Enjoy a refreshing and healthy drink this hot season. It's almost the end of January that has been generally hot. It is this time that you need to be hydrated well to avoid energy depletion. The best way to stay hydrated without just having to take water is to have iced tea. So what is iced tea? Iced tea is a form of cold tea. Though usually served in a glass with ice, it can refer to a tea that has been chilled or cooled. It may or may not be sweetened. Iced tea is also a popular packaged drink. It can be mixed with flavored syrup, with multiple common flavors including lemon, raspberry, lime, passion fruit, peach, orange, strawberry, and cherry. While most iced teas get their flavor from tea leaves, herbal teas are sometimes served cold and referred to as iced tea. Iced tea is sometimes made by a particularly long steeping of tea leaves at lower temperature. Some people call this "sun tea". In addition, it can be left to stand overnight in the refrigerator. Iced tea is popular in Austria and is commonly known as Eistee (ice tea); it is usually drunk heavily sweetened.In Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro, one of the most popular beverages is mate or chá mate. In Canada, iced tea refers to sweetened iced tea, flavoured with lemon. The iced tea is usually made at home from drink powder or obtained in bottles or cans. Sweetened green teas and those flavoured with raspberry, peach, or pomegranate are becoming more common via marketing efforts. In china Common types of iced tea are black, green, oolong and lots of herbals as well. Iced herbal teas are especially popular in the hot summers, where "yin" or cooling herbs are used to make tea such as chrysanthemum, kuding tea etc. Cooled tea (but still warm) was popular throughout ancient times. So let's get started on our Watermelon Basil iced Tea
