Tea

Sweet tea versus unsweet tea, the war rages on. Today at Dave’s, I overheard diners being asked, “and do you want anything to drink?”
The diners responded, “Yes, I’ll have some tea.” Well, the next question is, “Do you want sweet or unsweet?” I guess the vote was nearly equal.

Before the advent of those little pink, blue and yellow packets of sweeteners, you would have never heard questions about sweet and unsweet tea.

Your mama always poured about two cups of sugar into pitcher of hot tea and gave it a stir. Then she poured it over a whole glass of ice cubes which popped and made all kinds of noise. Viola!

Back in the day, brides-to-be families hosted Sip and See Parties where you dressed up and went to the family home to view the gifts on display. Sipping was most likely some iced tea even if it was February.

On my first trip Up North when I was thirteen, I innocently ordered some tea for lunch and the waitress brought me a cup of hot tea with a side of creme. I don’t think I had even seen hot tea before, in a cup anyway.

Nowadays, all the chain restaurants have sweet tea that will make your toes curl, it’s so sweet.

On my quest to go to every Cracker Barrel in the United States, I sometimes just stop in for a takeout of sweet tea. One of these days, I’m gonna mark Missoula, Montana CB off my list.

Still there is the subject of cubed versus cracked ice. There is so much to think about, fiddle-de-dee, I think I will think about that after I get some more tea.