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Energy drink recipe
Take a 34 oz. French press, put an inch to 1.5" of mate in it, fill the press with boiling water. Stir and let steep 15-20 min until most of the product settles to the bottom. Put the top on and press down and pour into a one gallon container. Pull press plunger and pour another 1/3 of the way full with hot water, stirring and agitating. Repress and pour off into the gallon container. Then, add local organic honey, approx one cup, and stir until dissolved, Ala "southern sweet tea" style. Then place two standard free service trays of ice cubes in and stir. I take an organic lemon and lime, washed, cut into quarters, and squeezed into the mix, throwing them in as well. Then take 1.5 quarts of organic orange juice and pour it in. Whatever space is left, stir in cold water until it nears the top and stir well.
As a paramedic firefighter who works all hours of the day and night this is what I reach for when I feel fatigued.
