# Kool Aide + Ice Tea =???? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2000, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461 "2000-06-05T17:03:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/1 "2000-06-05T17:03:25Z")
Come on, there are only two good drinks for summer; ice tea and Kool Aide and I’m addicted to both. Has anyone come up with a drinkable combination? Quick, before I use up the entire water supply for the county. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/2 "2000-06-05T17:24:16Z")
I hear half iced tea and half lemonade is a good combo. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/3 "2000-06-05T17:49:13Z")
Go check out your local kool-aide supplier. They now make fruit tea flavored koolaid. You might need to add your own caffiene! ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/4 "2000-06-05T17:53:58Z")
I’ve had the Kool-aid + iced tea mix (Kool Aid Teasers? I can’t remember the name for sure.) I bought a couple thinking I had bought regular Kool-aid Lemonade. It wasn’t bad after I got over the initial shock of wondering why my kool-aid tasted like tea. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/5 "2000-06-05T18:11:13Z")
it is **kool-aid.** no **e**. so there. ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/6 "2000-06-05T20:13:16Z")
I want to preface this with the fact that I tried the mix before knowing what it was (I doubt I would have done so had I known). I’m now convinced it is the perfect Yuletide concoction. **Russian Tea** 1 3/4 c Tang (orange drink mix) 1 pk (1/2 oz) lemonade (I use CountryTime) 1 c Instant tea 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2 ts Ground cloves Mix ingredients. 2 teaspoons in hot water and you’re set. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/7 "2000-06-05T22:00:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Come on, there are only two good drinks for summer; ice tea and Kool Aide and I’m addicted to both. > > Has anyone come up with a drinkable combination? > > Quick, before I use up the entire water supply for the county. > \*\* I’ve always been partial to Gin & Tonic for a nice summer drink. mmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/8 "2000-06-05T22:10:39Z")
I am reliably informed that this summer’s fashionable drink among the middle school set is “Sewer Water” Kool-Aid. Equal parts Blastin’ Berry Cherry and Lemon-Lime. It actually tastes OK if you drink it with your eyes closed. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/9 "2000-06-06T03:26:53Z")
I have never been happy with any mix of iced tea and fruit stuff I have ever made. This is real disappointing to a Snapple fan. How do they do it so it tastes good? I’m thinking I don’t put in enough sugar. That Lipton’s 5-minute tea is great, but you have to let it soak overnight to leach out enough caffeine. I didn’t know it was so tightly bound to whatever it’s bound to. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/10 "2000-06-06T03:41:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I hear half iced tea and half lemonade is a good combo. > \*\* Mmmmmmmmm, Arnold Palmer. My favorite sunny summer drink. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/11 "2000-06-06T06:30:53Z")
Okay, the Kool-Aid T’s suck! BUT if you use ONE Kool-Aid T and one NORMAL Kool-Aid, it’s damn good. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/12 "2000-06-06T06:35:19Z")
My favorite summertime drink is half cranberry juice (or any of the cranberry-mixed cocktail juices) with half Club Soda, Perrier, or Pellegrino Mineral Water–as long as it’s fizzy. I will drink that all summer long. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kool-aide-ice-tea/21461/13 "2000-06-06T14:46:16Z")
Does Kool Aid have any flavor? That tea one doesn’t have any tea flavor. They do put in citric acid for tartness.