My Arnold Palmers

[groovedware]

I make 2 different pots of tea using the cold brew method(a little hot water for a minute to open the leaves, then fill with cold water & place in the fridge over night), one herbal(4-6 bags) & one black tea(4-6 bags).
Next day I pour them off and then use the bags or leaves all together in one pot with boiling water & let it brew a spell.

Now I have 3 pots of tea with one of them still warm hopefully & use the warm tea to mix in a little honey & sugar to taste.

Take a can of frozen lemonade concentrate & mix it with the 3 pots of tea.  The frozen lemonade here is usually 3 cans of water to 1 can of lemonade so I think 3 pots of tea to 1 can of lemonade makes it a diet-like drink & frugal by stretching 1 can into 2 pitchers.  The little extra honey & or sugar helps with the stretch.

Slice up a lemon or lime or both and spread it between the pitchers.  Back in the fridge.  Next day remove the lemons/limes or the drink may get to bitter from the rinds.

Sure, it's a bit of an effort but I have a system in place where I am always brewing.  Far prefer to it commercially prepared drinks or pop.  Is always a hit with anyone who has tried it.  Mixes well with vodka, rum, gin or a combination of all them.

The one ingredient I find takes it to the next level is elderflower, always try to make sure my herbal blend has elderflower in there somewhere.

Oh ya, I feel pretty gay after typing this out  :twg:

[groovedware]

I have now started making them with fresh lemon or lime juice (about 1 cup juice to 3/4 cup sugar/honey mix) and also throwing in 2 cups of ginger tea.  Making what I think is not only a refreshing beverage but a cold & flu preventative.

Look at the good I do.