Southern Iced Tea

When it rains in Mumbai its heavenly - garam chai and onion bhaji time. But the very next day it is humid and stiflingly hot. On such muggy afternoons this glass of iced tea comes to the rescue. It is sweet with a little caffeine and refreshing... Interestingly I always have iced tea with Chinese food... it perfectly balances the heat of the chili paneer for me. The cream horn in the pic is from one of my favorite Mumbai bakeries - Merwans in Andheri. I lay blame for all my extra kilos (a lot of extra kilos) on their fabulously and freshly baked pastries, eclairs and tarts. I still think they have the best lemon tarts EVER. But I digress. The strength of the tea depends on you and so does the sugar. Adjust to taste. And southern iced teas dont have any fancy lemon, peach or ginseng in them - that's what the Yankees add to it :)

So without much ado...

Ingredients:

2 cups water

2 teaspoons black tea

1 tablespoon sugar (I bleed syrup)

Ice

Boil the water, add the tea. When it reaches desired strength, remove from heat and drain. Add the sugar. Mix to dissolve. Chill. Add ice and sip.... Ahhh....

Also sending it to Serve it - Chilled an event by Denny