An Ode to Sun Tea

   Of all of the foods and medicines that one can make my favorite of both is sun tea! Glorious, refreshing, ever changing, sun tea! And you can make as much or as little as you'd like thanks to the diversity of Mason jars on the planet. But you don't have to get fancy, that empty family sized pickle jar will work just fine! I like to think of this method as a beverage slow cooker.

So you have your clean GLASS jar with a lid. I like to use cheesecloth and the faux sinew I use for tie dying (new stuff...not...dyed stuff... you know what I mean) to make bundles of happiness to put in. Here are some of my favorite mixtures, but it should be noted I always throw a chunk of chaga in too:

Yaupon and mint
Apple, cinnamon stick, black tea
Green tea and pineapple weed
Raspberry, mint, yaupon
Sumac berry and lavender

I could go on, the possibilities are endless. All you need to do is take your tea base (tea bags, loose leaf tea, etc), add whatever fresh or dried herbs you'd like or maybe some fruit (make sure to drink anything you make with fresh fruit within a couple of days or it gets weird), some honey or flower syrup if you like things sweet (we usually skip this and add it to each individual drink if needed), and bundle that all in the cheesecloth. Fill up the jar with hot water. Then you set it in the sunniest spot you can find. Wait at least four hours but you can leave it longer if you'd like a stronger brew. Lift out your bundle and refrigerate your tea. Pour over ice or into glass bottles for travel convenience.

That's it!! Healthy, delicious sun tea for your summer needs!

Do you have a favorite sun tea recipe? Let us know in the comments :)

 Searching for tea ingredients

 Like this mint!

Ahhhhh! Refreshing!