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- Hey, y'all, I'm Jamie Deen,
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and I'm back here in Mama's kitchen.
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It's summertime and it is hot,
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so today we're gonna do a delicious drink.
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I've got some tea here,
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How much is this, Teresa?
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- [Teresa] Four cups.
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- Four cups of water we boiled,
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and I got a big tea bag that I'm steeping in here.
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I'm gonna let it steep
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maybe just for a couple of more minutes,
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because I've had this going.
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About 20 minutes is enough time.
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It's a beautiful color.
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We've had tea, y'all,
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we used to drink sweet tea for breakfast
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when I was growing up.
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"Here's your sweet tea."
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I drank so much sweet tea when I was growing up
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that very, very rarely do I drink
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straight-up traditional sweet tea anymore.
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I just had too much when I was young.
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But if you add a little bit of fruit,
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there's a couple of things that you can do to tea
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to really make it delicious
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and explode with your summer flavors.
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So Teresa, who I love,
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- She has taken this watermelon
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and she has cut down half of it.
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She has pureed it and strained it.
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This is the other half of this watermelon.
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This is fresh, delicious, ice cold watermelon juice,
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and we're gonna be using that.
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So now that our tea is steeped enough,
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I'm gonna go ahead and get it into our carafe here.
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I'm just gonna make a little bit of a mess,
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And now, we're gonna dissolve our tea.
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You know, you gotta dissolve your sugar in your tea
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or it'll never, never, never dissipate.
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It'll be grainy and gross.
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So go ahead and add your sugar in while it's hot.
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We're gonna stir this up until it completely dissolves.
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Now, here is the really toughest part of this recipe.
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We're gonna wait until it cools off.
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Now how long y'all think that's gonna take?
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Stick around, find out.
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We'll be back in a few minutes.
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Hey, y'all, I'm back.
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We got our watermelon tea.
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I got Henry here with me.
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He's the best taste-tester around,
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Matthew and Daniel'll give him a run for his money.
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So I've boiled the water.
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I've taken our tea bag.
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We've steeped it for about 20 minutes.
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We dissolved two cups of sugar into here.
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Teresa has taken half a watermelon
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and she's given it the treatment.
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We run it through our blender.
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It's been in the refrigerator for two days.
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- And it's a seedless watermelon.
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- Seedless watermelon.
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Check out the big brain on Henry.
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So I'm gonna add our watermelon juice to our tea.
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This is truly a special summer drink.
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Watermelon tea, y'all!
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- [Jamie] One of the favorite things
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about drinks that I like,
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and they do some crazy garnishes on drinks,
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but garnishing a drink is really fun,
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and especially when you're dealing with watermelon.
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I'm gonna take off a piece of watermelon here
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What do you think, Hen?
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I'm gonna split this right here on the glass for Henry.
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We'll drop in a little piece of mint.
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Henry, I guarantee you,
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this is the finest watermelon tea
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that you've had all day long.
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(Henry smacks lips) - That is really good.
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It's nice and sweet. - Ooh, that is good!
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This is the best thing that we've cooked all day today.
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This watermelon tea is delicious!
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do all the watermelon stuff for you,
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and then when you get done,
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you can sit on the porch and eat watermelon and have drinks.
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This is a good drink.
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We'll see y'all around the kitchen.
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- [Henry] You're welcome.
