Mint is great in iced tea as well.

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Who says it's not iced tea anymore when you add sugar and lemon? Homemade is definitely my preference. I like it sweet as well, but the commercial stuff is sugared down to the point where I can't regard it as anything but candy.

Except for those awesome 50% sugar ones Snapple makes. And for once, they had the common sense to not substitute aspartame or sucralose, or whatever. Just... less sugar. A reasonable amount, I would even say.

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When you say you don't like "real iced tea", do you mean you prefer the instant? Adding lemon and sugar doesn't make it unreal, to be sure.

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I drink iced tea year round, with lemon, but no sweetener.

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lemonade took the other months.

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I suggest you use loose leaf tea to make your iced tea with. Loose tea delivers a better flavor and in many cases it is more economical than powders and instant. Our favorite is St. James estate Ceylon tea with orange and lime slices. The St. James takes on the fruit flavors exceptionally.

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On our annual trip to Charleston this year we visited the Bigelow Tea Plantation - and picked up their "American Classic Tea". We made the first batch of sweet tea when we got home, and now (two weeks later) we're ordering it by the case. Best tea for sweet tea!

http://www.bigelowtea.com/shop/details.cfm?si=1&sc=1&pi=00353

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I agree with #6....loose leaf does make the best tea. This is the wine of the south! I brew my own double stregth add sugar while hot! cool and serve over a tall ice filled glass. served with lemon or fresh mint.The best tea hot or cold is russian caravan black tea. Heaven....Tetley and Luizianne teas are great for ice tea, never cloudy which I hate!!

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I like instant and regular iced teas, but I usually prefer bottle Lipton Sweetened No Lemon for commercial iced tea. When I was younger, I used to eat Lipton and Nestea powder right out of the canister; now that I remember that nasty habit, I want more tea powder! *cue Homer drooling*

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