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. 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
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   8. The
   9. Balmy
   10. Festival
   11. Solstice
   12. Light
   14. tip: freeze unused bananas, extra lemons, and ginger for easy tea making