Iced Tea V Tea

[Strike For The South]

Ok now we are thorwing down. The Englishman need to be put in there place and finally realize Iced Tea is the drink of the Gods

[Flavius Clemens]

Ah, they are not Gods, merely hallucinations brought on by too great a temperature difference between brain and surroundings, due to drinking iced beverages in hot weather.
A nice warm cup of tea brings refreshment, clarity of thought and true contentment.

[Csargo]

You all make me sick with your tea. GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[discovery1]

Iced Tea!!!!!!!

[Geezer57]

Iced tea in the summer, hot tea in the winter. It's all good!

[yesdachi]

Sometimes I like a good oolong tea with Chinese food but for the most part tea sucks.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I do enjoy the occasional drink of iced tea, however...

Earl Grey, two cubes of sugar, perfection. :2thumbsup:

Or green tea, whatever.

[Reverend Joe]

Gimme a cup of Gahffee, hot, strong and black.

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[IrishMike]

Long live the South and Ice Tea!

On certain days Ice Tea can be a small taste of heaven.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Tea requires ceremony, etiquette and class. One cannot drink iced tea in a small, cold and damp island and then be motivated to go and conquer the world. Equally, drinking hot tea in hundred degree temperatures whilst dressed in full uniform impresses the natives no end.

As does knowing when to add the milk. :toff:

[Quid]

Iced tea all the way for me. Though, I do like the occasional tea when contemplating 'what ifs' with mates. When in England...

Quid

[Kanamori]

I only drink iced tea in the summers. I drink hot tea all through; american teas really suck though. PG tips would be my breakfast and sometimes a cup of earl grey later on.

[doc_bean]

Iced tea in the summer, hot tea in the winter. It's all good!

Truth :2thumbsup:

[Keba]

Gah! I cannot be made to choose. I actually drink both, iced when it's summer, normal whenever I damn feel like it. I have no preference either way.

Warm cocoa is better anyway. :embarassed:

[InsaneApache]

STOP! :bobby:

Before we go any further we need some clarification here. Are we talking about Liptons[TM] or proper tea? :anxious:

[littlelostboy]

Good point, InsaneApache, I almost wanted to say GAH! Tea or ice tea, they are just the same.

[Divine Wind]

PG tips, milk, two sugars please.

Whos got the kettle on?

[The Spartan (Returns)]

iced (but my father prefers tea alot more)

[Red Peasant]

Every day, normal English breakfast tea, drop of milk, no sugar. Marvellous. For special occasions, Earl Grey. Heaven. Nuff said. Iced Tea is just another anodyne American concoction. McDonald's for tea-drinkers. Hrrumph!

[Kralizec]

Tea.

[Somebody Else]

Tea, Earl Grey will do; milk, no sugar, and a buttered fruit scone with jam and clotted cream. Divine.

[IrishArmenian]

Coffee, dark, and strong. But, my Grandfather was educated in India and showed me Tea. Tea is more of an occasional beverage. On the other hand, my father showed my his "Irish Coffee" which is quite a good thing when I'm really moving slow. I just grab the bottle of Sinny and enjoy.

[ShadesWolf]

Tea without question :2thumbsup:

So many to choice from. My current fav is Earl Grey, but I do also drink Darjeeling.

But then we also have the simple british cuppa.

[Somebody Else]

I'm quite a fan of Lapsang, as well as all the Chinese types.

This is not to say I'm not a fan of coffee either - time and a place though, and it has to be decent coffee (strong too, and none of this milk or sugar malarkey).

[ShadesWolf]

I'm quite a fan of Lapsang, as well as all the Chinese types.

This is not to say I'm not a fan of coffee either - time and a place though, and it has to be decent coffee (strong too, and none of this milk or sugar malarkey).

First thing in the moring, at work, to wake me up.
This sets me up for the day.

[Duke Malcolm]

Earl Grey, two cubes of sugar, perfection. :2thumbsup:

I do believe that thou has been taking thy Earl Grey incorrectly. It is only proper to take the aforementioned beverage with a citrus fruit, usually lemon.

As the television advertisements say, drinking iced tea gives one a foot fetish and hence I refrain from drinking it.

I like Ceylon in the morning -- that refreshing taste is just the thing to have for Elevenses, with a splash of milk

Darjeeling, Assam, or Ceylon for afternoon tea, taken with nothing, milk and one sugar, and milk respectively.

Assam for the evening, the full bodied flavour sets me down for the night, with milk and sugar.

I sometimes have Chai tea in winter, those spices are quite something.

[Aenlic]

Where's the option for both, SftS?

Iced tea when it's going to be 101F (that's 38.6C for you Brits) outside, like umm... today.

But in the morning and afternoons and, well... ok, all the time. Hot green tea with mango, lime and a little dollop of honey. Jasmine with lime and a little honey is good as well.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I do believe that thou has been taking thy Earl Grey incorrectly. It is only proper to take the aforementioned beverage with a citrus fruit, usually lemon.

Yes, I do take it with lemon on occasion, but I love my sugar. :sweatdrop:

[KukriKhan]

Hopeless barbarian that I am: 2 bags of Lipton's in a coffee mug, a dash of lemon 'n smidge of milk. Makes my afternoon work go better (it's been over 100 F here the past week).

Coffee in the a.m.

[Red Peasant]

Iced tea when it's going to be 101F (that's 38.6C for you Brits) outside, like umm... today.



We understand and prefer fahrenheit, yards, inches, gallons, pints, etc thank-you very much. ~;)

We have never got the hang of metrics, although it did make the monetary system easier.

[Marcellus]

We understand and prefer fahrenheit, yards, inches, gallons, pints, etc thank-you very much. ~;)

We have never got the hang of metrics, although it did make the monetary system easier.

You speak for yourself. Metric all the way here (except for road distance...out of necessity).

[InsaneApache]

Hopeless barbarian that I am: 2 bags of Lipton's in a coffee mug, a dash of lemon 'n smidge of milk. Makes my afternoon work go better (it's been over 100 F here the past week).

Coffee in the a.m.

Now, for once and for all, Liptons [TM] Is not tea.

It is as liken to tea, as seaweed is to coffee. This is where tea gets a bad name.

My (USA citizen) Mom just cannot fathom why my father and I partake of such a hot beverage in his garden, when the temperature is in the 100sF.

Believe me, we have tried, ever so hard, that hot originated in the tropics.

Alas to no avail.

My sympathies go with you Kukri :laugh4:

[Aenlic]

We understand and prefer fahrenheit, yards, inches, gallons, pints, etc thank-you very much. ~;)

We have never got the hang of metrics, although it did make the monetary system easier.

I was just teasing! Pfft. :wink:

Gods, not the metric system. I was in primary school when the U.S. first began making a big push to get us switched over. Liters this, meters that, etc. It never took. That was 40 years ago. It still hasn't caught on. I don't think it ever will, here.

[Geezer57]

Gods, not the metric system. I was in primary school when the U.S. first began making a big push to get us switched over. Liters this, meters that, etc. It never took. That was 40 years ago. It still hasn't caught on. I don't think it ever will, here.

I grew up as an American kid overseas - so I learned both systems side-by-side, and am equally comfortable with either. For most average (non-technical/scientific) folks, I really don't think either system is "better" than the other. People are just most comfortable with what they learned growing up.

[rory_20_uk]

With easier money came a worsening grasp of Maths: take away the incentive of knowing how many groats in a florin and suddenly Maths has no point for loads of people.

~:smoking:

[Aenlic]

What do florid goats have to do with it? :wink:

[English assassin]

Imperial certainly has its uses, but this weekend I had to work out how many tiles I needed for my bathroom and I was very happy to be working in square metres thank you very much.

OT, iced tea is rampantly metrosexual. Oh, and BTW all these fancy teas are not tea either. If you can't imagine it being brewed by a sapper on the north west frontier* than its not tea.

(I'll make an exception for chinese tea since a billion people can't be wrong).

(*this means the Khyber pass, not Seattle)

[DukeofSerbia]

Both. In summer ice tea, in winter (hot) tea.

[Red Peasant]

Depending on circumstances:

In summer: Beer or Hot Tea
In winter: Beer or Hot Tea

[drone]

Never acquired the taste for hot tea (or really any hot beverage). Don't drink iced tea that much either, it's only good if it's early in the day, and you are sitting in a restaurant in the south with a hangover. Sweet brewed iced tea is just the thing. Unsweetened iced tea is somewhat pointless.

[Drisos]

call me crazy.. always ice tea. I am just so hot that I always need something to cool down ~D

[Avicenna]

Tea.

I get a choice between English and Chinese.

Chinese tea with ice is just... :inquisitive:

[Ja'chyra]

Ok now we are thorwing down. The Englishman need to be put in there place and finally realize Iced Tea is the drink of the Gods

Unfortunately, what we have here is a case of one American letting their whole country down again. You should be ashamed of yourself STFS, it seems the old colony has fallen quite a way since we decided to start the experiment and see how they got running things themselves. Oh well, I suppose when we get round to it we shall ahve to take it back and show them the error of their ways.

As for teas, I prefer Green tea or Green tea with Jasmine. Failing that it has to be Tetleys, strong and sweet, just like.................. well not really but you take my meaning. :shame:

[AntiochusIII]

Erm...I drink milk? :inquisitive:

*Runs away crying: I don't fit in! I don't fit in!*

[Samurai Waki]

Hot Tea in South California in the summer? No Thanks, I'll take my beer :2thumbsup:

Though I refuse to drink Ice Tea

[spmetla]

Coffee in the morning, Tea for afternoon, and hot chocolate for the evening.

[Duke Malcolm]

Hot Tea in South California in the summer? No Thanks, I'll take my beer :2thumbsup:

Tea is for everywhere, be it hot or cold tea in a hot or cold place. I would happily drink tea in South California. It may be 20 odd degrees Centigrade here, but I happily drink tea...

[naut]

All those who don't like tea should try some nice strong watermelon tea! :balloon3:. Seriously this stuff is so good! As much as I like iced tea, watermelon tea is IMHO the best drink ever invented.

[Ayachuco]

I prefer Iced tea over any other tea. Particularly lemonade iced tea. Not just tea is for me or any other tea but plain iced tea. Down here in texas we drink lots of iced tea.:laugh4:

[naut]

lemonade iced tea

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