BEVERAGE

Lemonade Iced Tea

The M And M Soulfood Restaurant serve it at on it's tables (half lemonade, half iced tea)…This is similar to an “Arnold Palmer” something refreshing to beat the heat! Give it a shot, something different and fun to bring to a party!

A Southern Living Recipe from www.myrecipes.com

YIELD: Makes 8 cups
COOK TIME: 5 MINUTES
PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES
STEEP: 10 MINUTES


3 cups water
2 family-size tea bags
1 (1-oz.) package fresh mint leaves (about 1 cup loosely packed)
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups cold water
1 (6-oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
Garnish: fresh citrus slices
Preparation

1. Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a 2-qt. saucepan. Remove from heat, add tea bags, and stir in fresh mint. Cover and steep 10 minutes.
2. Remove and discard tea bags and mint. Stir in sugar until dissolved.
3. Pour tea into a 3-qt. container, and stir in 4 cups cold water and lemonade concentrate. Serve over ice. Garnish, if desired.

How to Make Southern Sweet Tea

Tea Bags

What kind of tea you use is important,if you ask most folk who live in the south they will say they recommend Luzianne because it’s made specifically for iced tea.Next is Lipton, Tetley, or even store brand tea bags will work. When in doubt, buy quality tea.

HOW many tea bags? it’s really a matter of personal preference. For a gallon of real Southern sweet tea, you’ll need six to eight single cup tea bags or two to three family size tea bags.

Never, ever boil water with tea bags in it. At the very least, you may singe the tea and make it bitter. At the worst, the tea bags will split or burst, creating a nasty mess. Instead, place a medium pot of water on to boil alone. Three to four cups is plenty.

Once the water reaches a low boil, remove it from the heat. Place the tea bags in to steep and cover. Let tea bags steep for roughly 10-15 minutes. The longer you steep, the stronger the finished tea. However, over-steeping makes bitter tea.

If you want or need decaf tea, you can buy decaf tea bags or simply decaffeinate regular tea. To accomplish this, boil two pots of water. Steep the tea bags for less than a minute in the first pot of water. Remove the bags and discard the water. Steep the tea bags in the second pot of water as normal. The result is 90-95% caffeine free tea.

Simple Syrup for Convenience

While the tea is brewing, make a batch of simple syrup. Dissolve two or more cups of sugar in three cups of hot tap water for a gallon of sweet tea. Stir until the water is clear.

The Final Mix

Once the tea steeps long enough to reach your desired strength, pour it and your simple syrup into a pitcher. Stir the tea and syrup gently, adding enough water to make a full gallon. Taste test for sweetness and add more sugar, if needed. Cover and let stand until the tea reaches room temperature.

Don’t just add ice and throw it in the fridge, this can make for cloudy tea that sours quickly. Serve cold with ice and a lemon wedge on the rim.

Traditional sweet tea is a Southern staple, but that doesn’t mean you can’t experiment with flavor. Adding mint sprigs, flavored syrups, and throwing in some flavored tea bags during steeping are just a few ways to add variety.

Cayenne Pepper Tea

Cayenne pepper is a heat with the color of red and brite orange.Cayenne pepper is gounded up to add spicy hot flavor to food.

People sprinkle it over their food just like black pepper and salt to add some heat and flavor to dishes. Cayenne also has healing properties,It has been used for years to build immunity, fight off colds, soothe ulcers, and help detoxify the body.

Making Cayenne Pepper Tea it is easy to boost immunity when you are worn out from the day

Pour hot water over two teaspoon cayenne pepper and smell the spicy aroma.

Stir the cayenne very slow into the hot water and until it is dissolved.

Add lemon juice or lemon slice

If this your first time drinking cayenne tea, let the tea cool for 2 or 3 minutes before sipping

Add other ingredients if you desire like ginger root it adds a special flavor and zest to tea and
honey for a little sweet.

You can blend other Teas with the Cayenne pepper tea.


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Making Cayenne Pepper Tea to Flush Toxins and Lose Weight

Things you Needs

1. 
   
   Start with 10 oz Water. This tea can be consumed hot or cold.
   
   
   
2. 
   
   Add 2 tbsp lemon juice and 2 tbsp  of Grade B maple syrup to the water. This maple syrup must not be sweetened or processed. Look for the Grade B designation on the label.
   
   
   
3. 
   
   Stir in 1/10 tsp. of cayenne pepper.
   
   
   
4. 
   
   Drink from 6 to 12 servings of this tea every day to detox your body, lose weight and attain better health.
   
   
   
5. Refrain from eating any foods or drinking anything else except water and unsweetened tea while you are consuming the cayenne pepper tea as part of a cleansing program.
6. 
   
   Drink the tea for at least 3 days, but no more than 10 days. You should begin feeling lighter and healthier.
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SUN TEA

How to make Sun Tea

Fill a gallon size clear jar with water. add eight regular size tea bags and two flavored tea to the jar like raspberry or orange spice. Place the jar outside on a table or a post where there is a lot of sun about four hours.

Make sure the jar is cover with a top or plastic wrap the sun will gently heat the jar and the water slowly and steep the tea.

Soon the tea is too your like it is ready. I like mine tea an golden amber.

Remove the tea bags and sweeten the tea to your taste. serve over ice and be sure to place the tea in the refrigerator to chill for later.


JAMAICAN COFFEE

3/4 fluid ounce dark rum

3/4 fluid ounce coffee flavored liqueur

1 cup brewed coffee

2 tablespoons whipped cream


Directions

Pour rum and coffee liqueur into a decorative coffee glass. Fill glass with hot coffee. Top with a dollop of whipped cream