How an American makes tea - YAH

[packman]

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[CurtEastPoint]

1. Nope. That's an ignorant Trumpite, probably from my state, Georgia.

[forgotmylogin]

2. That is not tea. That is sugar-flavored water. n/t

[jberryhill]

3. Is that a joke?

Surely nobody actually drinks that.

[Sanity Claws]

4. Horrifying is right!

There is so much sugar in that concoction. Is she a dentist trying to increase her business?

[Wawannabe]

5. Someone talked about Tang

In another post. And this recipe was on a reply. It’s like an Arnold Palmer with Tang and a shitton of sugar! Whoa!
Not for me but to each their own.

[Totally Tunsie]

17. That was me!

Like it, or not! When hub and I moved to Illinois in 1969, my new next-door neighbor gifted me with this "Friendship Tea". Liked both her and the tea.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=1356478

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. She isn't using enough sugar.

[samnsara]

7. this is delicious!!!! the recipe has been around since the 70s..

..in in the Pacific NW and its not a southern regional thing. I dont drink it now because of the sugar but we used to mix this up and give as gifts in ribbon-ed clad jars. I think it was called Russian tea. The sugar can be left out and added in the end to taste or use some other sweetener such as honey. Its esp good on a very cold day that may be hitting this weekend...

[LeftInTX]

13. My husband was a teacher and a principal

Every Christmas, he bought jars home.

I never liked it, but it was something cheap that parents would whip together for a teacher's Christmas gift.

I haven't seen much of lately..

[Totally Tunsie]

18. I agree - see #17.

It was in Illinois in the late '60s.

[MuseRider]

8. I was stunned when I got home from the

Indian market in town with a stash of Chai, my favorite. I opened it up right away because it is hard to come by these days around here and was just sick that it was not bags but powdered instant tea. I was so happy to see it I did not read the box. Thankfully I have to add my own sugar so it was not like the stuff in the video.

[fleur-de-lisa]

11. Chai is my favorite too. With local honey. Yum!

[LeftInTX]

20. Eeewwwwww

bummer

My local chain grocery brand is just as good the Indian markets and it's cheap too.

[MuseRider]

23. There is no chai tea in this city!

Well, there is the instant chai but.....................

[LeftInTX]

24. You can order from Amazon - brands like Twinings

At my local Indian market they recommended Tetley Masala, it comes in bags. It's OK, a bit on the bland side, but it's better than instant.

[bluecollar2]

9. Philistine...n/t

[Solly Mack]

10. Gross.

Please let that not be real.

[2naSalit]

14. +1

[LeftInTX]

12. This has been around for a long time..Cheapskate Christmas gift

They put it in mason jars, tie a ribbon on it and kids give it to teachers as Christmas gifts. Teachers also make it and give it to the principal as Christmas gifts. It doesn't taste very good, but it meets the "obliged gift" from those parents who feel they must send a teacher a Christmas gift. It makes a good paperweight.

Hubby used to receive several jars each Christmas.

I think it's waned in popularity because there are many good teas at the supermarket these days. I hearkens back to the day when there were two choices of tea: Black tea and Celestial Seasonings.

[Totally Tunsie]

19. LOL - See #17 with its link.

[NNadir]

15. I wonder if it's as good at killing Covid as injecting Lysol? n/t.

[Iggo]

16. Jeez, lady, just drink a fucking soda.

[DFW]

22. Tell me about it.

"This American girl."

I know quite a few American "girls (at her age, we call them 'women' in Texas)" who don't do things that way.

[DFW]

21. Russians use jam or marmalade to sweeten their tea

They do have sugar beets, but straight sugar in tea is unusual for them.

Tea is something I have gotten very used to, but now all that powder just looks like an amateur chemistry lab."This American girl," my ass. "Heat your water in a microwave?" Right, just to make sure the world knows that Americans need instant gratification even when heating up water for tea. Gimme a fuckin' break!!

Just get me some cinnamon black tea, or, even better, "Constant Comment," the Bigelow flavor with orange rind, cinnamon and cloves. Then sweetened with apricot marmalade. Do NOT use anything made with high fructose corn syrup. That's easy for me as it is not allowed here, but some American brands still use it (Smuckers is notorious for it).

If I can get a cup or two of THAT a day, I'm a happy camper. We have the advantage here of getting the most fruity, flavorful apricot marmalade in the world. Either Marillen from the Wachau Valley in Austria, or a Turkish brand that some of the Kurdish shops here import. THIS "American boy" does things differently.

[LeftInTX]

25. This is a cheap Christmas gift that kids give to teachers

Notice that she has a kid in the video.

It's easier and cheaper than baking cookies. They put it in Mason Jars and slap a bow on it. Every year my hubby would get a jar at Christmas. Every year, we would make a few cups, then throw the contents away and keep the jar. It's more of an "arts and crafts" than a consumable.

It's been around for quite awhile.



https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/instant-spiced-tea/

[smirkymonkey]

26. Ugh! Blechhhh!

Nasty stuff. How can anyone drink that swill?