Cheering the Hell Up, Day 11: Iced tea, hold the sugar
Iced tea has always my summer drink of choice.
And since I’ve been on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, plain, brewed iced tea sans sugar is the order of the season.
And it gets a little…well, old after awhile. You can mix it up with plain, brewed peppermint tea (the other allowable tea on SCD), but sometimes, you want a little caffeine with your flava.
So how stoked was I when I went to my friend Richard’s house and he poured me a long, tall glass of delicious with NO sugar and TONS of flavor:
Iced Green & Grey Tea Chez Waterhouse
Bring a kettle (or 1 quart) of water to a boil.
Pour over 3 bags green tea and 2 bags Earl Grey* tea in a Pyrex or other heat-proof pitcher.
Let steep until cool. Discard bags (squeeze ‘em first). Pour tea in 2 quart pitcher and fill with cool water.
Enjoy!
xxx
c
*Earl Grey tea is not strictly SCD-legal. I make sure to use a brand that contains actual oil of bergamot, not “flavor”, which is the catchall through which illegals often slip through. SCD followers should not drink this unless they substitute black or peppermint teas for the Earl Grey.
TOPICS: 21 day salutes, Cheering the Hell Up™, Daily Cosmic Shoutout, recipes, SCD/Crohn's disease.
3 Comments, Comment or Ping
Marilyn
I’ll have to try this. I’m right there with ya on iced tea–love the stuff. Except, oddly, I went YEARS without drinking it…go figure.
Jun 2nd, 2006
Christina
hey-i just found your site and i really enjoy it. when i saw you write about “oil of bergamot” i thought maybe your diet would allow you to add essential oils to your beverages/foods for flavor. my aunt is a young living distributor (www.youngliving.com) and while i don’t necessarily subscribe to ALL of the claims the company makes, i have found the oils to be very useful. i use lemon oil, peppermint oil, etc. in my teas/waters/beverages. they also sell bergamot oil as well (it happens to be my favorite scent!). they also have a “citrus blend” that has tangerine, orange, etc. (you can buy them in singles as well). i like young living oils b/c they are VERY high quality, but you can find essential oils in almost any naturals store or even a good grocery store w/ a solid organics/naturals section.
i have several friends w/ UC and i really feel terrible for what you must have gone through (and probably to some degree, still do). good luck!
Jun 2nd, 2006
Julian
Communicatrix,
Found your blog off of another friends blog. Came across the link on Crohn’s disease. I am sure that you are aware of most of what is available on the market, since you are in your fourth year of dealing with this illness, but if your doctors have not recommended it to you perhaps taking flaxseed oil and fishbody oils will help. Two years ago I was diagnosed with Crohn’s but then the diagnosis changed to Henoch Scholein Purpura, this illness affected my kidneys. My doctors at Johns Hopkins recommended fishbody oils to reduce the inflammation in the kidneys. Apparently after talking with people and reading much material, the fishbody oils reduce inflammation in the entire body if taken on a regular basis. The flaxseed oils have been known to aid in protecting the digestive track. I hope this helps.
Jun 22nd, 2006