About this time every year I get a postcard in the mail from Mariage Frères. The card is sent out to announce their line of summer teas.
Apparently, this year their new summer tea is called Babylonia, a green tea with red fruit, citrus and cornflower.
You need to buy something in order to receive the new summer tea, so I purchased another summer tea called Thé sur le nil. This is also green tea based with some citrus too.
Both are very refreshing.
To make iced tea, I usually do a cold water brewing method, just add some tea to some water and leave overnight in the fridge to steep (about 1 scoop of tea for 1 cup of water).
Then the next day, I just filter out the used tea and drink straight away...so good.
Over the past couple of days, the weather has been very rainy so I haven't been craving too many iced drinks, though the humidity is supposed to kick in over the next couple of days so these iced teas will be perfect.
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I should try your method for making iced tea...I drink hot tea all year round, but give it a second thought when I start perspiring after a couple sips! Thanks for the inspiration~
Does it start to rain yet? It's mid June so I assume it's rainy season. The tea looks delicious with citrus taste!
Green tea wit citrus! Interesting!
Rain, rain go away. Keep that a/c blowing!
Hoping the weather in Seattle warms up so we can make some iced teas, too! Those sound yummy.
Both of these sound delicious. ;-)
I hope you like this method Lizzy, you don't have to add ice (if you don't want to) when you drink it, but I agree, it saves on perspiration :)
Rainy rainy rainy & humid! Nami :p
Amazingly delicious Jalna :)
Will do Rowena :)
Yeah hope the weather warms up for you too Abigail!
Thanks Deb in Hawaii :)
Take care everyone!
Kat
These teas sound v. interesting! I love finding about new tea combinations.
I used to love drinking iced-cold Mugicha at my school during the long hot summer in Japan.
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Nothing like a nice iced tea on a hot day..... I think I'll have one right now. Thanks for the reminder Kat! I hope you get some perfect iced tea weather soon... not too hot though!
I like hearing about or trying different combos too K!
Mugicha is so good during summer, J-A!
Gosh it is humid and nasty today Kirk, I think I need to bathe in iced tea :p
Take care everyone!
Kat
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