a day, so having some at work is mandatory.
If you are in a state that doesnt serve sweet tea at resturant...ask for cup of hot tea and a glass of ice. Let tea steep, add ur sugar then add it over ice and mix well. ;)
I did this same thing on a airline trip to Alaska and a trip to the west coast. Gotta have my ice tea even on a plane. The stewardess complied with my request while serving everyone else mixed drinks. She even had a slice of lemon for me. Very nice, not sure they would do this on airlines now.
I was just sitting here thinking, "I wonder how miss phyllis makes that sweet tea she always has in her videos?" Tadaaaah!! What a coincidence!🙌 Thank you!☕💗🐾
just love watching you. you take me back to a simpler time and calm my soul. you cook just like my grandma did. I have all her old recipes on index cards. she wrapped all cards with saran wrap to keep them clean. wish I could live where you live. life is too complicated and younger people have mo respect for ages past. just keep up the wonderful way you teach cooking. glad Mr bucky is feeling better
I always squeeze my teabags. I never let my tea get cold in the teapot before making the tea. My experience is that if the tea gets cold in the pot with tea bags still in it will become a little cloudy.
I was told that I should use boiling water, then let it cool, that it was using cold water that made it cloudy, but not sure, as when I make sun tea, letting it steep on the porch, from cold water, it was not cloudy. So,...any other theories on cloudy tea?
according to google search just now, the cloudiness can be prevented by using filtered water, and by letting tea cool slightly to room temp. before putting in fridge. and cloudiness can be reversed by adding 1 cup of boiling water per qt. of tea, and stirring to clear. Hope this helps sweet tea makers.
My dog just heard your dog barking on your video here and now she is barking wondering where that dog is,LOL. We drink Ice Tea when we go out to dinner. I agree their sweet tea is to sweet so we get un-sweetened and put sugar in it. When I make Ice Tea at home I boil the tea bags for a few minutes. I want to try your way and steep them for 5 mins and see if that works better for us. Thank you for the time you take to show us how to make Ice Tea. God bless & Jesus is coming for his bride soon, be ready.
Hi Phyliss, just saw this video from a couple years ago. Come to St. Louis! Every restaurant and fast food place that I've been to offers both sweet tea and unsweetened!
I drink ice tea for breakfast. Never have liked coffee. I like making iced peach tea for supper using Celestial Seasonings Country Peach teabags. Chamomile is also good iced and makes you sleepy.
I know this is an older video, but I wanted to say I cold brew my tea. I just fill a pitcher with cold water and throw in some tea bags. I can have a strong tea in a half hour or so but I can have a really delicious tea if I leave it sit overnight. I feel like the tea tastes more bitter if I brew with hot water. My preference haha, try it like that sometime and let me know if you taste a difference. :)
I also make cold brew tea and it's never cloudy. I stopped hot brewing tea years ago because of the cloudy problem. Also, I think restaurants don't put sugar in the tea because not everyone likes the same strength sweetness. Like Phyllis I drink cold tea all day long and I also drink tea hot. I miss Miss Phyllis.
best Ice tea I ever drank was made from "cistern" water ...sometimes had to strain the "wigglers" out HA......used either Tetley or Liptons..and made it the way you describe here...had hand chipped ice off a block to cool it down...best drunk out of a fruit jar in the Texas heat
Phyllis, i have a question. In the South, do people usually serve sweet tea with, or without lemon already in it? I've only been down there on a limited basis and my experience, at least in restaurants, was that it was served without lemon. When i make my own iced tea, i sweeten it in the pitcher and then add the lemon later when serving.
Most folks serve the lemon on the side or in the top of the glass, since we both use lemon I go ahead and put the lemon in the whole bottle of tea. I think most people use lemon in their tea in the South which is why all restaurants will serve you lemon, in some restaurant the waitress will ask when you're placing your order if you want lemon.
I love you Phyllis, so real so down to earth. You have the most soothing and calm voice. Love all your videos.
Kim Davis
I, very much, agree with you, Kim, is't Phyllis just the most informative and lovely lady and don't you just love her husband mr. Bucky and their little grey colored puppies, also !! :)
I wished that you was my next door neighbor. I would learn SO much! You are so patient and always do the steo by step of how to do something. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and I LOVE your videos!
Sweet Tea is the "House Wine״ of the South!
You are so right.
Shirashayn's amen
+Shirashayn's - I've said that very thing. That's awesome.
Steel Magnolias!
Red Rose to me is the best to my taste, but I'll take any kind I can get. I want mine strong and unsweetened. I don't care for all those flavored teas such as vanilla and others. Just plain ole black unsweetened tea. I know it is unsouthern to drink anything. but sweet tea. Now, if I drink sweet tea I want I really sweet like my mother made. A glass of hers was not semi sweet I would want It sweet. Ice tea for every meal, it is the southern way.
Secret's out! this is truly how it's done in Virginia & Tennessee too!
Jenny Kennedy I nvr heard it called $weet tea'. just iced tea.....I grew up Tenn
that's right. if you don't add the sugar in while it's still hot, it's not really sweet tea.🙂
Gone for several years. I do miss you and watching your videos❣️. R.I.P. dear lady.
My Mississippi granny always made her tea in one of those Federal "star" glass pitchers. Years later I just had to find me one of those pitchers for the nostalgia factor, lol. I love it.
So that's how you southern gals do it! I lived in Wisconsin, and after Katrina we had a lot of southerners move north. Well low and behold we started seeing sweet tea everywhere. I prefer the less sweet version and would drink this or lemonade with a meal. Thanks for the video. God bless and have a compassionate day.
just wanted to tell you thank you so... so.. much for your informative videos.. youre concise way of giving instructions..and charming manner.. you and Mr Bucky both have made many of my nights (and afternoons)delightful as well as delicious!
Hi Mrs. Phyllis, just discovered your videos today but I'm instantly hooked! I was born and raised in California and then as a teenager moved with my family to Upstate NY. I've always wanted to live in the south, people here are downright rude most of the time and always in a hurry. Life is short so make it sweet! Which brings me to my next point, I'm pretty sure instead of blood I have sweet tea, I love it so much, but I've never made it at home. Gotta make this today because I'm melting in a 90 degree humid apartment. Anyways, sorry for rambling I just wanted to say you're one of the sweetest people on RUclips and thank you for sharing your recipes and stories with us. Hope you're doing well! 💜
I was born in san diago california...im a military bratt...my daddy served 20yrs in navy bfore retiring so we moved alot bt aftr havin my 2 sisters in 2 diff states my parents decided to settle dwn & buy a home in san diago california while living there my mother gave birth to my brother first then me & im the baby. But then they had to sell the house move to ohio & take care of my sick grandma & ive lived here since. Also my daug jus bought her 1st home in s.carolina.
Miss Phyllis & Mr. Bucky became part of our family. They were SO cute together and loving, so “” down to earth””, and comforting to watch. Miss Phyllis amazed us by all the things she knew how to do. She most definitely was “” one of a kind “”. I miss them terribly, but I am SO thankful for their videos. Mr. Bucky was a great Bible teacher, and had such a gentle spirit. They were the greatest.
Being a guy who grew up in Pennsylvania and has lived here my entire life, sweet tea was something we just didn't do. My parents made unsweetened occasionally in the summer. I'm 37 now and just this year I developed a taste for sweet tea. I've been trying different "recipes" but haven't found the right combination yet. I just made yours Miss Phyllis. It's chilling in the fridge now. I'm looking forward to trying tomorrow for lunch.
Wow! It's been 4 years since I posted this and I have to say, this is now the only way I make sweet iced tea. I've had Phyllis' "recipe" on my fridge for the past 4 years. Its really good and not overly sweet.
My mother was born and raised in North Carolina. I grew up on her southern cooking and sweet tea... fried okra, fried green maters, Eastern carolina bbq.
I'm in Texas & my son & I drink about 1g a day! Only difference is that we use a teapot & Splenda. Gotta have our sweet tea, we'd be lost without it.
Beautiful tea Phyllis! I'm further south but the house drink here is also ice tea. I use Red Diamond gallon size tea bags. I make one gallon at a time and it's unsweetened. That's the only way Mr G will drink it. I myself sweeten my tea with Splenda Truvia and lemons. Plus I only use bottled water. I buy it by the gallon jug... Re; a gallon at a time. I use one gal size tea bag to 2 1/2 cups of boiling water. Once the tea bag is put in I remove it from the burner. I let it steep not over 5-6 minutes. Anything over that makes it taste merky. I usually leave it on the counter until we finish the gallon. We do love out tea!
I'm the family tea maker, 5 gallons at a time for family cook outs. we make it the same way.
Hot tea is so soothing. I don't know why it's not as popular in the US. Love iced tea as well. Just love tea in general. lol
We're just a nation of coffee drinkers, I guess we're just addicted to coffee. If Mr. Bucky doesn't get his coffee in the morning he'll have a headache by noon from lack of caffeine.
I love the way you make your Tea. I could just taste it!Thank you.❤
Made sweet tea my whole life. My daddy called it the 3/4/5 rule. 3 tea bags, 4 cups boiling water, steep 5 minutes. 1 1/2 cups sugar LOL Yup we like it sweet!! I must admit I quit drinking all sugared drinks because of health as I’ve gotten older. Pretty much water, water, water. Lost over 40 lbs and have kept it off. I do miss my southern sweet tea!!
Im from Texas born & raised but a lot of tea in restaurants here is to sweet for me tast i like sugar water, the best tea iv ever put my lips on was made by my late sister inlaw god rest her soul her tea was just rite
I love my sun green iced tea with lime. 😊🍶
I’m not a tea drinker but when ever I go to my home of Texas I would order the sweet tea because it was a mix of lemonade and tea I just loved that.
The best tea for iced tea that I've ever tasted is Kroger's store brand in the family size box. With 2 cups of sugar for each gallon, it really is very good, and considerably less expensive. I'm not sure how far into the south Kroger's grocery stores can be found, but the stores origins, which go back over 100 years, show that the owner began his retail business by selling his own brand of tea.
Summerville, South Carolina is the home of sweet tea!
I bought a cheap abt $10 coffee maker from WM & let it make my tea, We use decaff too .It's so easy & taste great too!
Phyllis, you are such a dear woman! What a soothing demeanor.
The Mississippi River isn't the boundary between sweet an unsweetened tea ! We have what is known as Texas Sweet Tea , and it is probably the sweetest of all !
LOL....I had a friend here from Alabama I'm in California we went out to dinner and he ordered "Sweet Tea" in his southern drawl I don't think the waitress understood him ask him again he repeated "Sweet Tea" she still looked baffled I said he want iced tea then I told him he would have to put his own sugar in it...lol I don't know why places here don't put sugar in the ice tea here...
Pam Carballoca I was just reading your comment about "Sweet Tea". I'm from Texas, and our favorite restaurants offer both sweet and unsweet. Probably some of the reasons that a lot of restaurants only offer unsweetened only, maybe to save money, product, time, and possible waste. I ordered sweet tea one time from my favorite place and I think they put about three times the amount of sugar in it. It was so sweet, that I couldn't drink it. I returned it stating that and they brought me another glass of it. I just kept on diluting it into my ice water. Have a blessed day. 😊🕊🌈❤️
Because in California, everybody's dieting & not having sugar in anything.😂
Filtered Water - I made a DIY stainless steel container for Berkey water filters that I purchased. My daughter and I would always buy water pitcher with filters similar to the one you have. We both always ended up with bad tasting water time after time even with a new filter. Finally, I spent the money to DIY a Berkey water filtering system for my daughter. Berkey always got good reviews. I did that 2 years ago and my daughter says they love their water. I heard one person say they have had their Berkey filters for 7 years (you have to clean the filters as needed).
When I retire, I'll either get a Reverse Osmosis System installed (love that water and my body really likes it) or I'll try the DIY Berkey. My body doesn't handle the city water very well.
God Bless!
We drink sweet tea year round here in Kansas!! My mom made it the same way you do and taught me and I taught my daughter and son!!! It's a normal thing at lunch and dinner and throughout the day.
This is fabulous! ..... My drinks are (In the summer time)bottled water, Sun Iced Tea with or without lemon, or juice(Apple, Apple cider, grape, or cranberry) both with lots of ice.... (in the winter) Hot Earl grey tea, English breakfast tea, Irish Breakfast tea, or Lady Earl tea, or hot chocolate. ...My husband doesnt drink tea he just drinks coffee in the morning and coke for almost every meal or water in between. .... Love your channel hun
Hadn’t seen this one Miss Phyllis! Live this, I smiled the entire time...I myself make tea very similarly, I use a funnel as well...I purposely bought Tropicana Orange Juice because of the handled bottle it was in I knew would fit in my French door fridge well, it was buy one get one at Winn Dixie! Northerners and Westerners have no clue what Sweet Tea is...my daughter used to get so frustrated while she was stationed in California when she’d go into a restaurant and ask for sweet iced tea..they’d look at her like she was nuts. She found one restaurant in Oceanside that actually served it and she survived by buying Gold Peak Tea.
I'm a West Virginia girl and we are Southern!!! Love you, Ms Phyllis, you make some really good food!! Anyway, I use to love sweet ice tea, however, am now diabetic so can't use all that sugar that really makes good sweet tea. So, I don't drink my sweet ice tea anymore because I don't know how to make a it with an artificial sweetener. Sure do miss it!!! Was hoping someone else or yourself would also be a diabetic and give me an idea as to how to convert to my needs...thanks so much!!
I Love it your way. Looks so refreshing. Yummy. ♥️😍
I'm from....gasp....Minnesota!!!! Guess what???? We have sweet iced tea here too! I drink it frequently.
I drink tea with lemon, though I now like to have a mix of black tea and rosehip and hibiscus tea. I also do drink tea warm in winter, though I have it over ice in summer. I also have a habit of disolving sugar in a little hot water before I put it in the brewed tea, though that was an outgrowth of making cold-brewed tea in summer (put tea leaves of tea bags in cold water and let sit for a few hours, or overnight), so a sugar syrup mixes better.
Such a nice Lady
....R.I.P.....💜
I drink sweet iced tea (without lemon) 450 times a day! I dont have a water softener or filtration system, and I don't mind drinking tap water, but when I make tea I always use bottled purified water. I love how clear the tea looks and it just seems to taste better. Tea runs through my veins! I told my husband if I'm ever bed bound he better have a feeding tube of nothing but sweet tea. 😳 It gets HOT down here so tea is a must have! And I also use whatever is on sale or I have a coupon for: Tetley, Lipton or Luzianne.
This is wonderful, thank you for sharing. :)
I use the baking soda ideal, but i never squeeze out my tea bags i add the baking soda in the water ater it boils and before I add my tea bags. You are so dear . Peace Sweetie ✌🇺🇸
My aunt always ask what im brewing in the cauldron today I love cooking and brewing and what not I love these videos
So glad I found your channel! I am from Fargo, ND but fell in love with sweet tea in North Carolina where my brother lives. I admit that being from the north, I normally drink my ice tea unsweetened but sweet tea is a guilty pleasure of mine. One of the few places you can get it up here is McDonalds and it is actually really good. Not super sweet like at Bojangeles' down in NC. It looks like your version would not be too sweet either and I can't wait to give it a try. Thanks for posting.
I don't like real sweet tea either. When we go out to a restaurant I always ask for half sweet and half unsweetened in my glass and of course I have to have lemon in mine.
I worked in a restaurant decades ago, and realized that not everyone will clean the nozzle. I came back after vacation one time and the plastic insert was black with gunk. the unsweetened tea wasn't like that, so something was growing in the sweet tea. I cant bring myself to drink sweet tea in a restaurant to this day :(
Oh by the way...forgot to ask, but do you ever put Lime in your iced tea? My granny used to do that but I am not sure why. I have always loved it though. Like some people also put lemon in guacamole but the flavor is totally different. I have to have lime for that dish. Also, what is the best restaurant that you have tasted a great iced tea from. I love McAllisters iced tea . It's always fresh and great tasting. Surprising I know, and I am VERY PICKY about my tea. I guess that's because I don't take sugar with my ice tea so the tea has to be very flavorful. Also, I always serve sugar SYRUP at the table with our iced tea......the granules never seem to dissolve. Do you ever do that? I totally agree with you ...filtered water is the way to go!!
I Love your food videos-thank you so very much.
So Sweet.
yep raised on Lipton..steeped with sugar and 🍋
RIP dear couple
thanks for showing me how make iced tea i love it
Tea is sweet in Texas
Ms. Phyllis, is that tea good for making sun tea?
It would probably work for sun tea, never tried it myself.
Phyllis Stokes Ms Phyllis, thank you so much for replying. I love your videos.
I like it with Mint, too.
I know what you mean about unsweetened tea in the restaurant. I feel crazy sitting there trying to sweeten my tea, because I've got to use about 15 packs of tea and there is never enough sugar and then I have to ask for more sugar! UGGGHHH! I'm going to start making tea with my meals, too. Such a good and healthy idea!
My mom has the same Tupperware containers!
hey just watch this one and had to tell you and old story. we are from the Ohio (me W. Va.) we were living in Mississippi and my daughter got pregnant and we drank tea all the time. well, when she went into labor and we are at the hospital they were given her medication for pains. Dermoral I think. she started to talk about given the doctor and nurses tea. we all laugh and said maybe we need some of that medication.HAHA had to tell you after watching this. love your advice and help in cooking.
Haha, my 3 little dogs ran to the front door & barked & barked at the dog they thought had barked at them first outside :~).
Great video, I always drink my iced tea plain, in Canada we only have the sugared and lemoned “brisk” in the soft drink dispensers, I don’t recommend it!
I love me some real Southern Sweet Ice Tea
Tea is divine miss you dear friend
I have found that “southern sweet tea” drinkers will NOT ever add sugar to cold unsweetened tea. They are purists about that. 🙂. I am from MI and drink it either way but I do not like it too sweet. My daughter is a sweet tea purist and will not add sugar. Not sure how that happened lol. Her father is from KY so maybe it’s genetic lol.
Phyllis Stokes Have you ever made home made lemonade? its just me but when I make home made lemonade I like to add 2 or 3 cups of rum.
Tetley? I haven't seen that brand since I was a little kid XD!
I'm from the north & I drink unsweetened tea all the time. us northerners don't drink sweet tea. lol
I can't seem to find iced tea bags anywhere in Canada, are there any other types of tea I can use to make this?
You can use regular tea bags the same as you would use for hot tea. Most any brand of tea can be used for ice tea.
Yes, I noticed that too....nothing specially made for making ice tea....wonder how it is different??? I plan on mixing green tea and black tea, half and half, with sugar and lemon.
I bought a peach tea from Walmart and used that - it was delicious.
Yes, if it's a natural peach flavor, with just filtered water, tea, and some natural real sugar, it can be delicious...prior to trying the Snapple peach tea (green& black tea mix, premium teas) I never thought I would appreciate peach in sweet tea...but WOW...and you could dilute it at home by adding more water, if desired, and lots of ice. Many tea 'mixes' have other things, like ascorbic acid, etc. added, and aside from not tasting as good as natural teas, they give me heartburn/acid reflux! Now I watched Mz. Phyllis make her tea I will probably make my own more often & keep a supply in the fridge for the hot summer days.
I miss you.
I make ice tea mainly in the summer months but never use sugar i am glad i never did
Because 2 years ago
My Dr told me my sugar is a bit higher then normal
Now now have to take a pill one a day for my sugar
The only time i put raw honey
It's fall and winter in hot tea
Only 1/4 tea spoon
I usually take only 1 cup of tea in the cold
Afternoon tea
Morning always 1 cup of perk coffee
Not to much cafien
So i don't get the jitters LOL
LOVE FOLGERS OR MELITA
come to Louisiana, we have sweet tea
Both are lighter on calories and sugar, yet still pack a punch!!
How much filtered water did you pour in before you poured in the tea?
Probably about three cups.
Phyllis Stokes, awesome! Thank you! 😊
To much sweet tea is bad on the kidneys be careful drinking it all the time. I always have it in my fridge however I also drink water a lot of times instead. This was a interesting video and I'll have to try the baking soda since we use a well. Thanks!
That pinch of baking soda will keep the tea from becoming cloudy in the refrigerator..
I'm so desperate to watch Phyllis videos, I've started watching these old ones-- my goodness, she's a sight for sore eyes. When I think about what's happened and changed in her life since this was recorded, it gives me a shiver down my spine. God bless her, I hope she's doing okay and will be back among us ASAP. I'm ready for some iced tea!!
Ice Tea is not a big drink in Australia, however, this seems like such a great alternative to sodas. I will try this for sure! Love your vids Phyllis. I feel like I must have lived in the American South in a past life or something 😊
Sutton is a big name around North Carolina and Tennessee here in the south.
Save your tea leaves- they are good for rose bushes- just mulch it in.
My mother always used coffee grounds the same way. She always had gorgeous blooms on all her flowers & bushes.
I'm from the south. My grandmother always said never boil water so much the oxygen escapes. Soon as it comes to boil, take off the fire just like this video. Otherwise your tea will be bitter. Plus don't leave tea bags in water too long, also causes bitterness.
I nvr knew tht abt leaving tea bags in tea n i leave my bags in for ovr an hour too.🤔
We have sweet tea here in Texas - I put tea bags in cold water, bring to just a boil remove from heat and add the sugar stirring until melted - let it steep until it is the strength yo prefer. In a heavy glass pitcher- I fill it with ice (instead of water) and pour the warm tea over the ice.. I learned to make iced tea from an older lady who worked the lunch counter at Woolworth's five and dime back in the 60's.
Mrs. Phyllis I just came across your channel a few says ago and I love your recipes they remind me of my childhood in the 70s. I am Mexican American but grew up eating Southern food because my mom learned to cook it when she worked as a maid for an American family in Texas. Thanks to that I cook both Southern and Mexican!
N. Hernandez Love this channel too !
Love the recipe but I think that when plastic is heated, it leaches into the tea. That can disrupt hormones. Please be careful. Maybe you can use two glass pitchers instead of the plastic.
Hi I am addicted to your videos Been watching them for 3 days
My husband's grand mother is from the South and he remembered loving her tea
Today I made your recipe and We loved it I like the fact that it is decaf
So just wanted to let you know that I love your style Low key and so easy to follow
lam discovering new cooking ingredients and it's fun to,try new stuff
Thank you for sharing and stay well.
Hi.
Have you been watching lately?
Well, I am going to start drinking this southern tea . I am sure it will be better for me than cola! Thanks!
Another way to flavor tea, if you don't prefer lemon, is add a sprig of fresh mint leaves. I grow a big patch of mint ever year. Just love spearmint flavored tea.
Yes it is better.
I only drink coffee, Ice tea, and water too! I love sweet tea made this way. I did get a good tip from my London friend, and he said to never squeeze the tea bag, as it brings out the tannins (bitter part) in the tea, and it WORKED!! It really shocked me, the difference it made. My tea was regular tea, not decaffeinated, so I don't know if that makes a difference, but it sure is much better since we started making it that way. When my children tried it, it made a difference to them too, so much so, that now everyone makes it that way. Bless, Sheila
...yes, I do agree with the squeezing of the tea bag & bitterness, but I too use caffeinated tea so the difference may lie there. I am a Mississippi girl and love me some sweet ice tea...24/7!!! Thanks for sharing Miss Phylis....Hugs...Stephy
iced coffee is a good one too...learned to drink that later in life...love that..refreshing
You said what I was going to say...it is true don't squeeze the tea bags. I did all the time and learned that it makes it bitter...it sure taste better not squeezing the bags. 👍
Absolutely NEVER squeeze the bag
I use decaf tea, no squeezing tea bags! I let my tea steep until it is almost room temperature. Makes stronger tea without any of the tannins. Also, cold water or ice rather than room temperature for mixing with the tea concentrate. Just makes better tea, don't ask me why. Oh, and I'm from Louisiana, and now live in Texas. You still have to say whether you want sweet or unsweet tea in both of those states.
I'm a sweet iced tea drinker too. & of course I put 🍋 lemon in my tea. I also don't drink soda's. I do also drink coffee. 😊
Sweet Phyllis, we love you so here in Hamburg/Germany💕🤗. Thank you sooo much for being as you are and for all your great receipts.
You are wonderful❤️.
Love
from
Angel
Miss her so much. So glad her videos are still available. I like that her son is keeping this channel going.
I feel the same, we lost a hell of a sweet lady. She won't be forgotten.
Being raised in the south, we drank sweet tea for lunch and supper and in between times as well. I only use Luzianne tea because I think it has the best flavor. I put my bags into the cold water, bring it up to the boiling point, take the pot off the burner, add the sugar and let it all steep for a few minutes. Remove the tea bags, pour into the pitcher, add cold water to top of container and my tea is ready to go. I happen to like a strong tea while my husband prefers a weaker tea, so I just fill his glass about half way and add more water to the glass. The funny story about this is my husband grew up in Delaware and lived with his grandmother. He said they only had unsweet tea and it was only served during the summer months and only for their dinner time. Well, when he married this southern girl, he learned very quickly to appreciate southern sweet tea served all year long!
Good to know someone else drinks ice tea year round. Thanks, Barb, for your comment. We southerners have to stick together on this issue.
Barb G-WV ii
+Barb G-WV - Every meal that my mother ever cooked started with her making a pitcher of sweet tea.
Barb, I grew up drinking sweetened Lipton and never really liked it. When I grew up and was on my own, I tried all the brands.
I, too, found Luzianne to be the best.
Barb G-WV d
I love sweet tea too when I was a little girl my mom would make it with lemon and a little orange Kool aid it really brought out the orange peko in the tea bag it's delicious
I add 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. depending how how long I leave the tea to steep. If it's strong I'll use the 1/4 tsp. baking soda.
Me too
I had a Aunt who would make tea in a sauce pan very very strong and a lot of sugar and let it reduce to a syrup and then when she would want a glass of iced tea she would get a glass of ice and put water in it and then add her syrup to taste and stir it around and have her tea. I wish I had learned to make it from her so that I could keep the syrup in the refrigerator and I would like to be able to make it with Splenda or a sugar substitute into a syrup since I am a diabetic but I grew up on sweet tea and I love sweet tea!!
I just use 5 family size tea bags to a quart of water. Once the water boils, pour it over the tea bags. I let that sit until room temperature (or close to it), remove the tea bags (don't squeeze), add the Splenda (enough to make a gallon of tea, for me that is about 2 cups), add lemons or lemon juice if you like. Pour that into a bottle and refrigerate. Then fill your glass 3/4 full of ice and water and add your tea "concentrate". That is how I keep tea at work without having a huge pitcher. But then I drink about 1 gallon of decaf tea a day, so having some at work is mandatory.
If you are in a state that doesnt serve sweet tea at resturant...ask for cup of hot tea and a glass of ice. Let tea steep, add ur sugar then add it over ice and mix well. ;)
I did this same thing on a airline trip to Alaska and a trip to the west coast. Gotta have my ice tea even on a plane. The stewardess complied with my request while serving everyone else mixed drinks. She even had a slice of lemon for me. Very nice, not sure they would do this on airlines now.
I was just sitting here thinking, "I wonder how miss phyllis makes that sweet tea she always has in her videos?" Tadaaaah!! What a coincidence!🙌 Thank you!☕💗🐾
You're beautiful!
just love watching you. you take me back to a simpler time and calm my soul. you cook just like my grandma did. I have all her old recipes on index cards. she wrapped all cards with saran wrap to keep them clean. wish I could live where you live. life is too complicated and younger people have mo respect for ages past. just keep up the wonderful way you teach cooking. glad Mr bucky is feeling better
I grew up in the south. I was told need er to squeeze the teabags as it made the tea cloudy. do you find that to be true? bye the way great videos 😊
I always squeeze my teabags. I never let my tea get cold in the teapot before making the tea. My experience is that if the tea gets cold in the pot with tea bags still in it will become a little cloudy.
I was told that I should use boiling water, then let it cool, that it was using cold water that made it cloudy, but not sure, as when I make sun tea, letting it steep on the porch, from cold water, it was not cloudy. So,...any other theories on cloudy tea?
according to google search just now, the cloudiness can be prevented by using filtered water, and by letting tea cool slightly to room temp. before putting in fridge. and cloudiness can be reversed by adding 1 cup of boiling water per qt. of tea, and stirring to clear. Hope this helps sweet tea makers.
I have made my tea the exact same way for years. My grandmother taught me. I have cheated and made it in coffee pot.
Dizzy Viz I like that way also
Dizzy Viz OK
That's so cute
That's how I make mine too....lol
I've also cheated with the coffee pot! LOL
My dog just heard your dog barking on your video here and now she is barking wondering where that dog is,LOL. We drink Ice Tea when we go out to dinner. I agree their sweet tea is to sweet so we get un-sweetened and put sugar in it. When I make Ice Tea at home I boil the tea bags for a few minutes. I want to try your way and steep them for 5 mins and see if that works better for us. Thank you for the time you take to show us how to make Ice Tea. God bless & Jesus is coming for his bride soon, be ready.
Hi Phyliss, just saw this video from a couple years ago. Come to St. Louis! Every restaurant and fast food place that I've been to offers both sweet tea and unsweetened!
Thank you Phyllis and your voice is so soothing while explaining.
I drink ice tea for breakfast. Never have liked coffee. I like making iced peach tea for supper using Celestial Seasonings Country Peach teabags. Chamomile is also good iced and makes you sleepy.
Thts a gud idea!😉
I know this is an older video, but I wanted to say I cold brew my tea. I just fill a pitcher with cold water and throw in some tea bags. I can have a strong tea in a half hour or so but I can have a really delicious tea if I leave it sit overnight. I feel like the tea tastes more bitter if I brew with hot water. My preference haha, try it like that sometime and let me know if you taste a difference. :)
*SGDevotee:* Oh, good to know! I've never made iced tea ever, so I'll have to try this soon. Do you also put sugar and lemon?
I also make cold brew tea and it's never cloudy. I stopped hot brewing tea years ago because of the cloudy problem.
Also, I think restaurants don't put sugar in the tea because not everyone likes the same strength sweetness.
Like Phyllis I drink cold tea all day long and I also drink tea hot.
I miss Miss Phyllis.
best Ice tea I ever drank was made from "cistern" water ...sometimes had to strain the "wigglers" out HA......used either Tetley or Liptons..and made it the way you describe here...had hand chipped ice off a block to cool it down...best drunk out of a fruit jar in the Texas heat
Phyllis, i have a question. In the South, do people usually serve sweet tea with, or without lemon already in it? I've only been down there on a limited basis and my experience, at least in restaurants, was that it was served without lemon. When i make my own iced tea, i sweeten it in the pitcher and then add the lemon later when serving.
Most folks serve the lemon on the side or in the top of the glass, since we both use lemon I go ahead and put the lemon in the whole bottle of tea. I think most people use lemon in their tea in the South which is why all restaurants will serve you lemon, in some restaurant the waitress will ask when you're placing your order if you want lemon.