What's special?
-Splendidly sweet, but sugar and carbohydrate free! Excellent choice for diabetics and everyone who would like to avoid refined sugar and needless calories!
-Sweetened with NOW Stevia powder, which is pure, has no aftertaste (unlike other forms and brands of stevia) and actually stabilizes and LOWERS bloodsugar!
-Contains freshly sqeezed, pure lemon juice which is a natural detoxifier, will Divinely bless your complexion and help with digestion among a zillion other great things!
-Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free, Yeast-Free, Corn-Free, Nut-Free.
Sparkling Iced Tea-Lemonaide (sugar-free)
Ingredients:
(Below are photos of everything you will need, including the brands of ingredients I use!)
(Below are photos of everything you will need, including the brands of ingredients I use!)
-4 celestial seasonings tea bags (best iced flavours are: Country Peach Passion, Black Cherry Berry, Cranberry Apple Zinger and Raspberry Zinger)
-3 cups cold water
-1/4 tsp NOW Stevia powder (heaping) or more afterward to taste if you like it very sweet.
-juice of 6 lemons
-2 cups cold water
-2-4L club soda/plain sparking water (lemon/lime flavour is fine too, just read the ingredients to be sure there is no added sugar!)
Preparation:
Place the 4 tea bags and 3 cups cold water in a pot and bring to a boil. Stir it around and press the tea bags to extract the most flavour, then let it sit for 15-20 minutes. Place a strainer over a large salad type bowl (see photo), halve lemons and juice them over the strainer with a large spoon (this method gives the maximum juice yield for lemons compared to "lemon juicers"). Press seeds into strainer and try to empty all of the juice into the bowl this way.
Next, pour the two cups of cold water into the bowl and add the stevia. Squeeze well and remove tea bags from pot of tea, then pour the tea into the large bowl. Transfer to glass jars (that's what I use) and refrigerate. That's it! Should be enough here for a party!
Serving Ideas:
To serve, fill wine glasses with ice, fill it half-way with the iced tea then add half a glass of plain sparkling water or unsweetened club soda. This pop is so refreshing and satisfying on a hot day, but without the sugar and calories!!!
So the family tried it - age range 8 to 60 and everyone LOVED it! Awesome pop alternative! ;)
ReplyDeleteThe only thing to worry about is that the Celestial Seasonings Peach Passion flavour contains sulphites, which I have a serious allergy to!! I'm glad I read the ingredients list on the box before I had a sip. Perhaps put a warning on your post, as sulphites are a fairly common allergen. I'm going to see if the other flavours are sulphite free...I hope so! Looks so delicious.
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