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- Theresa brought it to my attention
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a few minutes ago, y'all,
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that I have never made sweet tea on any of my videos.
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So I'm gonna share with y'all,
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how I always made my sweet tea.
0:16
And this is kinda like before the restaurant,
0:19
because I would make it a gallon,
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you know, for my family.
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And we wouldn't drink at all at a meal,
0:27
but, you know, I'd put it in the refrigerator
0:29
and we might get two days out of it.
0:31
So, to a gallon of tea,
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I would use four family-size bags.
0:40
And I'm funny about my tea,
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there's only one brand that I really like.
0:48
And I think it's like a Southern tea, I'm not sure.
0:53
But to make a gallon jug of tea,
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I would use four of these.
1:01
Now I got 'em all twisted up, y'all.
1:04
So this is the biggest pitcher I have in the house.
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So I'm gonna use three family-sized
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tea bags for that amount.
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And I'm gonna put these over in boiling water,
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and I'm gonna dip, dip, dip.
1:23
And then I'm gonna put the lid on it and let it steep.
1:28
You know, it depends on how busy I got during the day.
1:32
You know, I might let it steep 30 minutes,
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I might let it steep three hours.
1:36
And it didn't seem to, you know, make a difference.
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But they don't pay me a thing y'all, so, (chuckles)
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this is strictly, you know what
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myself and my family loves.
1:52
And we serve it in all of our restaurants too.
1:55
So, we like fresh mint in our tea.
2:00
And we grew this in the yard.
2:02
Didn't we Eddie?
2:03
- [Eddie] Yes.
2:04
- I can't remember whereabouts in the yard this is.
2:08
- [Eddie] We haven't found a, in the ground spot yet.
2:11
- (laughs) Oh we hadn't, so it's in a pot.
2:12
- [Eddie] We have a couple of pots around the yard. (laughs)
2:15
- And of course, lemons.
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And look at this color of this lemon, y'all.
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That's a Meyer lemon, which is so good,
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I could just bite into 'em like an apple with salt.
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So, now to, a gallon of tea,
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seems like I use like a cup and three-fourths.
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One and three-fourths cup of sugar for a gallon of tea.
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Now some people may not like it that sweet.
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So you just need to
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make that according to your preference.
2:59
I might have used one and a half cups, I can't remember.
3:02
But I do know that the longer your tea sits,
3:07
the sweeter it gets.
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So I remember sometimes I'd have to add some water to it
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'cause it was just a little too, too sweet.
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So, that's strictly your call.
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So for this, I'm gonna use about a cup,
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or almost a cup.
3:47
- You know, when I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
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I said, well, you know, I gotta try to help myself here.
3:58
I would drink diet sodas in the morning when I got up.
4:02
I didn't drink coffee, I wasn't a coffee drinker then.
4:05
And at 11 o'clock when we started lunch
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I switched to sweet tea.
4:11
And I would drink sweet tea until I crawled in my bed.
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And I usually have my sweet tea glass sitting by my bed.
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So I said, you know, this is something I can do.
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I'm consuming so much sugar just in my tea.
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So I put down the sweet tea and I started using,
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you know diet sweet tea.
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I would use an artificial sweetener in my tea.
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And I've gotten used to it now.
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It tastes good to me, now with the artificial sugar.
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But some people make tea using,
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you know, they'll buy the big bags
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of whatever kind of sugar substitute they care to have.
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And they'll sweeten their tea with an artificial sweetener.
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Which is fine too.
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It's, you know, whatever,
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whatever floats your boat.
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So a lot of this is strictly your pallet.
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So you would change this accordingly.
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Some people like real strong, strong tea.
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So you might wanna use more tea bags.
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Let's see what the directions say.
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And that just calls for one tea bag for a half a gallon.
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And see, I like mine stronger.
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So if I was making a full gallon,
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I would have four family-sized teabags in there.
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But since I'm making it in this pitcher, I have cut back.
6:12
That's gonna be some good tea.
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So we'll let it steep,
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maybe 15 minute.
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Or if I get busy maybe 30 minutes.
6:20
Okay, I probably let this steep what?
6:22
15 to 20 minutes, would you say, Theresa?
6:24
- [Theresa] Yes, ma'am.
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- And this water is still hot as blue blazers.
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But that's good 'cause that's gonna.
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No, I'm gonna do it right here, but thank you.
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That's all right,
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because that hot tea is gonna melt my sugar.
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(hot water trickling)
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So there we go.
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And I take the back of the spoon and I press out
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every drop of that strong part of the tea bag.
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All right, so we're gonna just give it a stir,
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let all that sugar dissolve.
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And like I said, it won't take but a minute.
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Theresa, I would like-- - Lots of ice?
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- Lots of ice.
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And get everybody else a glass too, if y'all want some.
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Now I take my tea bags,
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(water splashing)
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and I just cover 'em with cold water,
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and enough to fill up my pitcher.
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Or almost fill it up.
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I just make sure I get off the goodie
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out of those tea bags, y'all. (chuckles)
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And like I said, the longer this sits
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the sweeter it's gonna get.
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- [Eddie] It doesn't matter.
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I mean, it looks really dark.
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- Yes.
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- [Eddie] Is there a--
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- That orange pekoe, that pekoe?
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Is just good.
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Ooh, thanks Therese.
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- [Theresa] I know you like lots.
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- I do.
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And this hot tea will melt that ice in--
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- Two seconds. - Just, yes, in two seconds.
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All right, I'm gonna add a little bit more.
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- [Theresa] People don't really realize
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that there is a science to tea.
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And that you do, like steeping it.
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Like boiling your water and steeping it separately.
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'Cause a lot of people think you put your bags in
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and let it boil and it gets bitter.
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- No, I don't boil.
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I don't boil my tea bags.
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That's a pretty pitcher of tea, isn't it?
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Gonna see if it's sweet enough?
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That is so good.
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But--
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(Paula and Eddie laugh)
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I did a scant cup of sugar.
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So I think it needs just to--
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- [Theresa] Scant more.
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- Yeah, just not much, but just a little bit.
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Just a little bit.
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Not so much.
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- [Theresa] Oh, that's a little bit.
9:07
- Yeah, just a little bit, like I said.
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- [Theresa] Look at Daddy's face.
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(Theresa and Paula laugh)
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- Like I said, I've got to wash my spoon
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'cause I drank out of it.
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So that was probably a full cup.
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'Cause like I said, I didn't fill my cup all the way full.
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- [Eddie] I had never had sweet tea until,
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you know, I moved here into college.
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And I remember, you know,
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in the dorms we weren't supposed to have any microwaves,
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any hot pots or anything like that.
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And I think I had like a rice cooker.
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- That's so good. - But these two
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girls that I met from North Carolina,
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in their room they had a hot plate and they--
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- [Theresa] Made their tea.
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- [Eddie] They made their tea every morning.
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And I remember going over there--
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- Did they drink hot tea or cold?
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- [Eddie] No, they made their sweet tea.
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And I thought it was the most amazing thing.
10:04
(Theresa and Paula laughing) I thought it was.
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- [Theresa] What is the most amazing thing?
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- Okay.
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Squirt of that Meyer lemon in it.
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And if you come to any of our restaurants,
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you're gonna get your tea with mint in it.
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So if you just put it up there
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you're not gonna get any flavor.
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In order to get the.
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Oh my gosh, it felt so good.
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In order to get that mint flavor through your tea
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you have to crush your leaves
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and that opens up the pores in your mint.
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It opens 'em up to release that flavor throughout your tea.
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Here's to y'all.
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Here's to you
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- [Eddie] Go sit on the porch.
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- [Theresa] And say, "Hey, y'all."
10:56
(Eddie chuckling)
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- Y'all come on in and have a piece of cake,
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and a glass of sweet tea. (chuckles)
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"Love and Best Dishes".
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It could be a little bit sweeter.
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(Theresa and Paula chuckling)
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