It’s summer time, and it’s time to beat those summer time blues. It’s also time to save money and running to Starbucks, or your other favorite coffee shop is not the way to save money. Did you know you can make your own iced coffee, and ice tea recipes?

Ice tea can beat the summer time blues. Images used by permission from www.istockphoto.com/Aleaimage

 The Arizona Republic[ article, “Ice time for tea, coffee “ June 1, 2009 can give you some cool ideas on how to cool down by the pool. www.food.azcentral.com Recipes include White Raspberry Mocha Frappuccino, Iced Mocha Latté, Honey Berry Shiver, Tropical Fruit Chiller, and Mint’ n’ Cherry Cooler. TeaGshwendner compares tea leaves to fine wines, and her shop carries flavored tea leaves in Asian pear green, blood orange black, peach melba, and tangerine vanilla oolong. Her shop is located at 7051 E. Fifth Avenue in Scottsdale, AZ (480) 6876-8503, www.teamerchants.com/Scottsdale. Cheryl Graf recommends the coffee beans be fresh and whole and you should grind them yourself. Always use filtered or bottled water. At Bacon, a new Scottsdale restaurant Maryanna Nagle says people are ordering their breakfast coffee iced as temperatures rise. Speaking of bacon did you know it’s hot for breakfast right now? See my Xombyte at http://www.xomba.com/convenient_wonderful_incredible_yummy_bacon_0

Iced coffee for a hot Arizona breakfast.Image used by permission from CPBaker.

You can find Bacon at 4175 N Goldwater Blvd Scottsdale, AZ (480) 947-3090 For more ice tea recipes see http://www.xomba.com/my_cure_summer_time_blues_arizona_sun_tea