Coffee or tea? These days, I'd have to say I'm a tea person, although my daily tea ritual isn't traditional, and my taste is far from that of a seasoned tea drinker. Bear with me as I'm still figuring out the most convenient way to brew a batch of this magical potion, save from using a kettle on a stove. Since discovering that tea can be cold brewed, I got some new aqua blue mason jars that look like the vintage Ball mason jars I remember seeing a lot of in my lifetime. I've never done any canning or brewing in these jars; in fact, I've only used them as drinking glasses with a straw. However, they make beautiful vases and are a lovely way to store candy. I hear some newer jars are microwavable, but so far, even these new Ball jars don't seem to be listed as having that one quality. Actually, I don't think they're regular oven-friendly, either. What they are is a piece of the American homestead found ubiquitously, even in NYC.
I don't put sugar in my tea unless it's that rare occasion I'm having a pre-made Thai tea with condensed milk at a restaurant, or matcha latte as sweet as matcha ice cream, but it's hard to resist the onslaught of sugar as the holiday season approaches. I'm going to see if I can alternate chocolate flavored tea with hot chocolate; maybe there's a decadent, sugar free frrrozen chocolate tea in my near future that'll cost me next to nothing in calories.
There are new gadgets for mason jars out there, like silicone lids with a vent hole for a straw, or maybe to minimize issues with glass during canning and brewing. I got a plastic lid with a handle that turns a mason jar into a pitcher. It's useful if the tea is hot, but you can pour straight from a mason jar. Just an FYI that leaving the tea in the jar too long could end up pickling it...🥒Happy teatime!
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