FREE: Healthy Sweet Tea Recipe

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DIY

I accidentally developed a slight sweet tea addiction since moving to the south. Don’t judge me, it’s one of those irrisistable treats I’m allowing myself once in awhile. However, I have almost completely eliminated sugary beverages from my diet.

The problem with sweet tea is as we see it there are two problems with sweet tea: 1) it’s a sugary drink that should only be enjoyed in moderation, 2) it’s hard to find a source using healthy ingredients.

The problem with grocery and convenience store sweet tea is the typical choice of high fructose corn syrup and/or aspartame as a sweetener – not doing that either. There are a few brands of organic sweet tea available but they’re too expensive, and there is a better solution. Our solution is the same as always . . . make your own and do it with healthier ingredients.

Another southerner told us we needed 2 cups of sugar per gallon of sweet tea, and also a friend from Texas told us true sweet tea needed half a bag of sugar per gallon! Since we like our teeth and want to avoid diabetes, keeping the sweetener to a minimum is a must.

so here is a more healthy way of doing it with out feeling guilty.