Arnold Palmer Drinks (and a tribute to Robert Palmer)

Arnold Palmer - a famous golfer who coined his favorite drink:  half lemonade and half ice tea.
Robert Palmer -  a famous singer-songwriter who coined slicked back hair, pale faces, and heavy eye and lip makeup for the models/dancers in his music videos.

So, what do these two men have in common, other than the same last name?  Not a damn thing.  Me, being me, always refers to the drink as a Robert Palmer, instead of a Arnold Palmer.  An Arnold Palmer, AKA a half and half, is simply half lemonade, and half ice tea.  It's also 'Simply Irresistible' (Click here for the music video).
I used the base of my DIY Del's Soft-Serve Frozen Lemonade for the lemonade half, I just didn't freeze it.  For the ice tea half, I used a fresh batch of unsweetened ice tea. Unsweetened ice tea is pretty much available everywhere throughout New England, yet no where in my part of Canada...and I do miss it so....in the winter time, 'Some Like It Hot' (great segway, no? - Click here for the music video - a great song to play air drums to, btw).  We had an aunt who use to live on this tea...she would put a few tea bags into a pitcher of water, and refrigerate it overnight.  The next morning it was cold brewed to perfection!

Our aunt loved Robert Palmer's cover of Marvin Gaye's two songs, 'Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You'.  Sadly both our aunt and Robert Palmer are no longer with us.  So for our last song today, raise an Arnold Palmer in tribute to them both.  (Click here for the music video).

As mentioned in my frozen lemonade post, I made the lemonade on the puckery side, not as sweet as most lemonades.  Just taste and add additional sugar to make it to your liking.  A little New England trick?  Try using pure maple syrup as a sweetener - it dissolves way better than granulated sugar in a cold beverage.   

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Arnold Palmer Drinks
makes 6, 8 ounce servings

3 cups unsweetened ice tea
3 cups prepared lemonade
additional sugar/maple syrup if needed
lemon wedges/slices for serving

Either in a large pitcher, or in individual cups, combine equal parts unsweetened ice tea and prepared lemonade.  Taste and add additional sugar/maple syrup if desired.  Serve with lemon wedges or lemon slices as a garnish.

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For the unsweetened ice tea:

1 cup boiling water

2 cups ice water

3 tea bags

Steep the tea bags in the boiled water, let steep for 1-2 minutes then remove tea bags.  Add the ice water and chill.

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For the lemonade:

1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice and pulp (about 3-4 lemons worth)

1/3 cup of sugar, plus more to taste , if needed

3 cups water

Mix the lemon juice, sugar and water together.  Stir well to dissolve the sugar and chill.  Add additional sugar to sweeten it to you liking if necessary.

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