Sun Tea

This morning Nikki sent us an e-mail about an adorable Mason Jar Drink Dispenser from Pottery Barn.  Okay, yes, it's $69, which these days seems like an obscene amount of money for what is essentially a 3-months-a-year glorified pitcher.  But I heart it so.

I mean, how could you not love it?

It started me thinking about something my mother would make every summer when I was a little girl:  Sun Tea.  My mom would put a few bags of Lipton in a plastic pitcher, fill it up with tap water, and put the pitcher out on the back deck in the morning before she left for work.  In the afternoon, we would come home and the pitcher would be warm and filled with dark tea, having steeped in the sun all day.  We'd put it in the refrigerator and enjoy it all week long, and week after week.

These days I might substitute Ginger Peach tea and would probably use filtered water, and maybe even (if I can swing it) put it in a $69 pitcher from PB.  But more likely I'll be pulling out one of my big, perfectly acceptable glass pitchers, covering it with plastic wrap, and calling it good. 

Now if only we Seattleites could get some sun, the Sun Tea revolution could begin!

xo,
Jen