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In an effort to stop drinking mochas (calories and costs are too high), I’ve started ordering iced tea when I’m out and about. My favorite teas at local shops are Victrola’s black vanilla tea and Il Fornil’s jasmine tea. I’ve found near perfect substitutes for them (Vanilla Almond and Asian Jasmine White, respectively) at QFC made by The Republic of Tea. Both of these are really good hot… IMG_0285

I, um, had to look up how to make iced tea on the internet before I could make either of them into a cold version. Consider where I grew up when thinking about that one. The recipe I found first called for “family tea” bags, which was additionally confusing, so I looked that up too. There’s some debate as to whether or not family tea bags are indeed 3x or 4x the size of normal tea bags. In the end, I ended up using 4 regular bags to brew 32oz of tea. It makes a strong base that I store in a Nalgene bottle in the fridge. When I want a glass of team I mix the base with ice and more water and voila! Making iced tea is really easy.

p.s. I have also discovered that drinking iced tea is way more satisfying when it’s out of a straw.