Southern Sweet Tea from K-Cups

Hopefully you have enjoyed the K-Cup coffee recipes and our K-Cup tea recipes because we love sharing them with you! Recently, we shared a post about K-cup iced tea and people seemed to love it, so, how about a recipe to make southern sweet tea? Indeed, it does sound awesome.

As you know, we love to share recipes that do not require a lot of work, crazy ingredients, and that require you to run out to the store; all the recipes we share have ingredients that you should already have in your home (unless you ran out and are due for a grocery trip anyhow). Well, this recipe falls right in line with the others on that regard.

True southern sweet tea is made by using some black tea, putting it into a big jug of water, then placing it out in the sun to do its thing. This way is just as tasty and refreshing with a fraction of the waiting time. It doesn't require waiting hours and hours and no powdered teas, just a simple K-cup. 

The ingredients you will need for this recipe are:

• 1 black tea K-cup (I like the Celestial English Breakfast)
• 2 teaspoons of sugar or artificial sweetener (whatever you enjoy more or must use)
• 1 slice of lemon (you can do a very small wedge but a slice works better)
• a tall glass
• Measuring cup

Now that you have your ingredients ready to go, let's get started. 

1. Take your tall glass and fill it up with ice. Do it to the brim but you can hold a few cubes back if you'd prefer. 
2. Place the sugar into the measuring cup. Do not put it into the tall glass. 
3. Brew your K-cup into the measuring cup, not the glass with ice. 
4. Mix the sugar and tea together until all the sugar is mixed in. 
5. Pour the tea from the measuring cup into the glass with ice. 
6. The ice will melt in the glass so you'll likely want to add more. 
7. Place the slice of lemon on the rim of the glass, or in the glass on top, or whatever you want, it's your iced tea. 
8. Drink up! 

A convenient and easy place to buy K-cups is right here at Coffeevines :)

K-Cup Recipe: Perfect Iced Tea for Summer

It's hot outside, for many of us, it is humid as well and that makes it so much worse. How can we stay cool in these days of summer? Sure, you could turn on the air conditioning but what about when you have to go outside or you would rather have the windows open? One of the best things is to cool down with a nice iced beverage.

So to help you out, we researched a fantastically simple yet delicious recipe for an iced tea that is made from K-cup iced tea. As usual, the ingredients in this recipe are easy and are likely things you already have around your kitchen; if you do have to run to the store, they are easy to get and cheap. It's not like you'll have to order off the internet and shipped from Bangladesh.

Here are the ingredients and tools you will need for this recipe:

• A nice tall 12 ounce glass
• Ice ( of course, but had to say it)
• Citrus of some kind (lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Lemon or lime will work best, though)
• Sugar or artificial sweetener (if you like it a little sweet)
• Mint leaves (optional but adds a nice taste and look)
• Iced tea K-cup (does not matter what brand or what kind of tea, just use whatever kind is your favorite.)

Now that you have your ingredients and tools ready to go, here is how you make your delicious beverage. 

1. Fill your 12 ounce glass with ice. Put in as much ice as you would like, whether a lot or a little. 
2. Place your glass at your single cup brewer. Brew your K-cup into that 12 ounce glass. 
3. Take whatever kind of citrus fruit you are using and cut it into wedges (like we said, you can use lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit). Squeeze one wedge into the iced tea then place the rest into the glass for a nice look (put in as many as you'd like). 
4. Place the mint into the glass (if you are using any mint). 
5. Enjoy while soaking up some rays. 

Looking for an easy place to buy K-cups? Then shop Coffeevines.