Iced tea aka sweet tea is the only tea in my book (unless I’m sick with a sore throat and need hot tea with honey, but since I’m sick, I’m probably just hallucinating that other tea exists).
danimagoo
Not all iced tea is sweet tea. I drink iced tea unsweetened.
mrnoidea
Gotta get that hot bean juice instead!
Kimi
It’s surprising how easy it is to get hot leaf juice wrong. Black tea and herbal at both prepped at boiling temperatures. Oolong, green, and white are prepped at lower temperatures, which is unlikely to happen at restaurants in the US unless it’s a tea specific shop due to them using something to heat the water for both tea and coffee (so I have heard). I’ve also heard that how hard (minerally) the water is can play into it too. Also bagged vs loose since they tend to crush the leaves for bagged tea while loose tends to be whole leaves. Hotter water than needed combined with crushed leaves results in bitter tea. Most people understandably don’t want to go through all that work in the US, so you either get used to bitter tea or just don’t drink it. If you really want to trigger some people in the UK, talk about microwaving a cup of water to put a bag of tea in and wait for the response.
Bicycle Bill
Tea. Earl Gray. Hot.
Although I will not refuse a cuppa English Breakfast, or a well-brewed pot of Celestial Seasonings ‘Morning Thunder’ or ‘Sleepytime’ (depending on the time of day).
Needfuldoer
There’s coffee in that nebula.
Bicycle Bill
I assume you are referring to the ‘Morning Thunder’ option, which is actually black tea and South American maté. It does contain caffeine (about 45 milligrams per 8-ounce cup, which is roughly half the caffeine of regular coffee), but technically it is not coffee.
egg egg
Morning Thunder is so good. I should pick up some more.
I’m partial to Tazo’s Pumpkin Chai and BigELow’s Salted Caramel teas. Though my MIL did get me some David’s Chocolate Chili tea, and it’s to die for. It even gives me heartburn, sometimes!
Ed Rhodes
Dunkin’ Donuts vanilla chai!
ktbear
A well brewed pot of leaf tea with a heaped spoon of sugar and lashings of condensed milk for that sugar rush. Unfortunately Im not allowed sugar. Or cows milk…
Red Rose with tons of sugar and a splash of milk at breakfast only, otherwise straight no milk nor sugar the rest of the day. I was a toddler in Canada and that’s what brings me back, the milk and sugar. After I got older I started drinking my tea away from home and supplies of milk and sugar so that’s how I drank it. Now I just drink the store brand tea unless there’s another brand that’s cheaper.
Jflb96
Yorkshire Tea
Max
Bubble tea. Or chocolate bubble tea. Or pudding milk tea. Taiwan invented the stuff so they know how to do it right.
RowenMorland
Ugh, I haven’t had a bubble tea I’ve actually enjoyed so far.
But it seems so fun, I’ll have to try again soon with this new place on the way to work.
Alex
A ginger and licorice blend that sadly I could only find at my old asian grocery.
Kimi
It’s the worst when they stop making the kind you like or that you can’t find it in a new place.
RowenMorland
I’m tea flexible myself.
English Breakfast with milk, no sugar very dependable and comforting but you can drink it so much it stops being an experience at all.
Earl Grey with or without milk, or Assam or Darjeeling with milk, adds a bit of variety back in and Earl Grey just seems good for when you want to focus and draw a line on getting things done.
Then there’s green tea, and all the ‘fake’ teas that do the job so they’re all right by me, Rooibos (which I have right now) , Nettle, Peppermint, Camomile, some herbal flavour mix that you’ve tried and currently like.
Yeah, its all about the mood I’m in for which one is best or my fave.
RowenMorland
And how could I forget to mention Lapsang Souchong. Talk about an acquired taste that ends up being the best taste.
Kimi
Chai is lovely, though there are some good lemon merengue and other sweet/fruity ones out there. Normally loose leaf has better flavor, and you have to be careful about Temps with certain types of tea. I had a Saje goddess goodness that they don’t make anymore that I really liked (rooibos, rosehip, hibiscus, raspberry, cinnamon, rose, raspberry flavoring, stevia leaf, cocoa nibs, and chocolate flavor if you want to homemake it). Some grocery stores in the US carry loose tea and spices/herbs/flowers that you can put into a bag/container and buy by weight.
Andy
For Canada, you forgot the raging hatred of the 6 Canadian hockey teams that aren’t your team.
foamy
Goddamn Oilers.
Andy
I’m amused by the Flames losing because they were supposed to be a juggernaut challenged only by Colorado in the West, but I also HATE that Evander Kane doesn’t have to go play golf.
It’s cool though. Blues will complete the comeback and send the Oilers home.
foamy
Oh well at least we’re not Toronto
celmin
Less timbits and more uhhh… hmm… maple syrup maybe?
Though timbits are good too.
Kimi
Canada seems to function by Tim Hortons and a mixture of tea or coffee. Hockey and beer seem to play a part too. I still laugh about a time a Canadian talking about going to watch their team play in person in Arizona and they lost to Arizona. I didn’t even know that Arizona had a team.
What I never resolved from British tea drinking from the movies was that they were fastidious about making a pot of tea (“Bring the pot to the kettle – never the kettle to the pot.”) but dumbed it down to huge urns of tea in railway stations.
That would be a fun explanation for why the gang can never just have a fun angst free time at university, insidious agents are subtly sabotaging they’re social lives. Mr. O’Malley was never really a villain he was just trying to solve the energy crisis. Remember his sacrifice.
Nice to know that Ruth would have let the situation play out and just enjoyed it no matter what happened. Fortunately Carla has mistaken Joyce and Dorothy so the cat will stay in the bag just a bit longer.
I mean, there aren’t that many kids on the dorm, Ruth definitely knows who’s dating who, and Dina and Becky do tend to look Green and Orange respectively.
But why would he need to describe them? He’s worked with Becky for months. Maybe it’s his nickname for her, since she’s definitely Orange. Although if I were Becky, I might want to dye my hair more Carla red since the shit gibbon that was the president is beginning to taint the color orange
I’m gonna toss this out there, but maybe sometimes we don’t just let the worst people alive “own” things like an entire color. There are billions of good orange things, like Crash Bandicoot.
147 thoughts on “American”
Ana Chronistic
shit, someone who actually knows who’s who
Ana Chronistic
what does England and/or Canada run on?
Doctor_Who
England: tea and biscuits.
Canada: Timbits.
The Wellerman
What’s your favorite tea? ?
Doctor_Who
Adagio makes a lemon meringue green tea I order a bunch of every year, so probably that.
True Survivor
I can tolerate herbal tea. However, I am not really a fan of warm leaf juice.
The Wellerman
Hey now, iced tea is still tea in my book! ?
cbwroses
Iced tea aka sweet tea is the only tea in my book (unless I’m sick with a sore throat and need hot tea with honey, but since I’m sick, I’m probably just hallucinating that other tea exists).
danimagoo
Not all iced tea is sweet tea. I drink iced tea unsweetened.
mrnoidea
Gotta get that hot bean juice instead!
Kimi
It’s surprising how easy it is to get hot leaf juice wrong. Black tea and herbal at both prepped at boiling temperatures. Oolong, green, and white are prepped at lower temperatures, which is unlikely to happen at restaurants in the US unless it’s a tea specific shop due to them using something to heat the water for both tea and coffee (so I have heard). I’ve also heard that how hard (minerally) the water is can play into it too. Also bagged vs loose since they tend to crush the leaves for bagged tea while loose tends to be whole leaves. Hotter water than needed combined with crushed leaves results in bitter tea. Most people understandably don’t want to go through all that work in the US, so you either get used to bitter tea or just don’t drink it. If you really want to trigger some people in the UK, talk about microwaving a cup of water to put a bag of tea in and wait for the response.
Bicycle Bill
Tea. Earl Gray. Hot.
Although I will not refuse a cuppa English Breakfast, or a well-brewed pot of Celestial Seasonings ‘Morning Thunder’ or ‘Sleepytime’ (depending on the time of day).
Needfuldoer
There’s coffee in that nebula.
Bicycle Bill
I assume you are referring to the ‘Morning Thunder’ option, which is actually black tea and South American maté. It does contain caffeine (about 45 milligrams per 8-ounce cup, which is roughly half the caffeine of regular coffee), but technically it is not coffee.
egg egg
Morning Thunder is so good. I should pick up some more.
I’m partial to Tazo’s Pumpkin Chai and BigELow’s Salted Caramel teas. Though my MIL did get me some David’s Chocolate Chili tea, and it’s to die for. It even gives me heartburn, sometimes!
Ed Rhodes
Dunkin’ Donuts vanilla chai!
ktbear
A well brewed pot of leaf tea with a heaped spoon of sugar and lashings of condensed milk for that sugar rush. Unfortunately Im not allowed sugar. Or cows milk…
Opus the Poet
Red Rose with tons of sugar and a splash of milk at breakfast only, otherwise straight no milk nor sugar the rest of the day. I was a toddler in Canada and that’s what brings me back, the milk and sugar. After I got older I started drinking my tea away from home and supplies of milk and sugar so that’s how I drank it. Now I just drink the store brand tea unless there’s another brand that’s cheaper.
Jflb96
Yorkshire Tea
Max
Bubble tea. Or chocolate bubble tea. Or pudding milk tea. Taiwan invented the stuff so they know how to do it right.
RowenMorland
Ugh, I haven’t had a bubble tea I’ve actually enjoyed so far.
But it seems so fun, I’ll have to try again soon with this new place on the way to work.
Alex
A ginger and licorice blend that sadly I could only find at my old asian grocery.
Kimi
It’s the worst when they stop making the kind you like or that you can’t find it in a new place.
RowenMorland
I’m tea flexible myself.
English Breakfast with milk, no sugar very dependable and comforting but you can drink it so much it stops being an experience at all.
Earl Grey with or without milk, or Assam or Darjeeling with milk, adds a bit of variety back in and Earl Grey just seems good for when you want to focus and draw a line on getting things done.
Then there’s green tea, and all the ‘fake’ teas that do the job so they’re all right by me, Rooibos (which I have right now) , Nettle, Peppermint, Camomile, some herbal flavour mix that you’ve tried and currently like.
Yeah, its all about the mood I’m in for which one is best or my fave.
RowenMorland
And how could I forget to mention Lapsang Souchong. Talk about an acquired taste that ends up being the best taste.
Kimi
Chai is lovely, though there are some good lemon merengue and other sweet/fruity ones out there. Normally loose leaf has better flavor, and you have to be careful about Temps with certain types of tea. I had a Saje goddess goodness that they don’t make anymore that I really liked (rooibos, rosehip, hibiscus, raspberry, cinnamon, rose, raspberry flavoring, stevia leaf, cocoa nibs, and chocolate flavor if you want to homemake it). Some grocery stores in the US carry loose tea and spices/herbs/flowers that you can put into a bag/container and buy by weight.
Andy
For Canada, you forgot the raging hatred of the 6 Canadian hockey teams that aren’t your team.
foamy
Goddamn Oilers.
Andy
I’m amused by the Flames losing because they were supposed to be a juggernaut challenged only by Colorado in the West, but I also HATE that Evander Kane doesn’t have to go play golf.
It’s cool though. Blues will complete the comeback and send the Oilers home.
foamy
Oh well at least we’re not Toronto
celmin
Less timbits and more uhhh… hmm… maple syrup maybe?
Though timbits are good too.
Kimi
Canada seems to function by Tim Hortons and a mixture of tea or coffee. Hockey and beer seem to play a part too. I still laugh about a time a Canadian talking about going to watch their team play in person in Arizona and they lost to Arizona. I didn’t even know that Arizona had a team.
Cattleprod
Tea and Tim Hortons.
MordWa
The British Empire famously ran on tea.
Ryek Hvek
What I never resolved from British tea drinking from the movies was that they were fastidious about making a pot of tea (“Bring the pot to the kettle – never the kettle to the pot.”) but dumbed it down to huge urns of tea in railway stations.
The Wellerman
“That’s it!!! THAT’S THE LOOK!!!! HA HA HA HA HA!!!”
???
Joe Moose
Oh noes
Stephen Bierce
*plays E.L.O.’s “Fire on High” on the hacked Muzak*
Bicycle Bill
Great song!!!
elebenty
Love it! That was the purple-vinyl B side to Sweet Talking Woman.
*wonders where the 45s ended up*
True Survivor
I don’t think that Petty Misenthropy has definitive units but if it did I’d say the dorm runs on about 5 to 3 Kilo-Zuckerbegs.
Clif
So eight Mike’s, three Malaya’s, two Mary’s and a Carla’s worth.
True Survivor
Yes.
Wraithy2773
Massive amounts, ever since an engineering student figured out how to generate electricity from college student drama.
This floor alone is powering half of Illinois.
Nick Piers
Only half? Someone needs to pull the drama tag.
True Survivor
That would be a fun explanation for why the gang can never just have a fun angst free time at university, insidious agents are subtly sabotaging they’re social lives. Mr. O’Malley was never really a villain he was just trying to solve the energy crisis. Remember his sacrifice.
Nejireon
This is the least straightforward remake of Monsters Inc ever.
Zach
It’s a serial. Every appraise ends with him lovingly staring at a photo of Amber.
The Wellerman
*begins playing Doctor Who theme on hacked muzak*
wwwhhattt
But which one?
BBCC
A slightly less amount than it runs on spite.
Clif
Fair.
Andy
No. Bad Ruth. Let the kids pretend they have secrets.
Undrave
Quick, Jason: distract her with your dry wit and Englishman charms!
Kyrik Michalowski
Nice to know that Ruth would have let the situation play out and just enjoyed it no matter what happened. Fortunately Carla has mistaken Joyce and Dorothy so the cat will stay in the bag just a bit longer.
Clif
Was the cat ever really in the bag?
Kyrik Michalowski
In a Joyce sized bag, yes.
jackiedu46k
Well yeah except who does Dorothy tend to hang out with and just might have a Big Argument with soon? That’s right, our favourite friend Joyce!
DailyBrad
I like that Ruth can be given such a terrible description and figure out from that who is who.
Axel
the request itself helps too
RassilonTDavros
She actually can be a genuinely good RA, when she’s not constantly struggling just to keep herself alive.
Thag Simmons
I mean, there aren’t that many kids on the dorm, Ruth definitely knows who’s dating who, and Dina and Becky do tend to look Green and Orange respectively.
Ed Callahan
But why would he need to describe them? He’s worked with Becky for months. Maybe it’s his nickname for her, since she’s definitely Orange. Although if I were Becky, I might want to dye my hair more Carla red since the shit gibbon that was the president is beginning to taint the color orange
thejeff
Because he’s worked with her for months, but he works at Galasso’s. He’s heard “Orange One” more often than her name.
Taffy
I’m gonna toss this out there, but maybe sometimes we don’t just let the worst people alive “own” things like an entire color. There are billions of good orange things, like Crash Bandicoot.
StClair
“Off the scale” is traditional, though that just means you need better gauges.
Yotomoe
No nsfw tonight. I’m at a con.
Lily
Have fun!
The Wellerman
A con?!?!?! ?
Yaaayy!!!!!! ?
What kind of con?
Yotomoe
A momo con. Whatever momo means.
Andy
Didn’t know they had a con for flying lemurs
King Daniel
You mean, Lord Momo of the Momo Dynasty? His Momoness?
not someone else
Peach!
Rose by Any Other Name
“Ah! Ma belle pêche! There’s no need to tremble like that…”
I’m now imagining a convention hall full of Albedo.
….
… I’ll be in my bunk.