Iced Tea: 50 Recipes for Refreshing Tisanes, Infusions, Coolers, and Spiked Teas (50 Series)

Since its introduction at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, iced tea has been a favorite American beverage showing up at every family gathering, backyard barbecue, 4th of July picnic, and on every restaurant menu. In fact, each day, 120 million Americans reach for a frosty glass of iced tea. Fred Thompson shows us how easy it is to make a wide variety of iced teas right at home: from classics (Southern Style Ice Tea, Solar Tea) to infusions (Iced Mango Tea, Berry Spice Iced Tea), from spritzers (Green Tea Passion Fruit Spritzer) to offbeat and cocktail teas (Tea Smoothie, Beach Bourbon Slush). Thompson discusses basic methods for brewing tea, the types of teas and tea blends that are best iced, as well as a vast array of flavors and flavorful combinations that can be mixed with iced tea to create refreshing new drinks. These 50 recipes make iced tea a truly exciting anytime beverage while still maintaining the pure flavor and goodness that has ensured its place in American tradition. Thompson shares his years of experience brewing, tasting, and enjoying iced tea the way it was meant to be made—at home with your own two hands. Since its introduction at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, iced tea has been a favorite American beverage showing up at every family gathering, backyard barbecue, 4th of July picnic, and on every restaurant menu. In fact, each day, 120 million Americans reach for a frosty glass of iced tea. Fred Thompson shows us how easy it is to make a wide variety of iced teas right at home: from classics (Southern Style Ice Tea, Solar Tea) to infusions (Iced Mango Tea, Berry Spice Iced Tea), from spritzers (Green Tea Passion Fruit Spritzer) to offbeat and cocktail teas (Tea Smoothie, Beach Bourbon Slush). Thompson discusses basic methods for brewing tea, the types of teas and tea blends that are best iced, as well as a vast array of flavors and flavorful combinations that can be mixed with iced tea to create refreshing new drinks. These 50 recipes make iced tea a truly exciting anytime beverage while still maintaining the pure flavor and goodness that has ensured its place in American tradition. Thompson shares his years of experience brewing, tasting, and enjoying iced tea the way it was meant to be made - at home with your own two hands. "Nothing beats a frosty glass of home-brewed iced tea. And now, with this collection of teas ranging from classics to herbal infusions to spritzers to cocktail teas, there's no excuse not to enjoy it year-round. Homemade tea takes so little time to make, and it tastes so, so good. The 50 versatile recipes in 'Iced Tea' allow you to use your imagination to make drinks for any occasion while keeping the pure flavor and wholesome goodness of freshly brewed iced tea."-- taken from book jacket front flap Rejacketed and rebranded, this member of the popular and well-selling 50 Series offers 50 imaginative, refreshing, and healthy recipes for home-brewed iced tea, covering all types of tea--black, green, herbal, exotic--plus a section on spiked teas, offering something for every tea lover, with striking full-color photographs throughout. This reissue is keeping its original ISBN. Iced Tea offers 50 recipes for a wide variety of flavorful and wholesome homemade teas—from classics to infusions, from spritzers to offbeat and cocktail teas—all accompanied by gorgeous full-color photographs. As Fred Thompson says (and we think you’ll agree once you sample the delicious results) “There really is no substitute for the real thing.”

Nothing beats a frosty glass of home-brewed iced tea. And now there's no excuse not to enjoy it year-round, with everything from classics to infusions to spritzers to offbeat and cocktail teas.