You kids who like sugar-filled soft drinks, just kill this thread, as this won't be of interest to you.
This of course applies to any kind of tea you want to use, not just green tea. It's a refreshing and cheap drink in the hot summer. Here's how I make mine. We go to one of our local Asian groceries and get jasmine and green tea (both in bags and loose tea). A box of 100 jasmine tea bags costs $3.25 or about three cents per tea bag.
I run the tap to get hot tap water and fill a gallon jug to the top. Then I insert six tea bags into the top, along with 5 of my aspartame sweetener package's contents. I hang the tea bag strings over the edge and screw the cap on. Then I set it out on the back porch railing to sit in the sun all day. In the evening, I take the tea bags out and refrigerate. I've then got a gallon of a drink I like a lot for about 40 cents.
Some folks like to add lemon or lime to theirs. Southerners often add lots of sugar to make a very sweet tea. Whatever floats your boat.
Now, here's an interesting tidbit. It could be entirely coincidence, as correlation does not imply causality. However, here's what I noticed. About a year ago I started drinking about a gallon of this green tea every three days or so because I've come to like it (I just make it with hot water in the winter time, then refrigerate it; the sun tea is easier to make). Anyway, I've had some fairly nasty bouts of arthritis in my hands and lower back. Since I started drinking this green tea frequently, the discomfort of my arthritis has gone down a lot. I can't quantify it, but it went from hurting nearly all the time to only occasionally noticing it. Of course, it just might be coincidence; I'm not going to do the experiment of stopping the tea drinking and seeing if it returns to its previous level. YMMV.
This of course applies to any kind of tea you want to use, not just green tea. It's a refreshing and cheap drink in the hot summer. Here's how I make mine. We go to one of our local Asian groceries and get jasmine and green tea (both in bags and loose tea). A box of 100 jasmine tea bags costs $3.25 or about three cents per tea bag.
I run the tap to get hot tap water and fill a gallon jug to the top. Then I insert six tea bags into the top, along with 5 of my aspartame sweetener package's contents. I hang the tea bag strings over the edge and screw the cap on. Then I set it out on the back porch railing to sit in the sun all day. In the evening, I take the tea bags out and refrigerate. I've then got a gallon of a drink I like a lot for about 40 cents.
Some folks like to add lemon or lime to theirs. Southerners often add lots of sugar to make a very sweet tea. Whatever floats your boat.
Now, here's an interesting tidbit. It could be entirely coincidence, as correlation does not imply causality. However, here's what I noticed. About a year ago I started drinking about a gallon of this green tea every three days or so because I've come to like it (I just make it with hot water in the winter time, then refrigerate it; the sun tea is easier to make). Anyway, I've had some fairly nasty bouts of arthritis in my hands and lower back. Since I started drinking this green tea frequently, the discomfort of my arthritis has gone down a lot. I can't quantify it, but it went from hurting nearly all the time to only occasionally noticing it. Of course, it just might be coincidence; I'm not going to do the experiment of stopping the tea drinking and seeing if it returns to its previous level. YMMV.