A caffeinated boozy cocktail to keep you awake long enough after the kidlets go to bed to get some lovin' in.--read more >>

Everything has a purpose! Lemon dries up mucus, honey soothes the throat, cayenne helps headaches and body aches and pains and helps bring down fever, mint helps clear nasal passages and is very relaxing, the white tea has low does of caffiene which helps asthma and the white tea it's self is a useful antioxidant.

In the boiling water steep tea for 5-10 minutes. Stir in honey, lemon and cayenne. If you add a little too much cayenne, you can balance it with a little more honey.

My own desparate exparimenting

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Soothing and helpful in relieving cold, flu and allergy symptoms. My OB/GYN gave me the OK to drink this during pregnancy, but you may want to check with yours first.

1 cup boiling water

2 tsp. honey

2 Tbl. lemon juice

1 bag (or equivalent of) of Zhena's Gypsy Tea in Sense Of Peace or other white tea/mint blend

Large pinch cayenne pepper

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fill glass with ice. put in as much vodka as you are comfortable with. add limonata till full.
variation 1:
add raspberries and blackberries. use spoon to stir drink and mash up berries. taste. yum!
variation 2:
chop up nectarine. mash with mortar. strain juice into glass, then add vodka and limonata. taste. yum!

me.

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its hard not to be a boozer with these tasty treats!!
shoulda been a bartender...

s. pellegrino limonata (available at some grocers, and trader joes)

ice

vodka(regular or citrus)

raspberries(for recipe 1)

blackberries (for recipe 1)

nectarines (for recipe 2)--read more >>

Have the fruit, brandy, wine and orange juice well chilled. Slice the lemon, lime and orange into thin rounds and place in a large glass/ceramic pitcher. Pour in the rum and sugar. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours to develop the flavors (stir occasionally to dissolve sugar).

When ready to serve, crush the fruit lightly with a wooden spoon and stir in the wine and orange juice. Adjust sweetness to taste.

I changed the rum to brandy because we did a comparison and found the brandy made for a better tasting sangria. This recipe used to be on my favorite site (allrecipes.com) , but they removed it, as they do with other recipes. Just make sure you copy or print them out when you see them!!

adapted from allrecipes.com

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courtesy of my cousin. i actually never tasted it, since i am on the wagon at the moment.

1 Lemon

1 Lime

1 Orange

1 cup brandy

0.5 cup white sugar

1 (750 milliliter) bottle dry red wine

1 cup orange juice

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Here's what you do:
*for the sugar syrup*
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine 2 c. sugar (I use florida crystals or evaporated cane juice)w/ 2 c. water. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Simmer for 10 mins. Remove from heat and let cool.
Keep any unused syrup in fridge in a covered container. It will keep for a long time.
Makes 2 1/2 c.

*for the lemonaid*
Combine 1 1/2 c. lemon juice, 1/2 c. sugar syrup, and 3 c. water. It's really sour, so you might want to add more water or syrup (My dh said more syrup, my kids said it was fine)

Repeat the same recipe and add it to an ice cube tray. Use these ice cubes in the lemonaid.

Delish!

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The long prep time above takes into account the chilling of the simple syrup. If you have some in the fridge, it only takes a minute to whip up a pitcher.

water

simple sugar syrup

lemon juice

lime (optional)

mint (optional)

red zinger tea (optional)--read more >>

I concocted this accidentally trying to use up a bottle of red wine.
Dump the wine into a big container. Add the frozen fruit juice concetrate. Add some water to taste (you don't want it to be too sweet) Cut up the fruit (leave the peels on) and dump them in. Some people advise to add the fruit at the end before serving, but personally, I like it when the fruit soaks up the booze - drunken goodness!

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Highly advise drinking outdoors on a hot summer night. Salud!

red wine

frozen fruit juice concentrate (I used tropical)

fresh fruit - limes, lemons, oranges, apples, peaches, blueberries, etc--read more >>