Get refreshed with iced tea

Instead of the usual iced tea, serve this refreshing beverage, from “Green Tea: 50 Hot Drinks, Cool Quenchers, and Sweet and Savory Treats” by Mary Lou Heiss (The Harvard Common Press, $12.95).

Lime and White Grape Iced Tea

2 cups chilled green tea

2 cups chilled white grape juice

6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (from about 4 limes)

Sugar to taste (optional)

Ice cubes

Small lime wedges, lime slices or grapes, for garnish

Put green tea, grape juice and lime juice in a medium-size pitcher; stir well. Add a little sugar if desired.

Pour tea mixture into glasses filled with ice. In each glass, float lime wedges or add a bamboo skewer threaded with grapes or lime slices.

Yield: 2 to 4 servings