Our little town - One big Record

Summerville, SC Sweet Tea Record

If you missed our Sweet Tea Record you missed a heck of a party. It looked as if the weather was going to be a little un-sweet in our venture of the Sweet Tea Record but it ended up to be heck on an evening.  When my family arrived around 6:00 the line to buy the sweet tea glasses was around the block and had hundreds of people in line.  There was live music, stores were open, stuff for kids to do and loads of people. My daughter and I were in town earlier yesterday and ended up having lunch at Zest right downtown and watched them make the 1,425 gallons of tea.  By the way, if you have not had the Shrimp tacos at Zest you are missing out on something great.  Regarding the World record here is one piece of an article from Channel 4 that describes what went into the huge tea glass.  "Organizers say 198 pounds of tea from the nearby Charleston Tea Plantation is being brewed in a 10-foot-tall fiberglass container that contains 1,400 gallons. It is being sweetened with 2,100 pounds of sugar and cooled with 2,800 pounds of ice."  

Check out the video HERE!