June is also Iced Tea Month… [See also June 1st ]

iced tea is/was one of the main beverages of hospitality made (traditionally freshly brewed) and oft served as “sweat tea” in Black American households at holiday meals, Sunday suppers, other special occasions — or made for and offered to visiting guests from the late 19th century throughout the 20th. Today iced tea is primarily ordered and consumed at dining establishments ( from fast food to fine dining) and/or purchased in single serve plastic or glass bottles from store shelves or the refrigerated sections of grocery and convenience stores. See also “National Iced Tea Day (June 10th)” ~TH/TFG

[Below are a few pics from that time i created a line of hospitality-rooted cocktails for an MLK Day event produced by a group called ‘Background’. The iced tea one I called the “Not-Too-Sweet Tea for Feelin' Free”]:

Today is also National Herbs & Spices Day —which very appropriately happens during Soul Food Month— since properly seasoning food with fresh and dried herbs and spices is of most importance in classic soul food cookery…

Surprised to see I have quite the collection of herb pics in my phone from both the NY and Brooklyn Botanical Gardens especially:

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