okay you fucks i'm showing y'all how to make texas

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first get your water in the pot, and fill it all the way (not 80%, not 90%)

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now put that shit on the burner, set it to high and wait

>>9001765
This has no alcohol. Wtf

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i think i can see some bubbles, but you gotta wait for a full boil
>>9001788
not in my fucking tea you don't

Adding marijuanaitos?

>ALRIGHT IM GONNA TEACH YOU THIS RECIPE
>First go to the store and buy tea packets, then expose them to water and add sugar

Thanks, OP

>>9001765
>lipton
Saged and reported.

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that's more like it
>>9001824
it's the method, not the materials
>>9001829
:^)

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take it off the burner and apply teabags. if you somehow burn the tea you've got only yourself to blame.
>>9001821
that comes after i make the tea

>>9001845
Traditionally, a Texas tea is like a Long Island, but with tequila.

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i think it's steeped enough, so get a pitcher and add the tea base
>>9001857
i'm only calling it texas tea because it's how my texas-native great-grandma's been making it since the 50's

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make sure to get every ounce of tea (pardon the retarded camera angle

now add a cup of sugar and stir

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fuck

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fill to the 2-quart line and serve

>>9001867
Texasfag here, my grams made it the same way. My whore mother made it in the microwave, however. Was never too sweet, ever. I can't order sweet tea in a restaurant, it's always like syrup. Half and half is usually good.

>>9001845
How many tea bags?

>>9001888
hell yeah, glad to see another texasfag round here. where did your grandma live?
>>9001893
i've found 3-4 is just right for 2 quarts

>>9001899
Born outside Palastine, lived in Burleson.

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>>9001899
>i've found 3-4 is just right for 2 quarts
me too

I like Luzianna, Publix or WinnDixie tea. I haven't used Lipton in so long that I don't know if it compares the same. I do know Publix and Luzianne are identical.

I love to toss in a mint tea for extra cooling sometimes. A single flavored tea bag can bring in a little niceness like orange-cinnamon, or jasmine oolong. If you like to mess with loose leaf, this pictured tea makes a lovely pitcher of iced tea. It's found for like $4 at any asian market.

I'm lazymode and in the summer I make a new pitcher almost daily. I will heat the water in a 1qt pyrex measuring cup in the microwave, with the teabags, for 6 minutes (just to a boil), and then steep 5-15 minutes til cool. Use more teabags to be stronger, so you can dilute over ice quickly. Use less if you want to use the fridge to cool overnight. I probably use only 3/4 cup of sugar per pitcher, and about half the time it's entirely unsweetened.