Black with milk (and if I'm cranky, with milk and sugar). Peppermint or raspberry with honey. Green, red, or white plain; individual estate black (darjeeling or earl grey) plain; Good Earth Sweet and Spicy plain.
I drink a lot of tea.
(But I don't drink iced tea, so I have no preference for that.)
Technically, if I were to drink black tea, I'd take it with milk. But that's usually my last choice, because if there's coffee I'm drinking it, and I'd rather have green tea or herbal tea than black tea, which is hard on my stomach.
I was reading some folks' answers and realized that apparently Americans really do think of "iced tea" as actual tea. Not so in Canada: iced tea is Nestea, and when I go to the States I have to remind myself not to ask for it, because if I do they bring me cold tea with ice cubes in it. Blech! What is up with that?
I don't drink black tea at all, not even Earl Grey for Picard's sake, but I am unusual in that in my family.
I was reading some folks' answers and realized that apparently Americans really do think of "iced tea" as actual tea.
Yes! Ick! I was in San Francisco in September and forgot to specify Nestea/Snapple/whatever, and the server gave me TEA with ICE. It was so weird, and yucky.
For nationality, I ticked off North American. However, I would like to point out I'm Chinese and drink my tea accordingly.
Black tea (or what I like to call "white people" tea): milk and sugar, or milk and honey.
Chinese (green and red) tea, herbal tea, etc: nothing.
There is a particular tea called Hong Kong milk tea, and it's black tea served with condensed milk (Carnation, usually) and you can add as much sugar as you want. Most people add lots.
If we go out, I'll sometimes get bubble tea. I'm not a huge fan of pearls (the tapioca balls) but I'll eat them. Usually when my friends get bubble tea, I'll get a slushy drink instead, usually fruit mixed with green tea.
In Canada, iced tea is SWEET. None of this American regular tea with ice cubes crap. (Though I understand that in the southern states, they serve ice tea the way we Canadians drink it.)
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Date: 2006-12-20 05:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-12-20 06:17 am (UTC)I drink a lot of tea.
(But I don't drink iced tea, so I have no preference for that.)
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Date: 2006-12-20 06:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-20 06:52 am (UTC)I don't drink black tea at all, not even Earl Grey for Picard's sake, but I am unusual in that in my family.
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Date: 2006-12-20 03:03 pm (UTC)Yes! Ick! I was in San Francisco in September and forgot to specify Nestea/Snapple/whatever, and the server gave me TEA with ICE. It was so weird, and yucky.
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Date: 2006-12-20 03:41 pm (UTC)Black tea (or what I like to call "white people" tea): milk and sugar, or milk and honey.
Chinese (green and red) tea, herbal tea, etc: nothing.
There is a particular tea called Hong Kong milk tea, and it's black tea served with condensed milk (Carnation, usually) and you can add as much sugar as you want. Most people add lots.
If we go out, I'll sometimes get bubble tea. I'm not a huge fan of pearls (the tapioca balls) but I'll eat them. Usually when my friends get bubble tea, I'll get a slushy drink instead, usually fruit mixed with green tea.
Iced tea
Date: 2006-12-20 03:43 pm (UTC)