Friday, June 29, 2012

Hot as Hell, Cold as Ice

Today I decided to make something to drink....why you  ask? Because it was hot as hell, so I needed something as cold as ice to cool down. It was 102 degrees outside and felt like the surface of the sun.  Actually there was a fire in our neighborhood and they had to contain it.  We're all going to dry out and die.  But on a lighter note...I came up with two wonderful recipes perfect for summer!

Jasmine Sun Tea

3 Jasmine teabags or 1 big teabag
1 pitcher
3/4 - 1 cups of sugar
water
Saran wrap (or however you spell it)
 OPTIONAL:
Juice from 1 lemon
substitute in some honey for 1/3 of the sugar

Basically when it's scalding hot outside and there is sunlight constantly hitting a spot, take a CLEAR GLASS pitcher (because it doesn't mess up taste) and fill it up with water.  Put in the teabags and cover for about 5 hours or until it turns green-teaish-colored. Then add in the sugar and dissolve it and put into the fridge.  It....is....wonderful.....so do it...


Watermelon Juice

Watermelon Slices (the less cucumber-tasting and the more candy-tasting watermelons are the best)
3/4 - 1 cup of sugar
Juice from 2 limes
Water
An Old T-Shirt or old cloth napkin (something sturdy and cloth)
OPTIONAL:
Rose water to taste (because flowers are kind of my thing)

Take the pieces of watermelon when they are chilled and empty them into a pitcher by squeezing them dry through the shirt/napkin/etc.  In the end you should fill up a pitcher with some beautiful pink juice to the 1/5 mark. Fill the rest up with water and add in the sugar and lime.  Mix well and chill.  It also tastes pretty good with watermelon or other fruit vodkas if you want mixed drinks! Feel free to skim of the gross melon scum. Also...I feel like this would be pretty good with honeydew also.


Sorry if I don't post to often, but y'all have a wonderful time trying this! It is a great counterpart to my Mint Lemon-Limeaide from last year! I will try to post more stuff. I think my next post may be something crazy and new.

Your's Truly,
Kyle