Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> 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
>


Notice it states that 'item is currently not available."

However, I've used this tea a lot and don't find it that expensive. It
would probably make a good iced tea.

http://www.specialteas.com/531+China...ct_detail.html


HTH,

Rich