tea, iced tea, nestea

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:11 pm

As I sit here drinking my iced tea I have to laugh at my experiences with this drink. I know you Brits shudder at the thought of iced tea. I have been to California and asked for iced tea, only to be grossly disappointed by being served just as it states, "iced tea" when what I later found out I wanted was called nestea, the powedered stuff we just add water too, or the highly sugared tea drink we get out of a bottle that is manufactured by the company called nestea, or liptons up here in Canada. In Canada, when we ask for iced tea, we get the sugary pre-fab drink automatically, tis what we expect.

Funny how it is different everywhere.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:19 pm

i drink over a gallon of iced tea per day! the real tea i make with teabags and then use sugar and ream fresh lemons....i LOVE it...it's the "house wine of the south". :-6

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:29 pm

lady cop wrote: i drink over a gallon of iced tea per day! the real tea i make with teabags and then use sugar and ream fresh lemons....i LOVE it...it's the "house wine of the south". :-6

Hehehehe yours is likely more healthy than mind I am addicted to the powder sugar laden chemical base hehehehehehe

observer1 · Post by **observer1** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:31 pm

lady cop wrote: i drink over a gallon of iced tea per day! the real tea i make with teabags and then use sugar and ream fresh lemons....i LOVE it...it's the "house wine of the south". :-6

I've FINALLY learned how to make "sweet tea"!! I go crazy on that stuff when I'm visiting my father! That's practically all I drink now.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:35 pm

sweet tea, sweet corn, fried chicken, OMG, and some hushpuppies too!

cars · Post by **cars** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:45 pm

lady cop wrote: sweet tea, sweet corn, fried chicken, OMG, and some hushpuppies too!

Sounds like the start of a party, everybody over to LC's!!!

(PS: I'm leaving for Florida 1st week in December, please arrange for all hurricanes to end by then!!! Thanks. :wah: )

GOOD LUCK with Wilma!!! Hope she fizzels out & or misses you guys!!!

observer1 · Post by **observer1** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:50 pm

lady cop wrote: sweet tea, sweet corn, fried chicken, OMG, and some hushpuppies too!

Another thing I like from down your way, LC, is biscuits & gravy!! Best breakfast!

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:50 pm

I've never been too keen on iced tea or hot lemon tea. Prefer PG tips with a dash of milk...NO sugar.

observer1 · Post by **observer1** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:51 pm

Bez wrote: I've never been too keen on iced tea or hot lemon tea. Prefer PG tips with a dash of milk...NO sugar.

What exactly is that??

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:55 pm

Funny, I like them all depending on what I'm in the mood for. Winter's coming and I'll be brewing lots of real tea, I love the smell, and I can only drink so much coffee. :yh_coffee

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:56 pm

observer1 wrote: What exactly is that??

Pyramid shaped tea bags...I've tried them all, but these are the best. Can't be doing with tea leaves in a teapot.....(sorry Mum)...

"The revolutionary PG Tips Pyramid bag gives the tea more room to move, for the tastiest PG Tips yet. Available in 40s, 80s, 160s and 240s Pyramid bags."

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:59 pm

Bez wrote: Pyramid shaped tea bags...I've tried them all, but these are the best. Can't be doing with tea leaves in a teapot.....(sorry Mum)...

"The revolutionary PG Tips Pyramid bag gives the tea more room to move, for the tastiest PG Tips yet. Available in 40s, 80s, 160s and 240s Pyramid bags."

very interesting....

I like black current tea

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:06 pm

I've tried all sorts of fruity teas....I do like Lemon and Ginger...really warming in the winter.

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:46 pm

flopstock wrote: I have a monster cup of iced tea with me all day long. When I go to bed at hight I make a fresh one, just in case i wake up in the middle of the night and am thirsty...

Wow how popular it is

actionfigurestepho · Post by **actionfigurestepho** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:55 pm

I love sun tea, although in the winter I can do with the Lipton cold brew bags which are great. I like to add lime to mine.

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:05 am

Jab what a proper tea drinker you are!!

the rest of you with your "Iced Tea", well it's an outrage, and I expect a somewhat French custom designed to undermine the drink that made this country great. I suspect this fashion for cold tea comes from you colonials fishing tea out of Boston Harbour after we had gone and trying to drink it.

Lets get this clear, if you are posh you drink it out of your best china making sure you ALWAYS warm the pot.

If not its out of a mug and stong enough to stand a spoon in.

As for "Fruit" teas they are the devils work and anyone who drinks them should be punished by having to roll an eccles cake from Lands end to John O Groats

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:00 pm

Sun Tea for me, we can have it year round here is San Diego...!! just the best you put tea bags in the biggest jar you have, add water maybe some sliced lemons and put the lid on and let it sit in the sun YUMMMM!! the best tea ever.. Usually takes a couple of hour on a hot day..!! :-6 :-6

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:15 pm

Bothwell wrote: Jab what a proper tea drinker you are!!

the rest of you with your "Iced Tea", well it's an outrage, and I expect a somewhat French custom designed to undermine the drink that made this country great. I suspect this fashion for cold tea comes from you colonials fishing tea out of Boston Harbour after we had gone and trying to drink it.

Lets get this clear, if you are posh you drink it out of your best china making sure you ALWAYS warm the pot.

If not its out of a mug and stong enough to stand a spoon in.

As for "Fruit" teas they are the devils work and anyone who drinks them should be punished by having to roll an eccles cake from Lands end to John O Groats

Are you a PG tips, Tetley or and Earl Grey kind of guy Bothwell...now let me guess....Earl Grey !!

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:21 pm

Cold Tea, ooooohhh, don't go there. I ordered it one time in NY to see what it was like and that's exactly what I got. Cold tea. Yuck... Now Iced Coffee with Cream - Yummy

venus · Post by **venus** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:26 pm

Ohh yes Earl Grey... just got to be, sorry l can't get away with PG tips..

However l also love my ice tea, the proper chemical just add water stuff.. he he

I am also a lover of a really good cup of coffee....

Im a lover of them all, hot, cold, sweet and strong..

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:28 pm

I drink loads of coffee...with cream preferably...no sugar, but the first drink of the day has to be a cup of PG tips..

devist8me · Post by **devist8me** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:02 pm

I boil a pitcher of tea everyday, with about 2 cups of raspberry juice thrown in. Lasts me all day.

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:56 am

Are you a PG tips, Tetley or and Earl Grey kind of guy Bothwell...now let me guess....Earl Grey !!

Black Coffee only, never drink tea:D

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:07 am

lady cop wrote: i drink over a gallon of iced tea per day! the real tea i make with teabags and then use sugar and ream fresh lemons....i LOVE it...it's the "house wine of the south". :-6
*in redneck-ese*

Now, if'n yer sath o' tha May-sin Dik-sin Lahn, y'all bes' be drink'n Swate Tay.

T'ain't no other way t' haf it.

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:08 am

Wolverine wrote: *in redneck-ese*

Now, if'n yer sath o' tha May-sin Dik-sin Lahn, y'all bes' be drink'n Swate Tay.

T'ain't no other way t' haf it.

Do you have any idea how long it takes to decipher that drawl????

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:09 am

do you have any idea how long it took to type it????

*hand cramp*

kitty · Post by **kitty** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:11 am

You can't beat Yorkshire tea:D

I love my ta..i plan to be hospitalised for tannin poisining like tony benn one day. i drink it buy the mugful as you'll see from my pic I posted.

But I am rather partial to Long Island iced tea:-4

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:13 am

Wolverine wrote: do you have any idea how long it took to type it????

*hand cramp*

did ya learn something from that exercise then??? hmmmm??

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:13 am

devist8me wrote: I boil a pitcher of tea everyday, with about 2 cups of raspberry juice thrown in. Lasts me all day.
Oh....................*drool*

that's good.

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:20 am

kitty wrote: You can't beat Yorkshire tea:D

I love my ta..i plan to be hospitalised for tannin poisining like tony benn one day. i drink it buy the mugful as you'll see from my pic I posted.
what??

But I am rather partial to Long Island iced tea:-4
awesome.:-4

kitty · Post by **kitty** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:20 pm

Yorkshire is a place in the UK.

They make their own tea which is lush.

Tony benn is a Politician here who drank so much tea he was hospitalised once.

Hope that clears a few things up. :wah:

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:35 pm

tmbsgrl wrote: I drink both real and powder.. My favorite powder is Lipton.

Ahhh I like lipton as well, we have a good one up here called Good Host I think theirs is my fave.

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:46 pm

minks wrote: Do you have any idea how long it takes to decipher that drawl????

Here I am in the South and I had to read it twice to figure out what the heck you were trying to say!

I'm probably the only Southerner you will ever meet that cannot stand sweet tea....HATE it! I'm not that fond of iced tea. It's better hot with a squeeze of lemon.

I have become quite fond of Chai lately.

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:45 am

Kathy wrote: Here I am in the South and I had to read it twice to figure out what the heck you were trying to say!

I'm probably the only Southerner you will ever meet that cannot stand sweet tea....HATE it! I'm not that fond of iced tea. It's better hot with a squeeze of lemon.

I have become quite fond of Chai lately.
Chai is awesome!

Got my dad hooked on it. :wah:

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:36 am

I can't stand sweet tea either... I'm a Yankee though. Chai is nice... just as long as it's not that nasty tea they served when I was over in Mumbai... I prefer hot tea... British style sometimes with a lil' cream in the morning but that's about all I want added... same with my coffee.

and btw... if you prefer fruit in your hot tea...? ...brush your teeth or rinse your mouth immediately after! Unless you have dentures then it probably doesn't matter too much.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:50 am

Sun tea, southern style........................:-6

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:02 am

chonsigirl wrote: Sun tea, southern style........................:-6
good stuff, Maynard.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:24 am

Hey, good old diet coke, what more could you want?

cars · Post by **cars** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:54 pm

kitty wrote: You can't beat Yorkshire tea:D

I love my ta..i plan to be hospitalised for tannin poisining like tony benn one day. i drink it buy the mugful as you'll see from my pic I posted.

But I am rather partial to Long Island iced tea:-4

Ah yes, Long Island iced tea!!! Great brew!!! I was at the airport many years ago, when my friend introdiced me to them. He said they were strong, but they slipped down so easily I said that he was crazy, so then I had "3" 10 oz glasses of those buggers!

Well, it was time for me to board the plane, & when I tried to stand up, that's when it hit me all at once! Walls spinning, floor spinning, "head" spinning, I nearly missed the plane, I boarded late, was the last one on!!:wah:

(Oh yeah, don't remember a thing about the flight, missed the meal & everything, slept all the way!!)

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:33 pm

You didn't miss much on the flight, I'm sure!

I picked up some white tea when I was in China the last time... that and some Yixing tea pots... I pick up some everytime I'm there (I collect them).

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:01 pm

Hey Minxs:

You forgot the most important one!

In New Mexico (265 days of sunshine average) we put out a glass gallon jar with three teabags in it, sit it out on the porch and let the sun's warmth brew it ever-so-slowly. It's called SunTea!

The best part about it is that the slowbrewing gets rid of all the acidity and it won't make your stomach ache!:D