It's still unbearably hot out, and my lobsterized skin is only adding to the melt effect, so much so that I can't possibly get The Great Iced Tea Experiment 2008 up and running today.I won't abandon you entirely, though. One of the best things about tea is its versatility. It can stimulate or soothe; after spending the day outside yesterday, inhaling a double-scoop chocolate-vanilla ice-cream cone, limeade, and several chili-cheese paposas complete with crema and cabbage slaw, I am in severe need of the latter. (And I don't even like chocolate ice cream, that's how heat-handicapped I was.)
Although the big drink companies would lead you to believe otherwise, with their corn-syrup-laced bottled "tea" drinks, tea is actually good for you. Without sounding too much like someone I would make fun of, it gets your mind and body back in balance.
This, then, is all I want today: a tea-fruit smoothie. Just grab whatever fruit you have on hand, toss it in the blender, pour it into a tall glass and sift some matcha, or green-tea powder, on top. Today's consists of cubes of honeydew, a champagne mango, some frozen raspberries, plain yogurt, fresh mint and a grainy spoonful of drag-queen honey.Gently stir the matcha into the mix, sip, and let it cool you off- all without boiling a drop a water.
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Wait! I have on hand: drag queen honey, strawberries, watermelon, fresh mint and plain yogurt. But I have no matcha. What then can I do, teaspot lady?
How will I fight the heat and laziness with only these minus the matcha? Can I just tear open a Lipton teabag and stir? What say ye?
raw tea leaves are a bit of an acquired taste. even though that's all matcha is, it's been reduced to a very fine, powdered state- i don't know how well a blender could produce that out of bagged tea leaves, especially with everything else in there.
try adding some regularly brewed tea, cooled or even frozen in an ice-cube tray, into the fruit-yogurt mix. you'll still get a strong tea flavor with all that delicious summery fruitness.
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