I am thinking about starting a match-making service, based on tea preferences. I believe that if you are compatible on this issue, everything else probably falls into place, don't you think? I will hook you up with someone special who shares your love of Sweetened iced tea in a glass, not a cup. If you like a sprig of mint occasionally, that's no problem. I'll find them. Lemon? That's easy. Cold brewed, not boiled? A little tricky, but I'll not give up. Hot tea? That's weird, but I won't turn you away. I want everyone to find love... and I think this could work. I might call it "Meet your Sweet with Tea" or "Meet your Sweet-Tea"...
Posted by Shannon at August 19, 2003 09:43 AM | TrackBackOkay, start with me: I frequently order my iced tea half-sweet, half-unsweet. (I don't like it too syrupy.) I prefer it in a glass. No mint. No lemon.
Posted by: Christin at August 19, 2003 11:50 AMHow much are you going to charge for the services? And can you do anything for New Yorkers whose idea of sweet tea is the Lipton or Nestea sugar mix!!!!!
Posted by: Tom at August 19, 2003 01:15 PM"Meet Your Sweet-Tea" is a non-profit organization, at the moment. Volunteers are welcome. As to the tea mix... I guess I'll have to do my research, as I didn't know such a thing existed! I've never been above the Mason Dixon line, so that probably has something to do with it. A mix. Go figure. Poor NYers. That's just sad.
Posted by: Shannon at August 19, 2003 01:30 PMThe concept of tea in the north is truly disturbing. That's one of the reasons I couldn't move up there.
And, for your files, I like amaretto iced tea, a flavor they quit selling in the grocery stores a few years ago. Which is why I'm not dating much these days.
Posted by: Micah at August 19, 2003 04:38 PMA tea-based dating service? Hmmm...it appears that your stream of consciousness was dammed up today.
Posted by: Joey Wolfe at August 19, 2003 11:32 PMIn the South, when we say, "I'll have some tea," we clearly mean sweet iced tea, but in Idaho, saying the word tea without a temperature related adjective means hot tea. How perverse is that?
I have a friend that tells a story about riding a train with some British folks who ordered tea and got it iced and irately demande that tea comes hot with milk in it.
Posted by: the booth at August 20, 2003 12:20 AMMy stream of conciousness if just fine, thank you. The couple that drinks together, stays together, says I.
Posted by: Shannon at August 20, 2003 12:48 AMuuh. I find it weird that when you say tea you start with cold. The perfectly brewed pot of tea is one of the most incredible, comforting joys in the world. Why spoil it by dumping sugar and ice into it? *sigh* But I won't deny that this concoction so clearly defines an aspect Southern identity. Why? I don't know. Millions of people south of Maryland find this to be an equally comforting and enjoyable imbibable pleasure. I'll never know why...
Posted by: Jeannette at August 20, 2003 01:13 PMMm... nothing like the clink of ice in a tall, cold glass of tea on a hot summer Louisiana day.
Posted by: Shannon at August 20, 2003 02:32 PMI think your idea for a match making service is TEA-RIFFIC!!
Ummm... altho I'm a southerner through and through... and just love good old-fashioned sweet tea when I visit any of my family... my at-home favorite is Celestian Seasonings herb teas... especially the berry flavors... cold brewed... no sugar because it's naturally swet with the mint and chamomile in it... served ice cold in a stemmed glass...
Posted by: Aunt Vickie at August 21, 2003 04:48 PMlol... that's naturally sweet... not swet...
Posted by: Aunt Vickie at August 21, 2003 04:48 PM