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Just a few drops will add lots flavor to regular iced tea.
Sweet tea is a staple in the South. You can find it in almost every establishment and in every home below the Mason Dixon line, and for good reason: it's tasty and delicious all year long. Fall is no reason to stop indulging in this traditional southern treat. The extra sugar, however, is definitely a reason. Luckily, there is a solution.
Certainly tea is a far superior beverage to regular soda. Tea hydrates the body while serving you up with antioxidants. And that is an understatement. It seems like every day there is another study showing yet another benefit to tea from better skin to helping to ward off cancer.
Unfortunately, not many of us enjoy regular iced tea. We like the sweet tea, and that is where the problem lies. All the sweet comes from all the sugar, and the true southerner, I am told, likes it extra sweet. By the time the tea is ready to drink, it is hardly a healthy threat to its cola counterpart, especially if that's a diet cola. So what are we to do?
Recently, I discovered sugar free raspberry syrup. Only a few drops goes a long way, and your tea will have a wonderful sweet flavor. The best part is that it does not taste "sugar free," so you are not sacrificing any of the flavor.
The syrup can be found in almost any grocery store, usually in the coffee aisle, and is reasonably priced for about five dollars. And if you don't care for raspberry, there is a variety of sugar free flavors to try like peach or lemon. Of course, while you are at it, pick up some flavors for your coffee on those chilly fall mornings. Enjoy!
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