Y'all, I have settled back in the South for a little bit. What does this mean?? Awesome bbq, fried chicken, sweet tea and an apartment with a kitchen...this girl isn't kitchenless anymore!

To begin my Alabama adventure, I figured I would start this new chapter off with a twist on classic Southern sweet tea. This citrus-spiced sweet tea from

Charleston Receipts

will be the perfect welcome home drink.

Southern Spiced Tea

Recipe by: Charleston Receipts

Total time: 15 minutes

Servings: 18 cups

Ingredients

Tea

8 cups boiling water

4 tea bags

6 oranges, squeezed

2 lemons, squeezed

1 tsp. ground cloves

Simple Syrup

2 cups sugar

8 cups water

Directions

1. Steep tea bags in 8 cups of boiling water for 5 minutes.

2. In a separate saucepan, heat 8 cups of water and 2 cups of sugar until the sugar dissolves.

3. Squeeze oranges and lemons.

4. Add simple sugar, cloves and fruit juice. Serve tea chilled.