One of the things that they make at the Landmark restaurant in Dallas is a fruit lemonade. The flavor changes daily; watermelon, honeydew…. The drinks are so refreshing, so good, and so unique that of course I wanted to be able to replicate them at home. Since it is lemonade I knew there would be lemon juice..but you know me..I wanted to take it a step further.

White tea. Adding the tea gives the flavor another depth and it is really good. White tea is very delicate so it doesn’t overpower the flavor of the fruit, in this case honeydew.
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One of the things I used to love about summertime was the homemade popsicles that my mom made from koolaide in the little tupperware things. Once they were put in the freezer it was hard to wait until they were frozen. I never much liked the commercial variety of popsicles buthomemade ones have always been one of my favorite things.
As I have gotten older I like different flavors. Since I am an ice junkie anyway a popsicle is just added pleasure. You can make them out of any tea or coffee, just like the ones you make for the kids. …read more

Think of this as a late night chat, sort of informal and nothing big. How addicted to coffee are you? I mean, how much coffee does it take you to get through a normal day?
Right now my coffee consumption is down. It tends to be in the summer. Marc likes iced coffee a lot but I never really developed a taste for it. So, I am on the ice water side of the year. I drink (and this is the straight up truth) about 2 1/2 gallons of ice water a day in the summer. I go through about 2 …read more

Today, June 10th, is Iced Tea Day.  I am so glad because it is hot, muggy, sticky, and blah and a cold glass of tea sounds awesome.
There are a lot of ways to make iced tea, or sweet tea as we call it. In fact, by using some of the herbal and fruit blends you can make a healthier option for your kool aid kids.  The Acai berry tea that I reviewed yesterday is a good example, but there are thousands more.

Teavana
Keep in mind that with Teavana you can ask them to blend several teas for a totally individual …read more

Yep.  The temperatures have officially hit over the 80 degree mark here in Texas (more than once) and it is now officially sweet tea season.  Get your glucose meters out.

I did not grow in up the south. We moved to Texas when I was about 10 or 11, but by the time I was 16 I recognized that sweet tea was an institution that was taken as seriously as football in this area.  Not everyone could make it right. My mom, for example, bless her Midwestern heart, bought presweetened instant tea with lemon.  God rest her soul.
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This is so good, as far as I am concerned anyway.  It makes a great drink to sip in the evening while you watch the sun go down from the porch.  Listen to the crickets, watch the stars come out…all of the goodness of living in the country.
Any good chai can be used in this but

 
Tea smoked meat? What?
O.k..maybe it is because I am in Texas, or maybe it is because I love smoked meat but I think that  smoked meat just has an amazing flavor. Tea has an amazing flavor…You can infuse the flavor of tea into meat by smoking it. Cool huh?
Yeah, just wait until I share about my coffee bbq rub….