Mmmmm...Have a sip!!!

One thing that Ski and I missed greatly when we moved here from PA is tea cooler.
I had a friend up there who was nearly addicted to the stuff. It is a mixture of iced tea and lemonade. They have other flavors, too, like orange and peach. I think that orange is my favorite, though.

Not long ago, we were in HT and Ski noticed jugs of tea cooler!! Of course, he bought some and ever since I have been craving it. So, since it is getting warmer, I thought I would try to make my own. I happened to find lemons on a good sale, but I plan to use lemon juice in the future. I made it based on hillbilly housewife's lemonade, but halved it and left out the sugar and added tea according to the box minus sugar. Then I added a simple syrup.

Here's my recipe:
1 c lemon juice
2 family size teabags
@ 2 c sugar
Water

Boil water in 2qt saucepan
Steep two family sized tea bags for 10 min
Combine with 1 c lemon juice
Make simple syrup using 1:1 ratio of sugar to water
This made a gallon of tea.

I didn't quite use 2 cups of sugar.

BTW, the smell of a bowl of fresh lemons is pretty awesome!!
And if any of you have not found Hillbilly Housewife, here is a link. I used to use her recipes alot but that was before food allergies came into my life. Recently, I have been combing her site again looking to see if there is anything hiding that I can remake into "safe" food. If you've never checked out her site, you should. Tons of recipes and lots of neat ideas.

Oh, Oh, oh, oh!!!!
I completely forgot that the K. family did serve us the best lemony sweet tea that I have ever had and this helped inspire my recent cravings as well. But their tea was really awesome....