I’ve been considering making a detox drink for myself – you know
the cucumber, mint and lemon concoction to help flush your system from the
inside. I find there are times where I
am really great at getting all my water in for the day, and then there are
other days where I’m questioning if I even drank any water for the day (outside
of ice coffee, etc.). Forgetting to buy
extra lemons, I decided to make a different sort of drink for myself.
Green tea is a great little natural remedy which has many
different health benefits. I don’t
necessarily love the taste of green tea on its own, but I do like green tea
when it’s got other flavors in it (Lipton has a great line). While at the store, I opted to pick up a box
of Green Tea and then a canister of Crystal Light.
I whipped up a big double batch to have in the refrigerator
and I in turn brought it over to my aunt’s house during a family BBQ. When I do make canisters of Crystal Light or
even one of those to go packets I always add extra water. If I don’t I feel the
drink is far too sweet for my liking. Each
large packet of Crystal Light calls for 8 cups of water, I typically go for
10-12 depending on the flavor of the drink I am making (some are sweeter than
others).
I emptied a packet of Crystal Light into 2 cups of water in
a glass then poured it into my container and then poured 6 cups of water into
the container. I repeated this twice
then took 9 tea bags and put 3 bags into 3 separate coffee mugs. I heated some
water and poured it over the teabags (about 2 cups of water each mug) and let
them steep. I let them steep for about 10 minutes before removing the tea bags
and pouring the liquid into the container. Giving it a nice shake I then tucked
it away in the refrigerator to get nice and cold.
I have to say, it was really refreshing, with a mild green
tea flavor in the background. You could
of course increase the amount of tea or decrease per your taste.
