passion green tea limeade

It's been raining for days. Days and days and days. June has come in like a lion. Isn't March supposed to do that? Here's hoping it goes out like a lamb, and that it starts taking on its lamblike qualities very soon!

The thing about the weather in Vermont is that it'll go from sunny to cloudy in a matter of mere seconds. So, for example, it's it's sunny right now but will only be for another... oh wait, it's already cloudy again.  Oy.

Well, I already had my hopes up for a sunny day when starting this post (I'm not kidding. I was literally all, "YAY! It's sunny! I'll write about warm weather!"), so just in case it's sunny where you are, or even if you would just like to pretend it's sunny as I may take to doing momentarily, I will still share this warm weather concoction I came up with last week. It's extremely refreshing and is a nice twist on a typical iced tea.  I'm calling it "Passion Green Tea Limeade".

Passion Green Tea Limeade 

I'm all about trying things and seeing what happens, and one thing I love to do is experiment with flavors by mixing different types of tea bags. One of my favorite teas is Tazo Passion Tea. It's made with hibiscus, papaya, mango, and passion fruit. It's not for everyone, because it's pretty flowery, but it has this tangy tartness that I really love. It's also caffeine free, which depending on your mood or the time of day is either perfect or annoying.

So last week it was really hot out (which is weird because right now I'm under a BLANKET!), and I wanted something refreshing but I was also kind of tired. So, I put one passion tea bag and one green tea bag in one cup and brewed them together. Truth be told, the passion tea flavor outweighed the green tea flavor almost entirely, but the caffeine from the green tea was present. Then to give it even a little more fruity twist, I added the juice of one lime (yes, using my handy cup top juicer).

The result was extremely tart and extremely refreshing.  I think that some people would be inclined to put a ton of sugar in this, but you really don't need it with the lime juice, presuming you're prepared for a tart tart tart drink! (Which I was.)

P.S. I hope that my 'Bricks to Sticks' friends and family have followed me over to the new blog ;) My uncle thinks it's too soon, but I hope that doesn't mean you haven't come over to read, Uncle John! I promise it's the same old me - just a new look! See you soon!