I have a recipe for you today for sweet tea, but a secret ingredient makes this tea smooth and delicious!

A jar of iced sweet tea is such a treat on a summer weekend!

We found this recipe on line years ago and this tea is supposed to mimic the tea at the Lone Star Steak House.

Smooth Sweet Iced Tea

Bring one quart of water to boiling.

Turn off heat and add 3/4 cup of honey, stirring until dissolved.

Add twelve regular tea bags of choice (we use decaf green tea) and steep for 15 minutes.

Remove tea bags.

Add 1/4 tsp of baking soda and stir until dissolved. (This is the secret ingredient!)

Pour mixture, once cooled, into a gallon glass jar and add cold water to the top.

Store in the fridge and serve over ice.

*we make sure the tea is cool before pouring into the glass jar – we learned to be patient with this step when a glass jar broke as we added the hot tea one time!

*we changed this recipe (as usual!) from white sugar to honey and use half of what the original recipe recommended

Enjoy!!