Tea Brews

Things haven’t gone quite as planned for Cara and her sister Teagan. In Hot Tea, the plan was simple – Cara decided to quit her boring job and find something a little more exciting. Being Irish, she knows that you need to be careful what you wish for, all superstitions aside, granted wishes don’t always resemble the outcome you’d envisioned. Knowing that, Cara wished for excitement anyway. The details are in Hot Tea, the first in this series.

In Sweet Tea, Cara and Teagan are dealing with wishes come true. The good news is that each of them has found the man of her dreams. The not so good news is that they have to break that news to their mother; and as we all know, old fashioned slightly over involved mothers can be a challenge to deal with. They have also fallen into the middle of a serial murder investigation and worse, Cara may have come to the attention of the murderer. Not good. And then there’s the whole thing with the weird cop, and the secret room…

In Iced Tea, Cara and Teagan are dealing with wishes gone awry. The serial murderer, if there is one, is still out there. The new guys are supportive, as is the family, but there is a limit to how involved Cara and Teagan want them. The crazy cop is around more than ever, they have a wedding to help plan, and Cara is quickly becoming a Jill of all trades, accepting one project after another.

Life has been spinning out of control for some time and now it’s up to Cara and Teagan to regain control.

Iced Tea (Tea Series)

Tea: The Perfect Brew

There have been a lot of buzz in the market about beverage replacement lately. People have been looking for replacing high calorie drinks with low calorie drinks. There was a time when cold coffee was favorite drink, but now the times have changed and people like to drink something which is refreshing and healthy at the same time. Iced green tea is something that has become really popular lately.

Well, if you think that green tea is something that you can have only when it is hot, then you are wrong. There are many ways in which you can make iced green tea, this is one of the most refreshing beverages. This is the reason popular joints like Starbucks have also started serving them. When the temperature is getting warmer it becomes really difficult to stay away from aerated drinks and sodas which do nothing good for the body. This year try to substitute them with other drinks like:

Green Lemonade Tea: If your iced green tea is getting a little boring for you then I must say that you can give it a tangy flavor with the help of lemonade. Just like Lemon iced tea you can add a bit of lemon to your iced green tea as well. This not only keeps you refreshed, but it also provides you with the much needed Vitamin C.

If you try to have Iced green tea without any flouring then you might not like it a lot, however you can fix this by adding sugar to it, if you are afraid of adding regular sugar then you can always add raw sugar or any other sugar substitute.

There is another experimental recipe that I tried and now I am obsessed with it. I am sure that you would like it as well. Blueberry green tea lemon smoothie. All you need to do is add some sliced blueberries to your regular green tea. If you do not want to spend time cutting the blueberries, then you can always buy it in the liquified form. If you like some other flavor you can try that as well like  passion fruit, cranberry, pomegranate, strawberry etc. This way you can make your boring iced tea really tasty.

Originally published here.