Do you ever grab an ice cold iced tea from the fridge of the supermarket or lunch bar, thinking it's a healthier option?
Most pre-packaged iced teas contain a ridiculous amount of sugar, artificial flavourings and preservatives. All of these are detrimental to your health!
Check out the ingredients list from a popular iced tea brand:
[Water, sugar, citric acid, lemon juice from concentrate (0.1%), tea extract
(0.1%), flavourings, acidity regulator (E331), antioxidant (ascorbic acid).]
The "tea extract" only makes up 0.1% of the drink, and mainly gives it colour and a bit of flavour. The rest of the flavour is made up for by the "flavourings". What flavourings? Dare we ask!? I'd also like to mention that a 240ml serve contains 22g of sugar! This equates to FIVE and a HALF teaspoons of refined sugar that is (often unknowingly) being consumed from a single drink! (We're not even talking about a food here.)
Next time you have people over for a catch-up, try making this easy-peasy Homemade Iced Tea.. Or keep it in your fridge to drink in place of cool drinks, fruit juices or cordials.
It's sugar-free, has all of the therapeutic benefits from real tea and lemon juice, and it's super refreshing!
Most pre-packaged iced teas contain a ridiculous amount of sugar, artificial flavourings and preservatives. All of these are detrimental to your health!
Check out the ingredients list from a popular iced tea brand:
[Water, sugar, citric acid, lemon juice from concentrate (0.1%), tea extract
(0.1%), flavourings, acidity regulator (E331), antioxidant (ascorbic acid).]
The "tea extract" only makes up 0.1% of the drink, and mainly gives it colour and a bit of flavour. The rest of the flavour is made up for by the "flavourings". What flavourings? Dare we ask!? I'd also like to mention that a 240ml serve contains 22g of sugar! This equates to FIVE and a HALF teaspoons of refined sugar that is (often unknowingly) being consumed from a single drink! (We're not even talking about a food here.)
Next time you have people over for a catch-up, try making this easy-peasy Homemade Iced Tea.. Or keep it in your fridge to drink in place of cool drinks, fruit juices or cordials.
It's sugar-free, has all of the therapeutic benefits from real tea and lemon juice, and it's super refreshing!
Homemade Iced Tea (Sugar-free)
(MAKES 1LITRE)
1) Cut the paper tags off 3 TEABAGS and tie the strings together.
2) Steep the teabags in 500ML of BOILING WATER for 30MINS.
3) Add: 500ML COLD WATER,
5 SCOOPS of STEVIA POWDER,
(this means 5 spoonfuls of the tiny little spoon that comes in the
stevia bottle - which is about the size of your pinky fingernail.)
JUICE of 1/2 LEMON.
4) Chill with ICE CUBES and serve.
(Keep refridgerated for up to 2 days. Discard your Iced Tea when it becomes cloudy.)
(MAKES 1LITRE)
1) Cut the paper tags off 3 TEABAGS and tie the strings together.
2) Steep the teabags in 500ML of BOILING WATER for 30MINS.
3) Add: 500ML COLD WATER,
5 SCOOPS of STEVIA POWDER,
(this means 5 spoonfuls of the tiny little spoon that comes in the
stevia bottle - which is about the size of your pinky fingernail.)
JUICE of 1/2 LEMON.
4) Chill with ICE CUBES and serve.
(Keep refridgerated for up to 2 days. Discard your Iced Tea when it becomes cloudy.)
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