Here’s another post for archival purposes. I came up with this recipe a few years back, wrote it on a scrap of paper, and stuck it to the radiator in the kitchen. In our new apartment, that was no longer practical, so I’ve had 45 square centimeters of recipe floating about ever since. Now it’s coming off the desk and onto the blog.

So, here goes: Boil 2 liters of water and brew four heaped teaspoons of loose-leaf Mate tea. Add a squirt of lemon juice and four heaped tablespoons of natural brown sugar – I think US-style brown sugar should do fine, and of course the sugar content can be varied: the four tablespoons are on the sweet side. Chill and serve.

As a side note: I included the image here, because it shows the German terminology: “Rohzucker aus Zuckerrohr.” The actual sales page on migros.ch says “Rohrzucker aus Zuckerrohr,” which translates to “cane sugar from sugar cane,” losing half the information in the process of adding an “r.”