Minty Peach or Peachy Mint

Are peach and mint "hot colours" this season?  I never consciously pay attention to trends but assume that they reach me subliminally.  For some reason I've become obsessed with the colour combo peach and mint and assume that I must be seeing it more and more because this combo is what’s “in” right now. 

It's funny because if you asked me to wear those colours years ago (and someone did), I would have pantomimed puking (and I did).  Back when I was 13 years old my cousin asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding party.  Her colours were peach and mint, which at the time I thought was totally pukatronic!  The maid of honour was to wear a peach dress with mint sash and the bridesmaids would be in a mint dress with peach sash.  They were made of satin and had pouffy sleeves.  Thankfully that wedding never happened (also for non fashion related reasons) but I’d most definitely wear the described dress now.

I’ve also been drinking a lot of peach mint iced tea that I make using this recipe:

Ingredients
4 cups of boiling water
1/3-1/2 cup of fresh crushed mint leaves
4 tblsp granulated sugar (or to taste)
2 tblsp fresh lemon juice
4 tea bags
1 – 1 ½ cups of peach nectar (to taste)
mint sprig and peach slices for garnish

Directions
1 – Crush mint leaves with sugar and lemon juice; pour boiling water over mint leaves and tea bags
2- Let steep to desired taste; drain tea bags
3- Mix in peach nectar
4 – Pour over ice in tall glasses and garnish with fresh mint and peach slices

It’s not much to look at but it tastes absolutely delicious!

Are you obsessed with any colour combos at the moment? Have any iced or hot tea recipes I should try?

Thanks for reading

Alex & Arthur