Beverage’s
Cold Drinks
Traditional Southern Iced Tea
Materials
- Pot
- Ladle
- Pitcher
- Knife
Ingredients
- Black Tea Bags (12 or More)
- Honey
- Granulated Cane sugar
- Baking Soda
- Lemon
- Water
Cooking Steps
Steps:
Hang 12+ tea bags along the lining of the pot, with tea bags in the pot
Steep for 5 to 15 minutes, depending on your cloudiness preference
Drizzle honey into the pot during steeping
Midway through steeping, sprinkle a pinch of baking soda (no more than 3 pinches) and stir.
Once done steeping, while still hot, pour in 1 cup of granulated sugarcane.
Stir until fully saturated
Squeeze lemon and stir
Pour tea into the pitcher and refrigerate for at least 24 hours.
Enjoy
Cucumber Agua Fresca
Materials
- Pitcher
- Blender
- Cheese Cloth
- Peeler
- Knife
- Measuring Cup
- Prongs/Pinching aparatuses
- Zester Grater
Ingredients
- Cucumber
- Granulated Sugar
- Lime
- Mint
- Water
Cooking Steps
Steps:
Prepare 1 cup of Granulated sugar in a bowl, then zest 3-4 limes onto the sugar
Stir until thoroughly mixed, then rest for 30 minutes to an hour.
Wash, Cut, and Peel 3 Cucumber, then place cucumbers in blender.
Dump Sugar into blender.
Squeeze lime juice of all 3-4 limes into Blender.
Dump 2-3 cups of water into blender.
Blend Until very smooth
Place cheese cloth over pitcher.
Pour liquid into cheese clothe then strain by squeeze cheese clothe by hand or by prongs.
Once all juice is strained into Pitcher, place mint leaves into juice and place in Frigerator.
Enjoy.
