Cheap Drink: Fake Arizona Tea

Of all the drinks in the world, one that is guaranteed to drive my husband wild is sweet iced tea (for further proof, click here). I made the following recipe for him, and he was absolutely delighted! The recipe says to use green tea bags, but I didn't have any, so I just used regular Lipton. I also halved the original amount of honey (that stuff is expensive!), but Adam never missed it. So here is how I made it:

ALMOST ARIZONA (GREEN) TEA

• 1 gallon water, boiled
  
• 2 tea bags
  
• 3/4 cup sugar
  
• 2 T honey
  
• 1/4 cup + 2 T lemon juice
  

Steep tea bags in hot water for 1 hour. Add remaining ingredients, and serve over ice.

Price breakdown:

• Water= free
• Tea bags= $.10
• Honey= $.28
• Sugar= $.13
• Lemon juice= $.37

Total cost= $.88

Cost per 8-oz cup= $.06

This is one of those rare occasions when I actually like doing math. Ohhhhhhh, yeah!