i have been on the quest for the perfect tea that i can make at home for about . . . my ENTIRE LIFE!! anyone who knows me knows that i am a true tea drinker. don't get me wrong, i love coffee, but there is absolutely NOTHING like a great glass of iced tea, perfectly sweetened. Not too sweet, not too dull and none of that fake artificial sweetener crap! that's for babies! give me real sugar in the raw!
ok, enough with the exclamation points, down to business.
so i really like Chick-Fil-A sweet tea. but there are only really two CFAs in my area that do it right, the one on Coliseum Drive in Hampton and the one on Jefferson Avenue in Newport News. Last summer Starbucks introduced a "Shaken Iced Tea" to their menu board. I was a little skeptical at first, but i manned up and tried it. i immediately fell in love. it's so yummy, perfectly sweetened, perfectly chilled . . . i downed that puppy in like 10 seconds flat. BUT - it was seasonal, so they removed it from their menu at the end of the summer and in it's stead was an Iced Black Tea option. Not the same. I couldn't figure out how they did it, but the Iced Black Tea seemed to be post-sweetened instead of pre-sweetened like the "Shaken Iced Tea."
So i bought a box of the Black Tea, because the barista at my local Starbucks told me that what i purchased was what they were using to make the "Shaken Iced Tea" . . . and i believed her . . . **pausing for effect** well SHE LIED! it was not the same. Black tea has such a rich flavor and it was too strong, it felt like i was sucking on tea leaves! GRACIOUS! so i gave up and just went back to dropping $1.73 at CFA whenever i needed a fix.
Then my friends, they brought it back! Earlier this spring the "Shaken Iced Tea" returned!! GLORIOUS DAY! and along with came this beauty . . .
That's right TAZO released an ICED Black Tea brew! this has been out for a little while, but i wanted to share with everyone what i use to fulfill my desires for sweet tea. it's a lot less expensive than the $2 i drop everytime i need to . .. fulfill my desire . . .
Video Blog soon to come of how i make my tea
Happy Tea Drinking ALL!
3 comments:
Omg I must try this!
I am also a lover of tea ... it's soo great & there are soo many different kinds ... i think i will go drink some Lipton Green Tea now
Lipton is good, but let me tell you . . . once you go Tazo . . . you never go backo =)
lol
where can I find this infamous Tazo??
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