Hipster Sun Tea

Dan    Recipes, Something Sweet     drinks, hipsters, Iced Tea, recipes, refreshing, summer, tea

What you’ll need…

1 TBSP organic earl grey tea

1 TBSP organic rooibos tea

1 TBSP organic honey

2 TSP organic cane sugar

1 organic lime (zest and juice)

1 vintage jar or bottle (approx 1L, as vintage as possible)

lemon or lime slices for garnish (not optional)

1 pair Ray-Bans (not optional)

(Disclaimer: Slight sarcasm in the following sentences) In a world that has become so ingrained with a ‘the faster, the better’ mentality, it’s sometimes nice to just plain take your time. Whether that means riding a one speed bicycle through a hilly area of the city, or using a vintage typewriter to make some labels for your spice collection (Rob Waye), or just steeping some tea in the sun…Ok, with the exception of the tea steeping, maybe sometimes faster can be better…I’m surprised hipster culture has not yet embraced the refreshing drink that is sun tea, or maybe they have, but I just wouldn’t of heard about it…Regardless, it’s time to embrace your inner hipster. I strongly encourage a trip to your local antiques shop (with that faithful one speed, of course!) to find a totally awesome vintage jar. Then toss it in your bicycle basket, and head home to make the sun tea of your dreams.

This is pretty much as simple as it gets. Place all ingredients in jar (please tell me you did take a field trip to the antiques shop?), then fill with water. Stir until the sugar and honey have dissolved. Place on a window ledge in direct sunlight (placing jar outside in sun will work as well). Let stand for an hour and a half. Well the tea is steeping in the sun, feel free to pop in that new Bon Iver vinyl and just relax. You deserve it!

When it’s time, take the jar out of the sunlight and place in the refrigerator to cool. Once chilled, strain, serve over ice and garnish with a lemon or lime slice. Earl grey + rooibos tea = the best home-made iced tea ever. Trust me, I wouldn’t lie! Now pop on those Ray-Bans and get outside!

Yields 4 cups sun tea

Total tea time…1 1/2 hours (not including chill time)

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