Southern sweet tea
@Tina30219 (81540)
Onaway, Michigan
May 6, 2018 2:42pm CST
Ok I have a question and I am wondering if anyone here can answer it for me. Going through recipes on Pinterest and came across one for sweet tea and they add baking soda what is the baking soda used for?
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
I'm from the south, and I've never heard of anyone using baking soda to make sweet tea. But in reading the comments below I see that there is a legitimate reason for it. Hmmm...I never knew! Guess I learned something new today!
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@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
6 May 18
I never heard of this until I came across it on Pinterest.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 May 18
@Tina30219 I've always loved my southern sweet tea just the way it was, so I don't know why anyone has to go an mess with the recipe and add baking soda! lol
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
6 May 18
Uhm...
Well, you've got your answer, so I'm just going to say.. Let me know if you try it. In the mean time, I'll leave mine un baking soda fied.
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@1creekgirl (40518)
• United States
7 May 18
My aunt used to add a pinch of baking soda to her sweet tea and she was legendary. I've never done it, though and my tea is delicious.
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@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
7 May 18
I don’t either and I have no complaints on my tea.
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@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
7 May 18
@1creekgirl That sounds good never tried fruit flavored bwfore
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@1creekgirl (40518)
• United States
7 May 18
@Tina30219 I love the fruit flavored tea in restaurants, but I make my own. I just make sweet tea as usual and add some orange juice and/or lemonade.
@kobesbuddy (74568)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 May 18
Baking soda in tea? I wonder if this produces a tiny bit of carbonation, in this drink.
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@kobesbuddy (74568)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 May 18
@Tina30219 Making this tea less bitter and smoother, that's what others have found.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
6 May 18
I had no idea, despite reading the recipe given by you, till I have seen the responses here by friends that it helps in reducing reducing the bitterness of the tea! Thank a lot@Tina30219 for adding some thing new to my knowledge!
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
8 May 18
I have no idea either but I did learn from other members who left comments why this would be.
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
7 May 18
First time I've heard about baking soda being added to tea.
Looked it up online and it says that baking soda takes out the bitterness in tea.
@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
7 May 18
Yeah that’s what a lot of people were saying
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
7 May 18
Baking soda is often used as raw materials for baking powder and cold drinks.
