I need beverage ideas!

VintageQueen
on 5/31/09 7:33 am - Thornton, CO
It's finally warm enough for me to be enjoying ice water again, but I'm having a hard time staying hydrated enough. (I live in Colorado, which doesn't help!) I don't do soda and I hate Crystal Light, Kool-Aid, that kind of stuff... I do some iced herbal teas, but I'm looking for other ideas. What do you drink when water just won't cut it?
Mommy O.
on 5/31/09 8:05 am

I like to load up a blender with 1/2 cup of fruit, 1/2 cup of ice, preferably any kind of melon, and 2 cups of water. I love watermelon, honey dew and papaya the best but you can do it with any fruit. It just gives the water some flavor. 

  

Andrea U.
on 5/31/09 8:48 am - Wilson, NC
I have ABSOLUTELY fallen in love with loose leaf tea -- which is great hot or iced.  I like it cause it's very individual.. make it as strong as YOU like it, plus it's mixable.  I quite like a mate tea mixed with lemongrass and an herbal tea that I get..  There's really no end as to what combos there are.

I'm fond of teavana.com (raspberry sangria is my all-time favorite), enjoyingtea.com, and specialteas.com.

Also, a note -- rooibos teas have no caffeine (technically, they aren't a tea as much as an herbal infusion), have a TON of vitamins and minerals, and are considered an ideal beverage for pregnant women and children.  Kaitlin and Daniel both like some of the rooibos I've purchased.. and some of them are "dessert" teas for when you want something a bit extra without pulling out the gallon of ice cream to chow down on.


BethD
on 5/31/09 9:58 am - Winder, GA
I Lipton decaf ice tea made in my Mr. coffee Tea maker! I drink like a pitcher a day at least and in between I have Propel water!!


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Liz R.
on 5/31/09 10:31 am - Easton, PA
I have been drinking a ton of decaf iced tea - I put 2 family size decaf tea bags in a gallon pitcher, crush up a handful of fresh mint leaves, add hot tap water and let sit on the counter about an hour before putting in the fridge. I also add lemon or limes cut up too.
AnnS
on 5/31/09 12:58 pm - Smyrna, GA
Grape Propel for me....and I love and can tolerate milk.....but do love my crystal lite....

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