I enjoy a national brand of tea, but it costs about $1/bottle. Very very yummy, but that gets expensive. And since one of my techniques for managing hyperactivity is a non stop stream of flavor (pop right now) I’d like to stop buying and drinking so much soda, it’s not great for you, and I don’t relish explaining to my daughter some day why mom and dad drink a lot of pop but she can’t have any.
So, here, below, I present the following recipie (cribbed and modified from various sources online, and tested for my tastes) for a nice strong diet lemon tea.
Ahead of time: buy one bag of granular splenda (the big bag cost me $8.99 at jewel), and one large container of Lemon juice from concentrate (the generic 1 qt at Jewel cost $2.99). Also buy a box of Lipton tea bags (the yellow box black tea, the one that’s “orange pekoe and pekoe cut black tea”).
Bring 3 quarts of water to a high boil in a covered pan then take it off the fire and move to another burner. Put 5 Lipton tea bags (use 7 if decaf) in the water, and re cover. Let sit for an hour.
After 1 hour, pour into a large pitcher. Add 3/4 cup of splenda, and 1/2 cup lemon juice. Mix well and chill.
After it’s chilled, taste.
By my count (I forgot to note the cost of the tea), this works out to about $1.15 per 3 quarts of tea, or roughly .14 c per 12 oz container. Given that I drink about 6-8 12 oz cans of soda a work day, that’s a savings of almost $9/day for me over switching to pre packaged tea.
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