List of Beverages:

• Iced Tea with Flavored Ice Cubes
• Green Tea Latte
• Peach and Pineapple Smoothie
• Homemade Frappuccino

Iced Tea with Flavored Ice Cubes

Ingredients

A few Earl Grey teabags, a few green tea teabags, water, granulated sugar, and lemons

Steps

1. Making the flavored ice cubes:
   
   Boil enough water for the ice cubes and dissolve some sugar in it to make enough sweetened water for the ice cubes. Set aside to let sweetened water cool off.
   
   Wash enough lemons for number of ice cubes one wants to make. Slice lemon and cut each usable thin slice into six wedges. Put one wedge into the space for each ice cube of ice cube trays to be used.
   
   Pour the sweetened water into the ice cube tray spaces and put trays into the freezer.
   
   
2. Making the iced tea:
   
   In a clean pot, boil enough water for making the tea. Put in the Earl Grey and green tea teabags. Let the tea steep for a while. When it is cool, discard the teabags, pour the tea into a pitcher. Put the pitcher into the refrigerator.
   
   
3. Serving the iced tea with the flavored ice cubes:
   
   Put enough ice cubes into a tall glass, pour the iced tea into the glass.
   

Green Tea Latte

Ingredients for Two Servings

3 teaspoons of green tea powder
1/2 banana
1 cup of cold milk
3 tablespoons of frozen whipped topping
1 to 2 ice cubes

Steps

1. Peel the banana and slice it thinly into a blender.
2. Add the green tea powder to the blender.
3. Add all other ingredients to the blender.
4. Cover the blender and blend until smooth.
5. Serve in two tall glasses.

I developed this recipe myself after having a green tea latte at a local teahouse. Making it at home with the additional half of a banana makes the drink more healthful. Moreover, it definitely beats paying more than two US dollars for one serving outside.

Peach and Pineapple Smoothie

Ingredients for Two Servings

1 peeled peach (fresh or drained from a can)
7 pieces of pineapple chunks from a can, drained
8 oz. of low-fat plain yogurt
4 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk
2 ice cubes

Steps

1. Cut the peach into small pieces and put them into a blender.
2. Add the pineapple chunks to the blender.
3. Add the ice cubes to the blender.
4. Add the condensed milk and yogurt to the blender.
5. Cover the blender and blend until smooth.
6. Serve in two tall glasses.

Homemade Frappuccino

Ingredients for Two Servings

One envelope of cappuccino mix (0.82 oz)
One cup of cold milk (8 oz.)
Two ice cubes
Three talespoons of whipped topping
Additional whipped topping (optional)

Steps

1. Put ice cubes in a blender.
   
2. Add cappuccino mix.
   
3. Add milk and whipped topping.
   
4. Blend until you do not hear the blades hitting the ice cubes anymore.
   
5. Pour frappuccino into a glass. Add more whipped topping on top if desired.