Arnold Palmer-An Arnold Palmer is a beverage consisting of 1/2 iced tea and 1/2 lemonade named for golfer Arnold Palmer.^[1][2][3] It is often called a half and half.^{[4][5] (source wikipedia)}

First of all, I have to thank my husband for discovering this by happy accident. He brought it home to us one day and now? My family LOVES to drink Arnold Palmers! It has brought out the mixologist in all of us! We are drinking all kinds of crazy concoctions mixed with tea. My favorite? 1/3 ice tea, 1/3 lemonade, 1/3 cran-apple juice. I wonder if I will rue this day when my children go to college and become the popular kids who invent drinks!

Apparently there are some variations on the recipe-I saw a variation that used blackberry lemonade and my tastebuds begged me to go grocery shopping!  We also have- a Mint Arnold Palmer, Peach Tea Arnold Palmer, Green tea AP, I am sure your imagination could be endless. 

Historically the drink was named after a pro-golfer (Arnold Palmer). In researching one variation that happened (pre-scandal) was the "Tiger Woods" which is 1/2 lemon-lime Gatorade  (haha) and 1/2 ice tea! Which BEGS the question- Can you get the "tiger woods" at Perkins or no?

Now....If I could invent a beer version for golfers... I might just be modern and FAMOUS.

Arnold Palmer

Prep Time:15 min

Serves:4 to 6 glasses

 

Ingredients

• 4 English breakfast tea bags
• 1 tea kettle filled with boiling water
• 1 cup Simple Syrup, recipe follows
• 1 cup lemon juice
• 1 lemon, zest
• 2 cups ice cubes

Directions

Tie the tea bags together attach to the handle of a large pitcher. Pour the hot water over the tea bags and into the pitcher. Set aside to steep for 5 minutes.

Lemonade:

To a blender, add the Simple Syrup, lemon juice, lemon zest and ice cubes and pulse to puree. Place the mixture into the freezer until the tea has finished steeping.

Add ice cubes to a large glass and top with the tea. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the "lemonade" into the glass.

Simple Syrup:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water

Add the sugar and water to a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and allow to simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool completely.

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence, 2008 http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_213530_RECIPE-PRINT-FULL-PAGE-FORMATTER,00.html