Tea Time Day 1

                                          

Tea  Time June 20

Tea Challenge Day 1.  Being a southern girl who loves tea, I  did not have far to start my challenge.  Can we even call it a challenge? I put my tea kettle on to boil and pulled down my teapot and my tea.

When the whistle blew on my water, I poured the steaming hot water over the three family-sized tea bags.  I set it aside to steep while I worked a little social media magic for my boss. Time to make my tea.  I picked a few pieces of mint from my mint plant on my back porch. It and basil are the only herbs I can't kill. I fill my mason jar full of ice (just kidding about the jar).  The pinched up mint on top of the ice.  I pour my richly steeped tea over the mint and ice.  I take the smashed up raspberries that I mixed with agave and poured them over the tea.  
It is already 85 outside so I take it out onto my back porch.  I take my first sip ahhh that is so good.  It is full of ice which makes it the perfect thing to be drinking as the heat rises. 
Here it is The end of August.  I tried many different teas.  In this season of my life, my favorite tea is Mango Tea from Market Street.  First, you put about one inch of Sweet Tea in the bottom and the rest Mango tea.  I did not have to make it cut the lemon or wash the pitcher.