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More Recall Fun

So I think I'll tell you how to make my favorite summer refresher. I just renamed it:

Grey on Ice

1.5 quarts pretty darn warm H2O [not boiling!] 12-14 Earl Grey tea bags [I use half decaf -- but I'm just a pansy] 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice [it will take 6-7 lemons -- nice, round, heavy ones] 1 scant cup sugar [Baker's sugar is my fave but regular is just fine]

Place teabags in water. Go away. Come back later and the tea will be very dark and the water room temp. Pull the tea bags out and --gently-- drain some of the water out. The more you squeeze, the more bitter, baggy taste you get. Toss bags -- buh bye. [or chill and place on eyes while having a nice lie down] Set up your cup measure and a strainer -- preferably not a fine tea strainer but something that will prevent the lemon seeds from falling in the juice. Some pulp is ok. Roll the lemons ++hard++ on the cutting board surface to release the juice. [or pop 'em in the nuker for about 10 seconds, then roll] Slice and juice the lemons. [I use a juicer, which is actually a ribbed metal cone with a handle. great tool.] Exact measurements aren't that important -- "to taste." Add lemon juice to tea. Add sugar and stir til dissolved. Taste. It will be very sweet but the cold will make it taste less so. [for those who like "sweet tea," there ya have it] Here's the fun part: Get yourself this little dandy, pour the tea in, and in 20 minutes you've got sorbet to die from for. Alternately; freeze tea in the smallest cubed ice tray you have and process frozen tea with food processor. Different textures -- both goooood. So go celebrate the California Recall with Grey on Ice !

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