Fruit - Recipe for a sweetened version Lesser

Sunday, April 4, 2010

I was in the south, where very sweet tea is the norm increases. In fact, if you are in a restaurant and do not want your tea sweetened, you must specify that you want to UN-sweetened tea. Most waiters / waitresses south of the Mason-Dixon Line is automatically bring sweet tea if you ask for tea or iced tea. Actually, I have had to wait while the restaurant staff made tea without sugar.

My grandmother works with 2 ½ cups of sugar in one liter of tea! It is a perfectly acceptableAllocation of sugar cane granulated product in a pot of tea Georgia. Many southerners, including most members of my family, love, but I never learned to like the taste of syrupy it. Besides the extra sugar only converted into fat and lands on my hips and thighs, so I opt for a lesser-sweetened recipe.

I spent a few years in the north, where sweet tea was not readily available. I was in heaven. I had to make never worry when I drove away from the take-out window when I wentgag on the first full of straw my drink.

The same applies to fruit teas. Most are just too sweet for my taste. If I want to Tennessee fruit in a restaurant here in I ask for half a glass of fruit tea and half a glass of unsweetened tea. I get some crazy looks and get in control for two drinks for free. Okay, here's my solution.

1st Do not drink tea in a Southern restaurant, where you get the exercise and the control of blood sugar in person.
2nd Take part in Fruithome about this delicious recipe. It tastes great in any season!

4 * Family-sized tea bags

1 ½ quarts boiling water

½ quarts of cold water

** 1 liter of orange juice

** 1 pint of apple or pineapple juice

** 1 pint lemonade

* Green tea has more health benefits (such as antioxidant properties) than regular tea, but the flavor is lost when you add the remaining ingredients. If you want a stronger taste of fruit tea, I suggest, withBlack or Orange Pekoe tea bags. Sweet Tea Southerner would never green tea. Come to think they would not use this recipe for fruit tea either!

** You can mix comparable amounts of juice.

Place tea bags in one-gallon pot in which you plan to serve, or store your brew.

With boiling water over tea bags and let it steep for about an hour.

Discard tea bags, cold water and juice. Mix and store overnight in the refrigerator. Stir before pouring,enjoy cold and serve.