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Friday, June 22, 2007
Iced Tea
If you get iced tea in this area, you get something quite often resembling Lapsang Souchong(aka campfire tea). This is a byproduct of Mark at MEM dominating the majority of the market in Boston and his chosen 'iced tea blend' has been a slightly smoky black tea in it.
I hate it.
No disrespect to Mark's palate but it's horrible. When you get Iced Tea, you get unsweetened plain cold black tea, that's pretty much the New England way and that smoke note is painful. When you go South, at a certain point, you start getting an option. Sweet Tea.
Now, it's not bad when done with care and made fresh but I grew up with my mother constantly making note of the simple fact it's sweetened tea, not sweet tea. She was a teacher, go figure. I had long since broken my habit of putting sugar in beverages but I got a chuckle from this page on 'Sweet Tea'and the Sweet Tea Line.
Someone had the gall and sense to do a paper on iced tea and used it to define the Mason-Dixon line. What it means is that you are in the South when you reach the point that 'sweet tea' is being offered.
It doesn't mention anything about the Great Lakes region and the most disgusting raspberry iced tea phenomenon there but that would be a good followup. ¶ Jaime van Schyndel 8:13 PM
If you get iced tea in this area, you get something quite often resembling Lapsang Souchong(aka campfire tea). This is a byproduct of Mark at MEM dominating the majority of the market in Boston and his chosen 'iced tea blend' has been a slightly smoky black tea in it.
I hate it.
No disrespect to Mark's palate but it's horrible. When you get Iced Tea, you get unsweetened plain cold black tea, that's pretty much the New England way and that smoke note is painful. When you go South, at a certain point, you start getting an option. Sweet Tea.
Now, it's not bad when done with care and made fresh but I grew up with my mother constantly making note of the simple fact it's sweetened tea, not sweet tea. She was a teacher, go figure. I had long since broken my habit of putting sugar in beverages but I got a chuckle from this page on 'Sweet Tea'and the Sweet Tea Line.
Someone had the gall and sense to do a paper on iced tea and used it to define the Mason-Dixon line. What it means is that you are in the South when you reach the point that 'sweet tea' is being offered.
It doesn't mention anything about the Great Lakes region and the most disgusting raspberry iced tea phenomenon there but that would be a good followup. ¶ Jaime van Schyndel 8:13 PM
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I totally hear you on the raspberry thing. I want iced "tea", not iced high fructose corn syrup pseudo-reaspberry with some crappy tea leaves.
and note that south of said mason-dixon line it's pronounced with a fine southern drawl: "swate tea."
nothing like it.
nothing like it.
jaime,
we at caffenation mostly make very fruity and herby iced tea's by mixing up these type of tea's (like the celestial ones, without black tea!) with a bit of raw sugar and lemon, lime or orange concentrate.
The result is sweet, but with lots of fruit and herbs.
We offer plus minus 50 different combinations a year, often also with mint, green tea's and pulped fruit juices.
Very nice, so i don't see why you always need the black tea.
Rob
we at caffenation mostly make very fruity and herby iced tea's by mixing up these type of tea's (like the celestial ones, without black tea!) with a bit of raw sugar and lemon, lime or orange concentrate.
The result is sweet, but with lots of fruit and herbs.
We offer plus minus 50 different combinations a year, often also with mint, green tea's and pulped fruit juices.
Very nice, so i don't see why you always need the black tea.
Rob
It was the use of a smoky black tea I was bemoaning. I welcome good herbals and creative use of summer drink offering without syrups. I drink a Spearmint/Peppermint with Chamomile blend for rock sugar for summer iced tea.
Technically tho Roberto, herbals are not truly tea and I would argue there is nothing wrong with a good solid quality tea hot or cold.
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Technically tho Roberto, herbals are not truly tea and I would argue there is nothing wrong with a good solid quality tea hot or cold.
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