I often joke that I am turning into my grandparents – I always have a pitcher of fresh homemade iced tea like my grandma and I eat raisin bran cereal for breakfast daily like my grandpa. Family and friends also often tell me that I’m turning into a grandma but I think the connotation is less about delicious iced tea and my favorite cereal and more about me being a “yoldie” (young old person!).
This project is so easy but perfect for the 90+ degree heat we are having in the DC area and it tastes like summer.
Quick project summary: To make my sun tea, I prefer to start with a big container so I have tea all week. I bought the adorable container above at Target on sale for less than 10 dollars a couple years back.
I fill that container with filtered water and then I add in a about 10 tea bags of my favorite green or black tea. Typically I do a green pomegranate tea. I let it sit for 3 hours or so in the sun. At that time, I wash and muddle some raspberries and wash some fresh mint and break up the leaves a bit and then add them in. I let it sit for a couple more hours and then bring it inside, pour into a pitcher and store in the fridge. Quick, easy and delicious!
Things I loved about this project: I have an iced tea obsession and have nothing more to say here.
What I would do differently: I haven’t played around with other flavor combinations but I’d love to do something with lemon and lavender in the future.
Things I also enjoyed while doing this project:
-Reading Untamed by Glennon Doyle while sitting on the balcony and waiting for the tea to be ready
-Listening to the Food Psych podcast recommended by a friend
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