The CuisiNerd

It’s the thick of peach season here in Kansas, and there’s nothing more refreshing than a nice tall cool glass of iced tea. The two together is a refreshing and tasty combo.

You’ll need:

• 1 Gallon container
• 2 quarts boiling water
• 2 quarts cold water
• 3 bags Luzianne Iced Tea blend
• 2 bags Celestial Seasonings Country Peach Passion
• sugar or sweetener to taste (about 1/2 cup sugar per gallon for southern-style “proper tea”)

Steep the tea for about 5 minutes and remove the teabags. Add the sweetener and dissolve, then add the cold water. Chill or serve over ice right away. For extra rereshment, add a fresh lemon or slice of peach.

This came about as the result of some kitchen chemistry experimentation after my lovely wife had a particularly frazzling day at the hands of our two toddlers. In her words, it “goes down way too easily”.

By popular request, here it is:

1 part tequila
1 part lime juice
1 part triple sec
1 part orange juice (this was my wife’s contribution, it added that last little bit that it needed – you could substitute any number of tropical juices for a little variety)
1 part water
1/2 part sugar (It’s best if you can make the water lukewarm and dissolve the sugar in it first)

In this particular case, each part was 1oz (2 tablespoons). One average-sized lime is about 1 oz of juice.

shake with ice and serve.

Beware, however – if serving this to large groups of margarita addicts, it’s probably best to make this a frozen margarita (1 part liquid, 2 parts ice), because otherwise they’ll be on the floor and wondering why they’re having trouble getting up again. The liquid part is roughly 13% ABV, and it goes down smooth enough that you don’t realize you’ve just had two threesix of them.