Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1914 — ICED TEA FOR SULTRY DAYS [ARTICLE]

ICED TEA FOR SULTRY DAYS

No Better Hot-Weather Beverage Than This Preparation Has Ever Beet) Devised. There is probably no drink more refreshing and none that can be more attractively served than iced tea. It can be made beforfe it is needed and kept on hand, always chilled, in the ice box, or it can be made’’ at a moment’s notice, provided there is plenty of ice, plenty of fresh boiling water and the right sort of tea on hand. There are two methods of making iced tea and both have their exponents. One says to put cracked ice in a glass and then put in a slice or so of lemon and, sweetness is liked, a sufficient number of lumps of sugar. Then make tea, rather strong, with freshly boiling water. After the water has stood on the ground for four or five minutes pour the tea on the ice. A safeguard against broken glasses is to put a spoon in each glass. The spoon serves as a conductor of heat. The other method for making iced tea is more economical, for, according to it the tea is made and poured into a big bottle, fruit jar-or covered jug or pitcher, when it is sufficiently strong and then stood in the ice box until it is thoroughly chilled. Slices of lemon and sugar can be added befora or after it is served, and a little chopped ice adds not only to the deliciousness but also to the sound of the tea —and nothing is more suggestive of refreshment when the mercury is climbing then the sound of tinkling ice and glass.