Saving Money Brewing Tea With Honey

I haven't yet figured out what home business to start, but for the time being, I figure I could try to be more frugal than I usually am. Taking steps to save money is also a move in the direction of financial freedom.

Yesterday I bought 100 black tea bags for one dollar. I made 2 quarts of iced tea using 4 tea bags, that's .04 cents for what I usually spend over $2.00 purchasing already brewed at McDonald's. Plus, I could add a few spoonfuls of my own honey rather than tons of sugar or worse. This gave it just a touch of sweetness without over doing it.

For quite awhile my drink splurge was Sobe Green Tea with honey, $1.68 for 32 ounces at my local Subway. I found out this was actually honey "flavor" not real honey. Eww! I need to get back to adding drops of real honey to my tea to help treat my seasonal allergies. From now on, I vow to brew my own and keep a glass pitcher of iced tea available to me in the fridgy.

How does honey help my allergies better than over the counter drugs?  Years ago I started consuming a small spoonful of LOCAL honey everyday. This exposed my immune system to local allergens year round, allowing my body to adjust. After a year of doing this, I noticed a summer went by where I wasn't bothered like I usually was. The next summer, same story. I no longer needed allergy medication. This summer, I'm hoping for the best,  but honestly, I fell off the honey wagon and haven't been consuming honey everyday. We'll see what happens this first week of June.