Overnight Ice Tea

Lately I’ve been working on drinking more teas along with my daily green smoothies. I have cut down my soda intake tremendously, replacing soda with unsweetened ice tea or coconut water. I’ve always love drinking tea since i was little, but the process of boiling , steeping, and cooling really takes out the fun of drinking tea. The million dollars question I’ve always had in the back of my head when i was little was: why do you need to boil water to make ice tea? Never understood it and also tried experimenting on it but never had the patience to come to an actual conclusion.So I decided to try it out again a few weeks ago, and it worked out perfectly!  I grabbed one of my mason jars, but i think any container will do. I poured a bottle of  spring water and added a bag of Celestial Seasonings  Hibiscus tea along with a Whole Foods Yerba Mate tea bag.  I sealed it and left it in the fridge over night, that morning  i had a perfect jar of ice tea to go. Thanks to the Yerba Mate and its caffeine , i was wide awake with no need for coffee. I’m not actually sure of the specific brewing time, but a few hours will definitely do the trick so this is best if done ahead of time. If you think about it and actually sit down and do the math, which I’m not going to do lol… Its cheaper to make you own ice tea than buying a bottle everyday. On top of that, you can make different flavor combinations that you would never find in your grocery store. For instance i  added a splash of coconut water to the spring water along with my green tea mint flavored teabag. Doing this I get my antioxidants and potassium all at the same time, it’s genius i tell you. If you love ice tea i definitively recommend trying this at least once.