Does it ever happen to you that even a happy thing can make you feel anxious? Sadly, that is what seems to have happened during the planning of this Teeny Tea. After one thing and another feeling like it conspired against my best efforts this summer, the warm weather here in Maine seems to be waning, the porch garden seems to be going to sleep for the year and still, a tea was not accomplished. So, I have scaled it down, making it the teeniest of Teeny Teas. I hope you will still enjoy it and I hope I have some things to make up for it in my post today.
First of all, when I started doing my Teeny Teas in 2016, I started out with some preliminary ideas, a lot of which I did not share at the time. One lovely morning in June, I took some pictures, with the bigger Teeny Tea in mind. Most of these photos have not been shown before this time, but I recently came across them and decided to share them with you. I hope you enjoy them:
And we look forward to having so many more!
Our tea for today is not exactly tea, although, it is made with an infusion of butterfly pea flowers in simple syrup, so maybe it’s similar to a tisane? It’s such a warm day that we only want cold drinks and what could be more refreshing than a limeade? Today’s drink is more of a mixology experiment and could definitely be made as a full-sized drink (and, I’ll bet, if you were so inclined, you could add a bit of vodka to, as well). Here’s my recipe for Magical Purple Limeade:
Make a simple syrup using 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Add one large tea-ball, filled with dried butterfly pea flowers. Steep until syrup is a dark purple blue color. Store in a glass jar and refrigerate.
Make lime ice cubes by juicing one or two fresh limes, adding an equal amount of water and freezing in ice cube trays.
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