Drink ideas for summer

[damont]

Lemongrass and spearmint tea, sweeten to taste, then chill and serve cool/cold... Or throw some lemongrass in with the mint when making sekanjabin syrup. (These ideas inspired by a new brand of yuppiewater available at the local Giant. Also remember the sekanjabin-oids from Defending the Gate, made with thyme or rosemary INSTEAD of mint. Yum.)

Comments

[mariedeblois.livejournal.com]

Also sekanjabins with lemon and ginger.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... and likewise barley-water with ginger.

[sue-n-julia.livejournal.com]

I like lemon balm and spearmint in sekanjabin. I also came up with a pretty good fake for it -- I steeped some mint leaves in red wine vinegar for a couple of weeks, then diluted a couple teaspoons with water and added honey or sugar. Pretty good fake and a whole lot less work.

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[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Hadn't thought about lemon balm -- wonder how well my parents' plant is doing after they had to move it around the corner of the house. Lemongrass has more of a bite though -- I might want to play with the amount of acetic/citric acid when using lemongrass in sekanjabin.

The fake is a good idea for use at home. For events I prefer to have everything but the water in one bottle, so I'd make the syrup.

[h3salthea.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooo...!

This sounds dang yummy!

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Feel free to play with any or all ideas presented here. Suggest some yourself if you have any you particularly like.

[blaisedec.livejournal.com]

Mintless sekanjabin is nothing new; nostasia has been making them for years -- don't you remember her cardamom-rose?

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Actually, I don't recall it. Sounds like it would work nicely, though I'm not sure it would be my flavor of choice for a summer cooler -- seems more like an evening or cooler-weather drink. Thanks for posting though, as this entry is kind of a storehouse of ideas for this sort of stuff.