LITTLE KITCHEN

2010-01-28

Little Kitchen   
Iced, iced teas

Have three different versions of this popular thirst-quencher

You’ll need:

Tea bags
Honey
Lemon, apple and strawberry juice
(you can make your own or buy the ones in Tetrapack)

Your Iced Tea base:
3 cups water
4 tea bags

*Steep the tea bags in boiling
water for five minutes. Remove
tea bags. Set aside.

Get your kids to:
ï Pour the honey or syrup and your choice of juice into the tea base.
ï Stir and stir till it’s all mixed up. (Don’t forget the ice!)
ï Pour yourself a cold glass of iced tea for a thirst-quenching drink.


Choose which flavor you want to add to your tea: apple, lemon or strawberry?

Strawberry Iced Tea

Additional ingredients:

1/3 cup honey
3 cups strawberry juice

What your child can do: Stir in honey and juice into the tea base. Mix until honey is dissolved. Serve with ice.


Lemon Iced Tea

Additional ingredients:
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup lemon juice
3 cups cold water

To make syrup: Combine sugar and the half cup of water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve sugar. Lower heat and simmer for two minutes. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
What your child can do: Stir in the syrup, lemon juice, the cold water and some ice cubes into the tea. Serve in a glass with a slice of lemon.


Apple Honey Iced Tea

Additional ingredients:
1/3 cup honey
3 cups apple juice

What your child can do: Stir in honey and juice into the tea base. Mix until honey is dissolved. Serve with ice.