Fresh, Home-made, Lip-smacking Iced Tea for a Hot Summer Day

re: Fresh, Home-made, Lip-smacking Iced Tea for a Hot Summer Day

Snappy Pea — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:55:53 GMT

I read that tea bags have only a fraction of the benefits that loose tea has. Tea bags are more convenient, yes, but like most convenient foods, they cost more and aren't as healthy. So I buy my loose organic tea on the Internet, very inexpensively. If I'm going to drink organic tea, it has to have all the nutrition that the boxes say they have, but don't. I know that the water temp has everything to do with the taste of the tea.

I like mine unsweetened, but if I used sweetener, I'd use raw, organic Agave Nectar. I've read too many pros and cons about honey.

re: Fresh, Home-made, Lip-smacking Iced Tea for a Hot Summer Day

JohnT_203 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:25:39 GMT

It is apparent that you are using one of these new wide screen monitors. Unfortunately it causes those of us with regular monitors (probably the vast majority) to have to keep scrolling back and forth on each line which is a damned nuisance and many times I can't be bothered and don't read your material.

You could easily format it far better. Think about it.

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KirstenK — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:52:28 GMT

In response to GR8RX, would you prefer a plastic American bimbo doing the presentations, that's all that seems to come out of America, there are people from other countries who read Dr Mercola's articles. Open your mind, you sound like the typical ignorant American who thinks the world stops at your shores. Luci is lovely, natural and well spoken. oooooh she has a different accent!

re: Fresh, Home-made, Lip-smacking Iced Tea for a Hot Summer Day

halcyon — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:19:04 GMT

Isn't non-organic tea high in fluoride?

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beelief — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:11:19 GMT

Raw honey can be found a local from a local bee keeper. We are beekeepers here in KS and we do not heat our honey in the extracting process. Any more questions please email me privately.

re: Fresh, Home-made, Lip-smacking Iced Tea for a Hot Summer Day

Sarah in Sedona — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:48:19 GMT

When food is heated over 118 degrees it is no longer raw, the enzymes are destroyed. So it doesn't matter if you buy honey raw or not if you are going to put it in the tea that just boiled! Nice thought though.

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Sharon/Pat — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:14:54 GMT

Actually, this girls name is Lucy and I think her accent is lovely. I do admit the hair tossing is a bit annonying but I can overlook it. :)

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Jmpratt — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:45:57 GMT

As a long-time resident of AZ, we often make sun-tea. If you leave the tea in direct sun, it can get very, very hot, though never to the boiling stage. However, leaving the tea out on a cloudy day, or just inside on the counter, can quickly build up mold from the tea leaves themselves, which are often packed with mold spores in them. For most people, this may cause little problem. But those who are sensitive to mold, or are already fighting candida problems, etc., may find it adds more stress to the body than is comfortable.

Also, for many types of tea, the most beneficial properties of the leaf are not released in water that is not at boiling temperature.

Finally, my best tip for avoiding bitterness, is two-fold: 1- never boil the tea leaves, just pour the boiling water over them, and 2- always watch your kettle and pour the water just IMMEDIATELY after it boils. Boiling too long releases more oxygen from the water, and the oxygen content is part of the "sweet-fresh" taste of the tea.

re: Fresh, Home-made, Lip-smacking Iced Tea for a Hot Summer Day

haybail74 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:50:49 GMT

I get my organic raw honey from a chain of stores called (The Vitamin Shoppe) I speical order it. It comes from Y.S. organic bee farms out of Sheridan, IL.USA in 2 lb. jars. it also says a product of Brazil. Im not sure of the price, I think I paid around $16.00 a jar.

re: Fresh, Home-made, Lip-smacking Iced Tea for a Hot Summer Day

GR8RX — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:41:08 GMT

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re: Fresh, Home-made, Lip-smacking Iced Tea for a Hot Summer Day

centias — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:28:51 GMT

Raw honey is available in most health food or organic food stores. The raw version is all that I use. (If I'm out, I carry single packets of stevia.) Raw honey contains vitamins, minerals, and other healthy nutrients. Raw honey has not been heated or filtered. It's really good for you. Plus, it's known that if you eat sources of local honey producers, you have a much lesser chance of experiencing hayfever and such. Since I've been using locally produced raw honey, I have noticed that I no longer suffer bouts of sinus problems.

As for brewing tea, I will fill my pitcher with filtered water and add the teabags and let it sit until it has reached the strength I like. I like the taste much better. I usually don't sweeten my tea until I'm ready to drink it.

So, I'm thinking that putting the honey in the hot water makes the honey easier to dissolve. I'm like the poster who stated...why sweeten the tea bags when you only take them out...doesn't make much sense to me either...lol.

re: Fresh, Home-made, Lip-smacking Iced Tea for a Hot Summer Day

siobhan gallagher — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:22:53 GMT

Raw honey can sometimes be found in gourmet markets or health food shops but I've found that, at least when I was in CT (I'm in Italy now) that it was very common in Middle Eastern markets, if you have any near you. Sometimes little Middle Eastern cafes have groceries attached to them. I like to use Red Zinger herbal tea for iced tea. I'm not an herbal tea drinker typically but it's great citrusy taste makes it perfect for iced tea and I find it doesn't need any sweetener at all. (I can't drink regular iced tea without sweetener and Earl Grey is too perfumey for my taste.)

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Linda Ruth — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:30:29 GMT

Tea brewed in hot water for more than a minute or two tastes very bitter to me so I sun brew mine. I find that I don't even need sun or daylight...just let the teabags sit in the water for hours until it is the strength I like. This is so mild and non-bitter that I don't need sweetner and can better enjoy the flavor of the tea.

re: Fresh, Home-made, Lip-smacking Iced Tea for a Hot Summer Day

brazos2 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:59:21 GMT

Down here in Texas we make a similar tea but use the sun to heat/brew. At least we used to, all this rain has put a "damper" on our sun tea activities. Anywho, not sure why sun tea taste so much better than the stove top brewed tea. I did hear sometime back that sun tea actually produces some bad stuff as a result. Maybe someone here can put some light on the subject ;-)

Raw honey? I think I've seen it on occasion. Maybe someone here can enlighten us on this one also. Is massed produced honey super heated like milk to help eliminate the bad stuff? I don't know, but I do know it's next to impossible to try and buy all this "raw" stuff! I guess with honey you could grow your own, but not sure if it's feasible for everyone to have their own moo cow.

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andrabell — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:04:09 GMT

I love honey and use it at an alternative to sugar whenever I can. But where can one find raw honey?