Anybody else trying to lighten up on soda and caffeine? I scanned the cupboards and came across a fairly full box of chamomile tea from my detox at the beginning of the year. It's an herbal tea with a really mild pleasant flavor so I decided to try making iced tea from it.
I followed the conventional iced tea wisdom of brewing a strong batch, so I steeped 8 bags with a quart of hot water:
Then I sweetened with some honey for flavor:
And some agave nectar for sweetness:
Then I let it cool in the fridge for a couple of hours and then poured over ice:
It's a really pleasant cool drink--very inoffensive but won't necessarily knock your socks off. Because of the mild flavor of the chamomile tea, the sweet honey is the dominant flavor. So I gave it the alternate name of Sweet Honey Tea. Or maybe next time I should steep some extra bags of chamomile tea. With plenty of hot summer left here in South Carolina, I'm sure I'll be doing some more experimenting...
It was quite tasty, but how 'bout some with real tea?
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