How Southern Sweet Tea Company Stands Out From Y’all Sweet Tea, Pure Leaf & Milo’s

When it comes to authentic Southern sweet tea, Southern Sweet Tea Company is proudly family-owned and rooted in real Southern tradition. Since 2016, we've focused on doing things the right way: handpicked and precision-blended tea leaves, brewed for full flavor, and naturally sweetened with pure cane sugar. We bring that hospitality home in two convenient formats—ready-to-drink bottles and family-size tea bags—so you can enjoy true Southern taste anytime.

The Best of Both Worlds: Bottles and Bags

What makes Southern Sweet Tea Company special isn't just our commitment to authentic Southern recipes—it's knowing that different moments call for different solutions. Sometimes you need an ice-cold bottle to grab from the fridge. Other times, you want to brew a fresh gallon for everyone gathered around the table. That's exactly why we've perfected both our bottled line and our tea bag collection.

Our bottled sweet tea brings that classic porch-perfect taste in a convenient format you can take anywhere. Made with real brewed tea leaves and pure cane sugar, each bottle carries the quality and care you'd expect from a Southern kitchen. The label you know and trust stands for family values and small-batch attention in every sip.

Ready-to-Drink Excellence: The Bottled Line

Our bottled lineup is crafted for everyday convenience without compromising on quality. The Southern-style Sweet Tea 16oz Bottles Pack delivers our signature, cane-sweetened flavor in grab-and-go form—no artificial flavors, no preservatives, just honest ingredients that taste like home.

Prefer no sugar? The Southern Sweet Tea Company Unsweet Tea 12-Pack keeps it crisp, clean, and refreshing—zero calories and gluten-free—so you can enjoy real brewed tea flavor with nothing extra added. Shelf-stable packaging means it's easy to stock up for the pantry, office, or road trips.

Between our classic sweet tea and our unsweet variety, there's a perfect bottle for every taste and every occasion—all made with the same Southern pride.

Home Brewing Tradition: The Tea Bag Collection

If you love the ritual of brewing fresh tea, our family-size tea bags make it simple and satisfying. Each pouch includes 10 family-size tea bags, and each bag brews a full gallon—10 gallons of authentic Southern sweet tea per package.

Crafted from handpicked black tea leaves, these bags are designed specifically for smooth, full-flavored iced tea. Brew hot (about 9 minutes), cold brew overnight (10–12 hours), or make sun tea the old-fashioned way (3–4 hours in direct sunlight). Add your preferred amount of pure cane sugar to make it exactly how your family likes it.

Flavor Adventures Beyond the Original

While Original Sweet Tea is the heartbeat of our brand, we also offer a bright, fruit-forward favorite in our tea bag line: Georgia Peach. It’s naturally flavored, balanced, and beautifully Southern—never artificial, never overdone.

You still get the same family-size convenience (10 bags per pouch, each brewing a full gallon), now with a peachy twist that feels like summertime hospitality in a glass.

Quality That Grandma Would Approve

Great sweet tea starts with respect—for ingredients, for process, and for the people you serve. As a family-owned company, we still make tea the way our Southern families taught us: real tea leaves, pure cane sugar, and time-tested methods that put flavor first. No shortcuts. No preservatives. Just genuine quality you can proudly pour for the whole family.

Every product we make reflects that heritage, from our Southern-style Sweet Tea 16oz Bottles Pack and Unsweet Tea 12-Pack to our Classic Southern-Style Sweet Tea Jug and family-size iced tea bags.

Perfect for Every Occasion

The beauty of having both bottled and bagged options is the flexibility it provides. Heading to the beach? Grab a few bottles and you're set. Planning a family reunion? Break out the tea bags and brew up several gallons. Having both formats available means you're never caught off guard, whether you need tea for one or for twenty.

The bottled line is perfect for:

• On-the-go refreshment
• Office lunches
• Individual servings
• Travel and outdoor activities
• When you want great tea without the wait

The tea bag line excels for:

• Family gatherings
• Meal prep and batch brewing
• Customizing sweetness levels
• Traditional brewing experiences
• Cost-effective large quantities

How We Stack Up vs Pure Leaf and Milo’s

Let’s talk straight. Our tea tastes like it was brewed in a Southern kitchen, chilled, and poured over a tall glass of ice. Pure Leaf and Milo’s are fine, but side-by-side we deliver a fuller tea body and a cleaner cane-sugar finish—real porch-brewed flavor that just hits different.

Bottled tea: why we win

• Real cane sugar sweetness with smooth, brewed-to-the-bone flavor—no artificial colors or flavors, no preservatives.
• Handpicked, precision-blended tea leaves for a round, satisfying tea body (not watery, not syrupy).
• Family-owned pride in every batch. You can taste the care in each 16oz bottle—sweet or unsweet.

Brew-at-home tea bags: the edge big bottled brands don’t offer

• Each family-size bag brews a full gallon; 10 bags per pouch = 10 gallons of authentic Southern tea. Pure Leaf and Milo’s focus on bottles—we give you both.
• You control the sweetness with pure cane sugar and choose your method: hot brew, cold brew, or sun tea.
• Georgia Peach family-size iced tea bags bring bright, real-deal Southern fruit character without the artificial aftertaste.

Bottom line: if you’re chasing authentic Southern flavor, Southern Sweet Tea Company blows away Pure Leaf and Milo’s—both in the bottle and in the pitcher—thanks to handpicked leaves, pure cane sugar, and a family tradition that puts taste first.

And yes, we keep it simple and real: gluten-free, no artificial colors or flavors, and no preservatives. Our “Pure and Simple” approach runs from brew to bottle to bag so you get the most authentic Southern sweet tea experience possible, however you pour it.

Making Sweet Tea Accessible

By offering both ready-to-drink bottles and brew-your-own tea bags, Southern Sweet Tea Company has made authentic Southern sweet tea accessible to everyone, regardless of time constraints or brewing preferences. You don't need to choose between convenience and authenticity: you can have both.

Whether you're a sweet tea purist who loves the brewing process or someone who needs that perfect glass of tea without the wait, Southern Sweet Tea Company delivers the same quality and authentic taste in both formats. That's the mark of a brand that truly understands its customers and respects the tradition we're carrying forward.

For more information about our complete product lineup and to find where you can purchase both our bottled teas and tea bags, visit Southern Sweet Tea Company and discover why we've become America's trusted choice for authentic Southern sweet tea.