On Jul 14, 1:23 pm, wrote:
> I am on a very tight budget and do whatever I can to save money. In
> the summer I used to drink lots of sweetened soft drinks, but they can
> get costly. Rather than drinking them, I switched to these powdered
> drink mixes that come in a jar. These are the pre-sweetened ones you
> scoop into a cup (or larger container) add water and stir. This stuff
> is good, and saves money. However, to save even more, I switched to
> cool-aid where I add my own sugar. This saved even more, but I live
> alone and dont care to make a whole pitcher full at once. If I do, I
> drink the whole thing right away, and I know that all that sugar is
> not the healthiest. Thats when I discovered making my own powder.
>
> I just took one of the plastic jars from the store bought pre-mixes.
> Put in the dry cool-aid, add the amount of sugar they require in the
> instructions, cap the jar, and shake well. Now I can take a scoop of
> this powder, put it in a cup, add water, stir, and I have an instant
> ONE CUP of drink.
>
> I have also switches to doing this with iced tea. Rather than buy
> sweetened iced tea, i just get the unsweetened instant tea. Put some
> in a bottle, add sugar, shake and I have my instant sweetened tea to
> make by the cup. I found that adding a little lemon cool-aid adds
> that lemon flavor to the tea.
>
> I like to experiment, and found that mixing this stuff with seltzer
> water makes a good drink. Of course this adds to the cost, but I had
> several bottles of seltzer water that I bought long ago, and could not
> drink that stuff plain. Now I found a use for it.
>
> Just thought I'd pass this on....
You're a regular Heloise! You should post this to
misc.consumers.frugal-living .
You probably don't realize that you could be drinking iced tea that
TASTES GOOD, not that instant garbage, for pennies per gallon. Go to
an international grocery and buy a box of "Temple of Heaven green
gunpowder tea."
http://www.amazon.com/Temple-Heaven-.../dp/B000CBOR60
You can get a kilo (2.2#) for ~$10
--Bryan