Sunday Café – 10/6/2018 – Iced Tea Day

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    Anonymous
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    Today is Iced Tea Day but, first a little history. In 1795, the first tea plantations in the United States arrived in South Carolina. It was green tea, which was more commonly drunk as iced tea at the time, until WW II. That’s when green tea importation was cut off and Americans switched to black tea imported from India.

    In the United States, 85% of all beverages are iced tea. It’s very popular as an alternative to carbonated soft drinks, especially in the hotter southern states: it is ubiquitous in restaurants, convenience stores, vending machines, and grocery stores. Anyone who knows anything of the south knows sweet iced tea is a must for every household.



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    #868441
    katzenjammer
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    Tks for the info PG!

    I’m not much of a tea drinker and prefurr it hot if at all. But now I’m going to make me a new tea that is quite nice – Pear/Vanilla White Tea with a dash of vanilla cream for enhancement.

    #868442
    Kittyzee
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    I like tea, hot and strong with cream and a little sweetener. I love iced tea, it’s my beverage of choice, with lemon and NO sugar. My coffee I drink black straight up. I actually had oolong tea with breakfast this morning, was quite a change but refreshing at the same time.

    Well, it’s my day to goof off and that’s what I’m doing. Almost noon and I’m still in my PJ’s! You can do a lot of work around the house in your PJ’s!

    I’m also going to make a big pitcher of brewed iced tea for later too. I always try and keep some in the frig on hot days. I’ve been trying to drink more water and sometimes iced tea fits right in with a little added flavor.

    Hope everyone has a relaxing Sunday and does (or doesn’t do) whatever they want!

    #868443
    Anonymous
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    Thanks KZ!

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    #868444
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Good evening – I’m not a huge tea fan but there’s nothing like a ice cold iced tea on a hot day or hot tea on a cold day!

    Hubby was going to grill tonight but the day has turned rainy. There’s chicken in cream sauce with stuffing brewing in my cauldron, should be just right for a rainy evening.

    Well, Shaddo’s been gone 10 years, sigh. Opposites to the end, that day in June was the hottest, whereas Jiggs’ day 5 months earlier was the coldest day of the year. We are constantly reminded of him, and convinced he visits Leela and Comet in their dreams!

    #868446
    lagatta4
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    I love tea and “infusions” (herbal “teas”) and have been drinking some organic chai green tea, i.e. spiced. I often drink tea through the day; limit coffee to a shot or two in the morning and certainly don’t touch anything stronger until suppertime, if I do. It is cold here most of the year, and tea is very warming and not as high in caffeine as coffee.

    I knew iced tea was very popular in the southern US, which is interesting as in many other hot countries (India, the hot regions of China, southeast Asia, the Caribbean etc) tea MUST be hot.

    I rarely have iced tea, but if I do it must be “neat” – no sugar or milk.

    Jersey Joan, is Shaddo your avatar? I love black cats.

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