There is a joke in the South that the house wine of a southern household is iced tea. And, in fact, I never have been in a southern household that didn't feature iced tea. The years I lived in the south taught me a fondness for sweet iced tea (known simply as sweet tea) as well as the unsweetened stand-by that my mother made when I was growing up.In the summer, I always have at least one fresh pitcher of iced tea on my counter. It's the first thing that I offer a guest in my home. I make it southern-style, by steeping three tea bags in 3 cups of boiling water for 15 minutes. Then I remove the tea bags and add ice and cold water to fill the pitcher to the rim. If it's sweet tea that you want, dissolve a half cup of white sugar in the boiling water before you add the tea bags.
A pitcher of iced tea was the very first thing I made when I returned from camping on Wednesday evening. It's the house wine of Sassafras House.
That was a particularly fine vintage of iced tea. Welcome back.
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