All tagged Black Tea

Spiced Citrus Sun Tea with Mint (A Homage to Juneteenth)

Spiced Citrus Sun Tea with Mint (A Homage to Juneteenth)

Shari Sweeney
Food & Beverage, Recipes

Happy Juneteenth!!! It’s been a wild ride this month filled with incredible protests, activism, personal sacrifices, thorough discussions, courage, strength, and so much more to shed light on the important fact that black lives matter. This month the act of celebrating Juneteenth is more powerful than ever before and I’m excited to take part in it this year all the way in Japan! I’m a proud black southern woman and I grew up enjoying delicious southern sweet tea on hot summer days. I remember adding lots of ice and even a little bit of water to dilute the sweet tea because at times our folks could be a bit heavy-handed with the sugar. Meaning that it can become pancake syrup in a glass lol! Today’s recipe is a Spiced Citrus Sun Tea with Mint and it is my loving homage to Juneteenth and the south!

Robust Black Tea

Robust Black Tea

Shari Sweeney
Food & Beverage, Culinary Education, Ingredients

Let’s discuss an ingredient that when brewed becomes one of the most consumed beverages in the world, and that ingredient is black tea! This is quintessential to breakfast because it’s served alongside another popular beverage which is coffee. Black tea is served in many ways and used in daily rituals worldwide. It can be served as a simple cup with cream, sugar, and snacks for afternoon tea, steeped with spices to make a chai tea as well as brewed on the stovetop and served in a large pitcher with lots of sugar, ice and a slice of lemon on the side to make southern sweet tea.