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Vanilla Sweet Tea

Southern sweet tea infused with real vanilla bean — the vanilla adds a warm, creamy depth that transforms a simple sweet tea into something genuinely special. Smooth, aromatic, and subtly complex. The most elegant sweet tea in the collection.

20 min
Easy
Serves 6
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Vanilla Sweet Tea

Instructions

  1. 1

    Add the split vanilla bean to the boiling water along with the tea bags. Steep for 5 minutes. Remove bags without squeezing; remove the vanilla bean.

  2. 2

    Stir in the sugar while still hot until fully dissolved.

  3. 3

    Add the cold water and stir well. Taste and adjust sweetness if needed.

  4. 4

    Refrigerate until cold. Serve over ice.

Pro tip

A real vanilla bean makes a noticeable difference over vanilla extract — the flavour is more rounded and complex, with floral notes that extract cannot replicate. After steeping, rinse and dry the vanilla bean — it can be reused once more or buried in a jar of sugar to make vanilla sugar. For a budget version, 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract added after the tea cools works well, though the flavour is less nuanced.

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