Iced tea sans caffeine

I grew up drinking soda. The more sickly sweet and fruity, the better. My favorite was Tahitian Treat, but I also went for Fanta and Crush. Then in college I graduated to Kool Aid. It was cheap, and as sugary as I wanted it to be.

Recently I've been drinking juice. Trader Joe's has some fantastic flavors like Ruby Red Grapefruit and Mango Lemonade. But my taste for sweet is getting a bit more subdued.

While I was traveling in Africa, the camps greeted us with iced tea and grenadine as a refresher at check-in. It was good stuff. And it was then I realized that iced tea didn't need to be made from caffeinated tea. OK, so maybe this is obvious to you all, but I put it in the category of obvious in retrospect.

Since I've been back, I've been teaing it up. We've got a cabinet full of Celestial Seasonings from a trip to Boulder a few years back, and we simply weren't drinking it very fast. Now we are. 3 bags to a pitcher. Fill with hot water. Add  quarter cup of sugar. Steep for 15-30 min. Chill. Perfection.