tea time

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

– c.s lewis

hello friends!

first, my apologies for the comment link malfunction. i only discovered last night that my comments link was disabled for 2 days. terrible. they are now up and running and i do hope you enjoyed the last few posts 🙂

now on to some fun stuff.

did you know that today is national iced tea day? what a terrific excuse to sit on a patch of grass in the park with your favorite book and a cool glass of your favorite iced tea! for yours truly, lately i can’t get enough of my favorite pineapple iced tea from gobo. it is perfectly sweetened by the pineapple puree and it is pure heaven.

and when i’m not in nyc, i live by this little recipe to get me through the warm summer days. sometimes i’ll add a sprig of basil or a little ginger, too. 🙂

happy iced tea day, everyone!

xo,
s

{via real simple}

pineapple & mint iced tea
courtesy of go hawaii

Ingredients:

* 6 tea bags
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 4 cups boiling water
* fresh mint
* juice of 3 lemons
* 5 tablespoons pineapple juice

Preparation:

Place tea bags and sugar in a 2-quart pitcher.
Add 4 cups of boiling water.
Steep for 15 minutes.
Remove tea bags.
Steep fresh mint leaves in tea for at least 3 minutes.
Remove mint leaves.
Add lemon and pineapple juices.

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11 Comments

sylvie @ silver lining wrote:
taylor – hope you had the loveliest of picnics!
leah – welcome and we’re so happy to have you and get to know each other 🙂
kirby – thank you, darling! i love new friends…looking forward to your sweet comments.
miss katie – welcome to the left coast, love! i am super excited to have you as a neighbor and a flea market rendezvous sounds divine. wishing you a easy breezy wedding and move xo
Posted 6.11.10 Reply
Iva wrote:
That looks super delicious and refreshing!!! perfect for a day like today! Happy Friday! Have a great weekend!
Posted 6.11.10 Reply
Cafe Fashionista wrote:
I love that quote! Hooray for Iced Tea Day!! 🙂
Posted 6.11.10 Reply
The Neo-Traditionalist wrote:
Hope you have a lovely weekend darling! We must get together once we’re settled in the bay! Flea market date? I’ve only been once—sounds like you know far more than I do about Alameda!!
xx Katie
Posted 6.11.10 Reply
Kirby wrote:
Cute blog you have here! I’ll be back for more!
Posted 6.11.10 Reply
Leah wrote:
So excited I found your blog! It is lovely!
Posted 6.10.10 Reply
Taylor Sterling wrote:
I love this! I am acutally going on a little picnic tonight!
Posted 6.10.10 Reply
Cara wrote:
this looks refreshing! Can’t wait to try it 🙂
Posted 6.10.10 Reply
Luisa wrote:
I’m going to try that recipe. And for me, every sunny day is ice tea day.
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Posted 6.10.10 Reply
My Owl Barn wrote:
Hooray for Iced tea day! We need more of these days to spend with our friends and laugh :)That recipe sounds delicious. I’ll surely be trying it out soon. Have a great day!
Posted 6.10.10 Reply
Leia wrote:
sounds scrumptious!
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