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- Theresa brought it to my attention

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a few minutes ago, y'all,

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that I have never made sweet
tea on any of my videos.

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So I'm gonna share with y'all,

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how I always made my sweet tea.

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And this is kinda like
before the restaurant,

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because I would make it a gallon,

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you know, for my family.

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And we wouldn't drink at all at a meal,

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but, you know, I'd put
it in the refrigerator

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and we might get two days out of it.

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So, to a gallon of tea,

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I would use four family-size bags.

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And I'm funny about my tea,

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there's only one brand that I really like.

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And I think it's like a
Southern tea, I'm not sure.

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But to make a gallon jug of tea,

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I would use four of these.

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Now I got 'em all twisted up, y'all.

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So this is the biggest
pitcher I have in the house.

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So I'm gonna use three family-sized

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tea bags for that amount.

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And I'm gonna put these
over in boiling water,

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and I'm gonna dip, dip, dip.

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And then I'm gonna put the
lid on it and let it steep.

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You know, it depends on how
busy I got during the day.

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You know, I might let it steep 30 minutes,

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I might let it steep three hours.

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And it didn't seem to, you
know, make a difference.

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But they don't pay me a
thing y'all, so, (chuckles)

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this is strictly, you know what

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myself and my family loves.

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And we serve it in all
of our restaurants too.

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So, we like fresh mint in our tea.

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And we grew this in the yard.

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Didn't we Eddie?

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- [Eddie] Yes.

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- I can't remember whereabouts
in the yard this is.

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- [Eddie] We haven't found
a, in the ground spot yet.

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- (laughs) Oh we hadn't, so it's in a pot.

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- [Eddie] We have a couple of
pots around the yard. (laughs)

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- And of course, lemons.

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And look at this color
of this lemon, y'all.

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That's a Meyer lemon, which is so good,

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I could just bite into 'em
like an apple with salt.

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So, now to, a gallon of tea,

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seems like I use like a
cup and three-fourths.

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One and three-fourths cup of
sugar for a gallon of tea.

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Now some people may
not like it that sweet.

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So you just need to

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make that according to your preference.

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I might have used one and a
half cups, I can't remember.

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But I do know that the
longer your tea sits,

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the sweeter it gets.

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So I remember sometimes I'd
have to add some water to it

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'cause it was just a
little too, too sweet.

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So, that's strictly your call.

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So for this, I'm gonna use about a cup,

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or almost a cup.

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- You know, when I was
diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

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I said, well, you know, I
gotta try to help myself here.

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I would drink diet sodas in
the morning when I got up.

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I didn't drink coffee, I
wasn't a coffee drinker then.

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And at 11 o'clock when we started lunch

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I switched to sweet tea.

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And I would drink sweet tea
until I crawled in my bed.

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And I usually have my sweet
tea glass sitting by my bed.

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So I said, you know, this
is something I can do.

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I'm consuming so much
sugar just in my tea.

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So I put down the sweet
tea and I started using,

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you know diet sweet tea.

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I would use an artificial
sweetener in my tea.

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And I've gotten used to it now.

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It tastes good to me, now
with the artificial sugar.

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But some people make tea using,

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you know, they'll buy the big bags

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of whatever kind of sugar
substitute they care to have.

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And they'll sweeten their tea
with an artificial sweetener.

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Which is fine too.

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It's, you know, whatever,

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whatever floats your boat.

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So a lot of this is strictly your pallet.

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So you would change this accordingly.

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Some people like real strong, strong tea.

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So you might wanna use more tea bags.

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Let's see what the directions say.

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And that just calls for one
tea bag for a half a gallon.

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And see, I like mine stronger.

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So if I was making a full gallon,

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I would have four
family-sized teabags in there.

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But since I'm making it in
this pitcher, I have cut back.

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That's gonna be some good tea.

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So we'll let it steep,

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maybe 15 minute.

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Or if I get busy maybe 30 minutes.

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Okay, I probably let this steep what?

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15 to 20 minutes, would you say, Theresa?

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- [Theresa] Yes, ma'am.

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- And this water is still
hot as blue blazers.

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But that's good 'cause that's gonna.

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No, I'm gonna do it right
here, but thank you.

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That's all right,

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because that hot tea
is gonna melt my sugar.

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(hot water trickling)

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So there we go.

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And I take the back of
the spoon and I press out

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every drop of that strong
part of the tea bag.

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All right, so we're gonna
just give it a stir,

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let all that sugar dissolve.

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And like I said, it
won't take but a minute.

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Theresa, I would like--
- Lots of ice?

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- Lots of ice.

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And get everybody else a
glass too, if y'all want some.

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Now I take my tea bags,

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(water splashing)

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and I just cover 'em with cold water,

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and enough to fill up my pitcher.

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Or almost fill it up.

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I just make sure I get off the goodie

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out of those tea bags, y'all. (chuckles)

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And like I said, the longer this sits

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the sweeter it's gonna get.

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- [Eddie] It doesn't matter.

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I mean, it looks really dark.

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- Yes.

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- [Eddie] Is there a--

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- That orange pekoe, that pekoe?

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Is just good.

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Ooh, thanks Therese.

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- [Theresa] I know you like lots.

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- I do.

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And this hot tea will melt that ice in--

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- Two seconds.
- Just, yes, in two seconds.

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All right, I'm gonna
add a little bit more.

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- [Theresa] People don't really realize

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that there is a science to tea.

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And that you do, like steeping it.

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Like boiling your water
and steeping it separately.

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'Cause a lot of people
think you put your bags in

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and let it boil and it gets bitter.

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- No, I don't boil.

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I don't boil my tea bags.

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That's a pretty pitcher of tea, isn't it?

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Gonna see if it's sweet enough?

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That is so good.

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But--

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(Paula and Eddie laugh)

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I did a scant cup of sugar.

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So I think it needs just to--

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- [Theresa] Scant more.

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- Yeah, just not much,
but just a little bit.

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Just a little bit.

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Not so much.

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- [Theresa] Oh, that's a little bit.

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- Yeah, just a little bit, like I said.

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- [Theresa] Look at Daddy's face.

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(Theresa and Paula laugh)

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- Like I said, I've got to wash my spoon

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'cause I drank out of it.

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So that was probably a full cup.

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'Cause like I said, I didn't
fill my cup all the way full.

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- [Eddie] I had never had sweet tea until,

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you know, I moved here into college.

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And I remember, you know,

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in the dorms we weren't
supposed to have any microwaves,

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any hot pots or anything like that.

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And I think I had like a rice cooker.

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- That's so good.
- But these two

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girls that I met from North Carolina,

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in their room they had
a hot plate and they--

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- [Theresa] Made their tea.

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- [Eddie] They made
their tea every morning.

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And I remember going over there--

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- Did they drink hot tea or cold?

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- [Eddie] No, they made their sweet tea.

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And I thought it was
the most amazing thing.

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(Theresa and Paula laughing)
I thought it was.

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- [Theresa] What is
the most amazing thing?

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- Okay.

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Squirt of that Meyer lemon in it.

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And if you come to any of our restaurants,

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you're gonna get your tea with mint in it.

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So if you just put it up there

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you're not gonna get any flavor.

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In order to get the.

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Oh my gosh, it felt so good.

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In order to get that mint
flavor through your tea

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you have to crush your leaves

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and that opens up the pores in your mint.

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It opens 'em up to release that
flavor throughout your tea.

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Here's to y'all.

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Here's to you

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- [Eddie] Go sit on the porch.

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- [Theresa] And say, "Hey, y'all."

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(Eddie chuckling)

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- Y'all come on in and
have a piece of cake,

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and a glass of sweet tea. (chuckles)

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"Love and Best Dishes".

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It could be a little bit sweeter.

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(Theresa and Paula chuckling)