Oh, and tastebuds. Mmmm... tea.
Combined with this avid love of tea is the love of not being uncomfortably hot and ICED TEA has become a daily drink for me in this unusually warm May (Mmmm... unusually warm May).
Stupid easy iced tea:
This "recipe" is just as it's name imply's, stupid easy. This is a simple way to make your tea iced in the same amount of time as it takes to steep.
Start with TWO glasses (a big one and a little one) and the tea you want to ice. If you aren't used to steeping your own tea I would recommend starting with fruity teas like this tropical green tea from DAVIDsTEA. If you are usually unsuccessful in steeping tea then opt for an herbal tea or a rooibos tea, because they don't have "tea" (camellia sinensis plant, which is what white, black, green, oolong and pu'erh tea's are made of) they won't go bitter when they're steeped too long or in water that's too hot...
In order to not be seen as a tea snob for using loose tea and that lovely intro to tea steeping seminar, I want to add that it is just as easy to use plan ol' tea bags to make iced tea. Just use two.
Quite clearly, I am not a nerd.
The next step is to start steeping your tea in the small cup using only a cup or so of water. If you are using loose tea put in at least twice the amount of when you drink it hot. If you want to add sugar or anything do it now to the hot tea.
Fill the large cup with ice all the way to the top.
Once your tea has steeped for it's normal amount of time carefully pour the one cup of super concentrated tea into the cup full of ice. A lot of the ice melts and once you mix it you end up with the perfect amount of ice cold tea without having to wait for it to chill
See? Iced tea perfection... Mmmm.
In other "tea related" news... cats like sitting beside tea shop bags, not inside them. Which, while it's cute, isn't really Instagram worthy... disappointment.
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