Awesome-Tasting Food!! // passion tea lemonade

One thing I have to have every summer is Passion Tea Lemonade from Starbucks. It is one of the most refreshing drinks I've had. Since I don't go to Starbucks all the time I've tried to recreate it and really it is very simple.  Every time it turns out a little different, but I love it. The only problem is when my family sees it and then I have to make a whole gallon by the time I'm done!!

Passion Tea Lemonade (my version)

~TAZO Passion tea bags 
~Lemonade      last time I used Santa Cruz Organic Lemonade.
~Little bit of sugar
~Mason jar with lid
~Lots of ice!!

Start by following the directions on the the tea box for how to make the tea.  
One bag should make at least two servings of this lemonade.

 If you've never had TAZO Passion tea before here is what it looks like:

Let the tea cool down by putting it in the fridge for a couple hours. Yep, I put mine in my mason jar for this part too!!

Next, take about equal parts tea and lemonade, put them into your jar. Screw the lid on and shake about 10 times.  If your lemonade is really strong then don't add quite as much. You can always put more in later if you decide it needs it. 

Unscrew the lid and add as much ice as can fit. Put the lid back on and shake again.
In the end your drink should look something like this:

If it tastes to sour for you add a little sugar and shake it up again.

And there you have it, one of my favorite drinks ever!!

The nice thing about this drink is that if it doesn't taste quite right, you can always add more lemonade, tea, or whatever and it won't ruin itself.

I'd sure like to know if you tried this and what you thought! Also, if you have your own version on how to make Passion Tea Lemonade I'd love to see it.


~Susanna

inspiration...

With it being such a pretty morning outside, I was in the mood for some of my Tazo Passion Tea.

That stuff tastes soooo good. 

I wanted more than any of our coffee cups could hold, so out came a travel mug with no lid. interesting

With the bright pinkish-red color, this tea is too pretty to resist.

I've talked about this before in a different form here.

While you're here please, please enter my giveaway. You could win something really awesome!

~Susanna

ohio trip

On the 19th of July I went on a trip with my grandparents to Ohio.

These are all random photos from it.

I took my Grandma to an OrangeLeaf...well, she paid.

 

She loved it, obviously.

To keep me from getting bored (when I wasn't driving), I did a picture scavenger hunt.

One of the objects I had to look for.   :)  The Kansas Capitol building.

I also had to get one of the Kansas City Royals Staduiam.

 

How about Chipotles?

 

The main reason for this trip was my Grandpa wanted to go to the antique tractor show in Ohio. They were featchering Oliver tractors, which he collects.  They had hundreds of Olivers there. It was crazy.

This is the kind of hay baler he worked on when he was 18

I liked this one. :)

I'll say one thing, Ohio knows how to make real sweet tea.  yum!!

Grandpa got my brother a cap, so I had to take a picture of it.

And then one of me.

You don't know how many times I tried to get a picture of the camera in my sunglasses. Crazy

on the way home we passed this truck with a load of steel. You really didn't want to get hit with that.

Here's the last picture. You've probably seen this if you've gone through Illinois.

~Susanna

Wheat, Tea, and Whatever...

It was raining yesterday evening and Charis (my sis) was outside taking photos of the wheat. Well, I guess she did that after the rain stopped.

I love wheat fields. They can be so pretty!

The neighbor's outbuilding

I was climbing on the fence for whatever reason. It was a little windy, but what else is the KS weather like?

At supper time I tried coming up with something like the Tea I had at Starbucks.

I thought it turned out good, except it needed to be a little more sweet. My Grandma tried it and puckered up. It was really funny. She thought it was way too sour.

~Susanna

Passion Tea Lemonade

I have a new favorite drink...

Starbucks calls this Tazo® Shaken Iced Passion Tea Lemonade.

My brother, sister, and I were at Starbucks drinking coffee. I was sitting facing the counter, when I saw one of the workers drinking something like this. It looked so good I decided to go order it. I got up there and he asked me what I wanted and I said whatever it was that he was drinking. He said they actually didn't have it on the menu, but that it was a version if this tea. I wanted it anyway, so he made it for me. Oh my, it was sooooooo good!!!!!!!! 

I think I'm going to try to come up with something like it.

~Susanna