It’s a Tea Party!
Time to have a cup ‘a. Time to take a tea break. Time to be civilized and sit awhile and enjoy a cup…or a mug. What kind of tea do you like? Do you drink tea? I’m sure you have noticed that tea/tea drinking has become a trend in this country.
Do you know that worldwide, tea is the most popular beverage except for water?
But in the U. S., tea is #6, ranking behind water, soft drinks (!), coffee, beer, and milk. And yet, tea is growing rapidly in popularity: both green and black, in bags and loose.
In the U.S., more iced tea is consumed that hot tea. Down South (south of Baltimore, most people say) a serving of iced tea is always qualified by “sweet” or “un-sweet”. Really, that is how it is asked. I am definitely a “sweet” tea drinker, so this is just fine with me. No longer do I have to open those anemic, pathetic paper packets of sugar, put them into a tall glass of tea which invariably has too much ice, try to stir and quickly drink before the sugar has sunk to the bottom once again. No ma’am, now I can just enjoy my sweet tea!
Now, if they could only include some mint…
But as for hot tea, well, […]