we interrupt your regularly scheduled kitty pictures programming with this important blather.
last night, i made my first batch of home-brewed sweet iced tea. i won't venture to call it "sweet tea," because i'm not confident in my tea-brewing/-sweetening skills just yet. i was drinking store-bought sweet tea and going through roughly three bottles every two days... and it's a hassle to keep the fridge stocked that full of sweet tea. so i decided to make my own. turns out, this is a pretty common thing to make: iced tea. who'd have thought? and it's cheap to make.
so, i'm trying to cut back on the soda (shock.horror.gasp), and eventually cut back on the caffeine. addictions are hard, friends. so since the sweetness of the tea is doing the job, i've switched. well, switched during the week at least, "i can drink whatever i want on fridays" (name that ivy house quote!) i even made this batch of tea with decaffeinated tea bags. it's really like i'm being healthy (minus the heaping cups of sugar).
i think it tastes pretty good so far (i'm drinking it now). next time, i think i'll steep the tea for a shorter amount of time, i'll probably add more sugar (because i can), and maybe find a way to cover the pretty glass pitcher while it's in the fridge. i can't really tell if this slightly tangy flavor is perhaps from sitting all night next to a box of papa john's pizza.
speaking of pitchers, we got this one for our wedding and have never used it before. perhaps the tangy flavor is dust. i rinsed it, folks. but still.
also, i noticed that we have two glass pitchers. they're both very pretty. we should really use these wedding presents we've had for almost 3 years.
three years, guys. it's been almost three years. wow. love it.
i'll send you back to kitty pictures programming very soon... don't fret!
