Posts Tagged “800 South Artesian Well Park”

Every other morning or so, Archimedes simply demands, that we have a tea party. Most days we’re just using dry tea, so he demands the tea’s variety according to box color. “Medes want Greeeen box Daddy!” (mint tea) or “No, Daddy, Medes want yellow box. I, I, I, don’t want Greeeen box.” (chamomile tea) It’s all very adorable, and I can never turn him down.

However, since becoming raw foodists, the idea of pouring boiling water over my tea bags, seems downright sacrilegious. In fact using processed tea bags at all, seems like a violation of protocol. Soon the raw gods will reign terror upon my abdomen.

So, Archimedes and I decided to make sun tea. We used fresh mint leaves that Sara got from Southeast Asia Supermarket. Which by the way has got to be the best Asian Market, east of Asia.

We put the leaves and honey into a mason jar, then added a heaping scoop of local raw honey. We then covered the leaves and honey with fresh well water. We get our well water from the 800 South Artesian Well Park in Salt lake City, where you can get free well water everyday, from four constantly flowing water spewers.

After the Tea sat on our back patio for 4 or 5 hours, it was ready for drinking. I mixed in a little raw milk from Huckleberry Dairy. Then BANG, Raw sun tea, complete with flavor to the max ™!

Archimedes loves this tea so much, that he insists on having his tiny tea cups, full at all times. “More tea daddy, more tea!”

We had the bulk of the tea in reserve, in the big pitcher. Although Archimedes insisted it be poured each time into the tiny pitcher, before being then poured into cups.

It was a very long process.

My cup was the tiny pink cup. I wanted the yellow one, but Archimedes insisted that the yellow one was his. Then I tried for the blue cup, which he promptly insisted, was his as well.

Apparently I need to work on my “Masculinity” before I’m allowed use of either of the “cool” cups.

The last image is an angle, that Archimedes simply demanded be taken, and be uploaded to the blog.

So long, and I hope you all enjoy making Sun Tea as much as we do!