PRODUCT: B.W. Cooper’s Iced Tea Concentrate

In our childhood, our mom made pitcher after pitcher of iced tea using a bottled tea concentrate named Redi Tea—at least that’s what we recall. Online searches for “Redi Tea” yielded only that “White Rose Redi-Tea was the world’s first instant iced tea powder, introduced in 1953.” Perhaps by our time, they had come up…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Dissolve Sugar In Cold Drinks

Sugar dissolves slowly in cold liquids. Photo by K.G. Toh | CSP   As most people have discovered, table sugar is slow to dissolve in cold drinks. Whether you’re sweetening iced coffee and iced tea or making a sweet cocktail, there are better products to use than conventional granulated sugar. Superfine Sugar Pick up some…
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PRODUCT: Belvedere Lemon Tea Vodka

Lemon Tea vodka is ready to add pizzazz to iced tea and lemonade. Photo courtesy Belvedere Vodka.   Lemon Tea is the latest vodka flavor from Belvedere, joining Black Raspberry, Bloody Mary, Citrus, Orange, Pink Grapefruit, and IX (a blend of nine botanicals). A vodka flavor is not the same as “flavored vodka.” Vodka can…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Hibiscus Iced Tea

What’s delicious hot or cold, has zero calories and no caffeine, is a bright ruby red color and is full of therapeutic powers? It’s hibiscus tea, an herbal tea that’s our nominee for the tea to try this month (June is National Iced Tea Month). Hibiscus has complex and vibrant flavors: fruity and floral notes…
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