Adaptive Reuse: Black Cherry Iced Tea

While this is not strictly a case of adaptive reuse, we basically took something that was terrible, switched one simple factor, and made it delicious. We bought this herbal tea as a caffeine-free nighttime beverage before bed. Hot cherry flavor should be good, right? WRONG. After one hot cup, the box sat in the cabinet for months. Yet one fine day, not a beverage in the house (who wants to drink water?!) we took that dusty cherry abomination down from the shelf, made tea, added sugar, then threw a bunch of ice cubes in----and made the BEST ICED TEA EVER. One bag is enough for a half gallon, maybe even a whole gallon. We added sugar substitute but feel free to sweeten it with your sugary poison of choice. Let it cool down for a few hours on the counter, then fridge it, or add ice cubes and drink it right away! Try it with any gross herbal tea (orange, lemon, berry, etc).