My beverage of choice is unsweetened decaffeinated sun tea.
In winter, I fill a half-gallon jar with hot water, add three tea bags, and let it steep on the kitchen counter, usually overnight. The result is "sun" tea. Kinda weak, but that's winter for you.
When the weather warms up, though – ah, then I can make real sun tea.
My preferred spot to steep sun tea is where the porch rail wraps around the upright. It faces west, and gets a double whammy of warmth – not just from the sun on one side, but by the reflected heat against the upright on the other. (Plus there's no danger of accidentally knocking it down.)
For obvious reasons I try not to make it until the sun is shining on this corner, and I'll let it steep as long as the sun is shining.
It gets darker and darker as the afternoon wanes. After it's chilled and poured over ice, it makes for a good hearty beverage.
To me, it's the color of sunshine.
For stronger winter tea, I bet Don could make a small solar oven for sun basking! Hmmmm
ReplyDeleteHave you considered the fact that most of the world’s tea is picked by hand and produced in nations that have poor sanitation in rural areas with defecation in the outdoors a common occurrence? There is a reason why the British Empire survived while colonizing some of the most backwards nations in the world – they drank tea making sure the water always came to a rolling boil before adding the tea leaves. Just something to think about. While your water may be clean, the naturally cured commercial tea may be questionable. If you want to sun brew, I would suggest you consider using herbal teas grown locally. Here in Texas, we use yaupon tea we pick ourselves for sun brewing. Pete in Texas
ReplyDeleteSeriously with the woke tea nonsense? She's in her 50's the tea hasn't killed her yet. Jeeze
DeleteGinger-Sun-Tea, sorry not much for the Black Teas. Gata LOVE it on those scorching hot days of 100 degrees plus.
ReplyDeleteJust drop a bunch of clear/clean ice (not that nasty frosty looking Ice) in a 24OZ glass and fill with Sun Tea, find a shady spot in the Garden and chill.
Sorry, I need to disagree with the Sun-Tea in the winter, Hot Tea is the way to warn not only the hands but the soul.
As far as the “dangers” of drinking Sun Tea, sure there is a chance of catching some bug (have you seen the most recent ‘Recall List’ of foods from the major suppliers? Hundreds of items), on the other hand I drive on public roads IN TRAFFIC, heck sometimes with a glass of Sun Tea in hand, and yes, at 71 years of age I live on the wild-side HAHAHA
I thought a 240 Z was a Datson sports car
ReplyDeleteI like mine hot. I put 1 bag in my 5 cup coffee pot that stays plugged in full of hot water. It'll probably break if ever unplugged! Anyway, I do this after my cup of decaf coffee in the morning, and a few hours later have several mugs of decaf tea ready to drink. It takes a few hours for that one bag to give a good color. It carries the rest of the day, to go with my well water, electrolytes added.
ReplyDeleteThe thought just occurred of just getting some lemonade flavored sugar free electrolytes, to make Arnold Palmers with. An Arnold Palmer is lemonade mixed with tea. The electrolytes help energy levels a lot and we need about 5000 mg of potassium per day. Few people get enough and it, and magnesium is also essential to many body processes.
I hate gatorade and can't drink sugar drinks. So I tried Dr. Berg's electrolytes and voila! Just right in 9 flavors. I tried the bag with a bunch of different kinds for a start, which runs about $1 per stick. Ouch! Two flavors come in a cannister of 100 servings, for about 40c per serving. So that's my goto.
They contain the potassium, magnesium, trace minerals, and more.
I'll try the tea with strawbery lemonade today, since that's the flavor I have.
The potassium and magnesium is not affected by heat like some vitamins are.
Combining routines is a good thing when possible.