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Agave-Sweetened Orange-Orange Pekoe Tea

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photo of Bryant Terry's sweet tea with orange in a mason jar.
Agave-Sweetened Orange-Orange Pekoe TeaSara Remington

Ma'Dear, my maternal grandmother, would sun-brew gallon jars full of Sweet Goodness on sweltering hot summer days. Recollections of those containers full of cinnamon-colored tea sitting on her back porch bring back sweet memories of simpler days. This version will satisfy the snootiest of Sweet Tea connoisseurs (read: my mom) and won't give drinkers an insulin spike since it is sweetened with agave nectar.

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