Favorite Summer Drinks: Pomegranate Spiked Sweet Tea

We're getting lots of cool drink recipes for our Summer Drink Contest! Keep 'em coming-- the contest ends June 14. Here's one of my newest and by far, easiest favorite summer drinks. You won't believe how delish and refreshing this one is!

POMEGRANATE SPIKED SWEET TEA

You already know I love Pama. And in the south, we love "sweet" tea. It's an iced tea that is pre-sweetened with plenty of sugar. It is truly the only thing that will quench your thirst on a sweltering hot summer day. When you go to a restaurant in the south and order "tea" you will get the follow-up question: "Sweet or unsweet?" Southern sweet tea is what inspired this drink because we always have plenty of sweet tea around and you already know how much I love Pama Liqueur. I combined the two and viola! The perfect summer drink you can sip all afternoon. 

Here's the recipe:

2 ounces chilled PAMA Liqueur to 5 ounces sweet tea. Serve over ice. Done!

In some areas, you can buy tea in gallon jugs at the store but it is simple (and cheaper) to make it yourself. Here's a great recipe for Southern Sweet Tea from MyRecipes.com if you don't already know how to make it. When I make sweet tea for my friends from other countries, they absolutely love it! Sometimes, I prefer to make a big pitcher of unsweetened tea and provide simple syrup on the side so guests can sweeten their tea to their own taste. Always serve sweet tea with lemon slices and fresh mint if you have it. You can even do a variation on sweet tea. Make it with peach, mix it with lemonade-- that's called an Arnold Palmer. I love this one with chamomile and lavender-- so delicate and delicious. Make your simple syrup with a unique flavor like strawberries, lemon, basil--- you get the idea!