How to Make Sweet Tea in Grow a Garden
Last updated September 2026
Quick answer
Sweet Tea is cooked in the Cooking Kit from 1 rarity tiers. It always takes 4 minutes and weighs 1kg at base. The lowest tier is Common (2x Strawberry + 1x Blueberry); the best is Common (2x Strawberry + 1x Blueberry). Across every tier this dish uses 2 different crops.
A very accessible early-game recipe using Common and Uncommon ingredients. Great first cook for beginners.
Sweet Tea ingredients by rarity tier
1 tiers, 1 known ingredient combinations in total. Higher-rarity crops in the pot push the output tier up — mutated crops count as higher-rarity inputs.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 2x Strawberry + 1x Blueberry | — |
Every crop Sweet Tea uses
2 crops appear in at least one Sweet Tea combination. Sorted by base value — the rarest ones only show up in the top tier, so plant them separately from your bulk crops.
| Crop | Rarity | Base value | Seed cost | Grow time | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blueberry | Uncommon | 18 | 400 | 2m | 5 recipes |
 Strawberry | Common | 14 | 50 | 32s | 7 recipes |
Where Sweet Tea sits in the recipe list
Ranked against all 15 cooking recipes in Grow a Garden.
Recipes that share ingredients with Sweet Tea
If you already grow the crops for Sweet Tea, these dishes reuse the same plots.
Sweet Tea FAQ
How do you make Sweet Tea in Grow a Garden?
Put the ingredients into your Cooking Kit's pot and press Cook. Sweet Tea has 1 known rarity tiers — the lowest is Common (2x Strawberry + 1x Blueberry) and the highest is Common (2x Strawberry + 1x Blueberry). The dish always takes 4 minutes to cook regardless of which tier you aim for.
What ingredients does Sweet Tea need?
Across all 1 tiers, Sweet Tea uses 2 different crops: Blueberry, Strawberry. You never need all of them at once — each tier has its own two-crop or three-crop combination.
What is the best tier of Sweet Tea?
The Common tier is the best version, made with 2x Strawberry + 1x Blueberry. Reaching it needs 2 ingredient slots filled with high-rarity crops — the hardest one to source here is Blueberry (18 base value).
How long does Sweet Tea take to cook?
Sweet Tea cooks in 4 minutes. That puts it at rank 3 of 15 recipes by cook time, where the fastest is Candy Apple (3 min) and the slowest is Burger (10 min).
Is Sweet Tea worth cooking in Grow a Garden?
Sweet Tea uses 2 crops — rank 15 of 15 recipes by ingredient count, and its easiest ingredient to restock is Strawberry. That is a long ingredient list, so budget your plots before committing to a batch. Cook it during Chris P. Bacon's craving event for the biggest payoff.