Just read through the most geo-blinkered legacy tumblr thread about iced tea (in a bottle) being a thing in the US but not so much in the UK. E.g. Brit: AMERICAN MADNESS; American: HAHA BRITS SO STUFFY AMERICA IS FUTURE.
What nonsense did I just waste my time reading?? π
Meanwhile Asians were rightly ignoring this whole non-issue between the tea newbies.
Well, so long as the Brits and Americans had fun playing together. ππ
@Agatha Aussies tend to follow traditional UK tea habits, not surprisingly, but in recent decades we've been getting more adventurous with the Asian-influenced teas in cafes or self-brewing, including the flavoured bottled iced teas being common in supermarkets etc. I don't think I personally would have seen it as an American cheapening of tea therefore, so the thread was kind of amusing. I guess iced teas just don't make as much sense in colder climates anyway. π€π
I was raised on hot tea (California native). I never even knew about iced tea until I was moved to the south in the 80s. I found it disgusting initially - took me a year to acclimate to it! π
@Zaiene
Look, if it's tea, I'll probably drink it. Hot or cold, fresh is best but if only bottled is available, I'm drinking it. (Some exclusions apply - but only a very few.)
Tea is life.