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by yojeanyi

ICED tips : ICED hibiscus date tea

If you’re like me, you like your liquids. They’re hot, iced, and everything between. Savory or sweet. Caffeine, cocoa, cinnamon, cider, mulled, cream, alcoholic, grassy, fruity, tropical. And then there’s tea. Tea is water boiled in the good essences of organic matter like leaves, bark, roots, fruits, you name it. The beauty of tea is that there is no end to the possibilities. Even before the world closed, finding good affordable tea wasn’t easy. Artisanal was expensive, and many were sugary or bland. I lost interest when hype flooded the drink market.

Who knew literally boiling water and adding some stuff you have around the house would yield satisfying results ? Here is one I really came to love: Iced hibiscus date tea.

    1. boil for 15 minutes:
      hibiscus (1-2 tea bag)
      ginger (1/3 cup matchsticks)
      2 lemons
      2 banana peels (cleaned with baking soda, organic)
      1 banana flesh
      dried asian dates (5-8)
    2. agave syrup (to taste)
    3. use a frozen drink to cool down the hot liquid without diluting it
    4. add ice
    5. Sip and
    6. Enjoy
    7. Under
    8. The
    9. Balmy
    10. Festival
    11. Solstice
    12. Light
    14. tip: freeze unused bananas, extra lemons, and ginger for easy tea making
by yojeanyi

3 HOT TIPS: May Edition (beat summer heat, doggy bag it, stay cool by hypothermia)

🔥HOT TIP 1: Late date? Doggy bag it.

The scenario: you’re waiting for your date who is running late.
They text you: “sorry i’m omw!! (on my way)”

Your stomach grumbles, not from nerves but hunger. So you order for two and eat for one, doggy bagging the rest.

That’s what we call “ASS”- short for assertive. Not the “ass” to be confused with the taxonomical horse, although etymologically related. Not the “ass” short for asshole, which probably came from the equine “asinus.” If someone breaks an agreement, feel and follow your gut. Rarely has a stomach led one asstray. It’s your time, which waits for no one, especially you. And for all we know, every supper is our last.

PROS:CONS:
Eat when you’re hungry
Doesn’t waste time (yours)
Doesn’t waste time (theirs)
Eliminates flakes		None

🔥HOT TIP 2: Beat the curve

You have a big poo coming up, undoubtedly. It doesn’t hurt to start training for top condition on performance day. Begin a few months early. Take it easy, once a week. Then progress to two times, three times, four…until you are comfortable with a daily brown. Before you know it, you’re a natural.

🔥HOT TIP 3: Hot, not!

It’s a fact that skin is the leading cause of feeling hot, so we tackle the problem at its source. Set aside a few days for this one.

Step 1: identify a reluctant neighbor
Step 2: detach the neighbor’s tub from its cavity and shimmy it out to the lawn, making sure to crush your toes a few times in the process.
Step 3: draw a nice ice bath. Your body will be fully distressed and sweaty from moving the tub, making this next part easy. Soak in the cold solution for 6 to 10 hours until the tingling sensation of hypothermia ceases.
Step 4: rejoice! Neural signals no longer send the brain any messages about it being hot, or not!

 

That’s all the Hot Tips I’ve Got, hope you learned something!