A Sun Tea RecipeThe summer sun often makes simple outdoor activities as sweat-wrenching as rock climbing. When dealing with extreme heat, the best way to cool off is through an ice cold drink, preferably the long-time tradition of iced cold tea.Sun tea is often a delicious choice, harnessing the sun's energy to create a natural tea product. But, sun tea has also been cited as a dangerous opportunity for bacteria to cultivate.There are several versions of how to make the experience "safer". Please use your own judgment. Anyway..here is a version that can help alleviate the worries as well as keep you cool.What You Will NeedAll you need to begin is:1. Four cups of cold water and five teabags/ teaspoons of tea leaves. You could check out oolong tea but any tea you like will do.2. First, thoroughly wash out a clear tea jar with antibacterial soap, then boiling hot
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Recipes
Cold Water, National Tea, Tea Product
There has been a lot of talk about green tea and how it can work for diets. Does this tea work to help you lose weight? Yes. As long as it is home brewed, unsweetened tea. If you think that you can drink gallons of sweetened green tea and lose weight, think again.Green tea has health benefits that are not found in black tea. In general, tea is a drink that is good for you. There are hundreds of different teas and many different flavored green teas, it is sold as either caffeinated or de-caffeinated. This acts as a diuretic and will cleanse out the system. I drink green tea all day long and have managed to maintain my weight after losing the weight I wanted to lose while going back to my regular diet.While water works well as a diuretic, I have found green tea works better when it
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Green Tea
Black Tea, Cold Water, Tea Maker
