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Real Sweet Tea is the absolute balls. For hot tea, I'm not picky as long as it's hot as a motherfucker and strong as hell. No sugar, no milk, no nuthin'.

I have a drawer in my office that is dedicated to tea. Green tea, black tea, rooibus tea, herbal tea, tisane. At the moment, I have 8 varieties, which means I'm getting low.
Coffee is for mornings (so strong it can stir itself). Tea is for every other time of the day.

There is such a thing as HOT tea? Oh, you mean that lah-dee-dah crumpet stuff? Sorry, with the heat we are having, I cannot comprehend anyone wanting to drink something that isn't below freezing right now.

Somehow I overlooked these Kristen Bell ass photos from earlier this week. Sorry guys, it'll never happen again.

It better not. For shame.

I should not be thinking of Rachel Ray in that way. I hate you. Now excuse me....

I've never had authentic sweet tea, but it sounds deeeelicious.

My last roommate had a tea cabinet in our kitchen. She probably owned about 25 different flavors. Now she is gone, and so is the tea, and I haven't stopped weeping.

i love Chinese tea! my new BF who i met on __militarysoulmate.com__ bring me some from China. wow! i love it but love him much more.

Eliza Dushku was actually building a career on talent?

(repeatedly stabs self with a plastic spork)

At least there is Kristen Bell to look at.

Lemme give y'all a little education on sweet tea. Much as some might protest, sweetened iced tea is NOT sweet tea. Real, backwoods hill country sweet tea is to iced tea what coors light is to guiness.

Actually that's a good description. Real Sweet Tea should be dark as guiness, and have enough sugar to have a noticeable thickening effect. It should NOT be served on ice, but cold from the icebox. My dad used to say ice Die-loohts tha tay.

To make REAL SOUTHERN sweet tea, use tea bags from the dollar store (lipton is far too high-falutin'), preferably one teabag for every glass of tea you intend to make.Heat water to boilin' and throw in the tea bags. once the teabags have soaked through, throw in about a quarter teaspoon of baking soda (per gallon of tea). It cuts the acid. then let it steep while it cools. Remember to stir in the sugar while it's still hot to get that nice syrupy texture. If you want to go the extra mile, use all non-metal cookware and wooden spoons only.

Call me when the diabetic ketoacidosis kicks in.

As Audrey put it, "I like my tea like I like my men: Weak and green". Also, so help me, I love Kathy Griffin. She hosted the GayVNs for Godtopus' sake, girl can do no wrong!

Vermillion, when you live in Syracuse New York, you can drink hot tea pretty near all year round. 'Kay?

I'm not sure what the deal is with the sweet tea. But black folks seem to drink sweet tea whether they live in the south or not. Black folks seem to love adding sugar to things. Like adding sugar to the damn Kool-Aid.

When my father-in-law comes to our house, he adds extra sugar to the Country Time lemonade mix. Have you ever had Country Time lemonade? My daughter calls it "flavored sugar".

Stop the madness, my people!

We have a wooden spoon tooooo! And excuse my high-flautin' ways, but our pitcher has never seen any other tea than Lipton, and that's even when we were poor as hell. Our tea pitcher is as old, or older, than I am and I'm 20. God bless that thing.

I hate to say it but my brother makes the best sweet tea- at least 2 and a half cups of sugar. Maybe that's why my teeth have fallen out.

The way I learned was filling up a pot with water (about a quart), bringing it to boil and then adding a cup of sugar. You'd then hang tea bags on the lid (8 or 12, I can't remember) and you'd end up with sweet tea concentrate. You could then add another quart of water and fill a pitcher with it.

Now, I'm not a Southerner, but I learned that adding sugar to tea ain't even the same fuckin sport.

Hot tea makes me nauseous. Literally, it's like an acid overload with any kind of dark tea, so I just avoid it.

I got an iced coffee at Dunkin Donuts last week and it didn't seem quite right. I guess it just no longer tasted like Dunkin Donuts coffee somehow, so I'll stick with the hot and just sip it til it cools enough.

All I miss from my time in Alabama is the food, women with that accent and the sweet tea. God in heaven, if I could have replaced my blood with that stuff I damn sure would have.

I drink gallons of ice-cold-iced tea all summer, but I HATE sweet tea - hate it with a passion, and when I forget and order tea in the South, I take a sip and die a little on the inside.

That said, Kentucky HAS given the world the best way to drink tea - The Bourbon Slush. 2 cups strong tea, 1/2 can OJ concentrate, whole can lemonade concentrate, some water, some sugar - and, oh yeah, a SHITLOAD of good bourbon (try it with Bulleit - and forget your name). Freeze till slushy and drink till you forget it's 98 degrees and muggy as hell outside. Discovered this hanging with my cross-the-river friends in Cincinnati and I will love Kentucky forever for it.

I drink gallons of ice-cold-iced tea all summer, but I HATE sweet tea - hate it with a passion, and when I forget and order tea in the South, I take a sip and die a little on the inside.

That said, Kentucky HAS given the world the best way to drink tea - The Bourbon Slush. 2 cups strong tea, 1/2 can OJ concentrate, whole can lemonade concentrate, some water, some sugar - and, oh yeah, a SHITLOAD of good bourbon (try it with Bulleit - and forget your name). Freeze till slushy and drink till you forget it's 98 degrees and muggy as hell outside. Discovered this hanging with my cross-the-river friends in Cincinnati and I will love Kentucky forever for it.

Ugh, EPIC FAIL. Sorry about the double post, guys.

Tammy, that recipe sounds so goddamn delicious it deserves to be posted twice.

TK, I was DEEPLY skeptical when my friend suggested it as a poolside drink (I've always hated that goddawful combo of lemonade and iced tea, as well), but seriously - start drinking that stuff and you will. not. stop.

Add a pool, bonfire, or even a shitty stoop on a hot night, and you're basically described when I hope to spend eternity after I die.

Barry's. Irish. Breakfast. Tea. It will change your life and put a spring in your step. An Irish spring, if you will.

Kathy Griffin can do no wrong, as far as I'm concerned. Girl is HILARIOUS.

I don't like sweetend iced tea, so the thought of Sweet Tea is making my teeth hurt!
I've got a drawer full of teas at work though, all Twinings. English Breakfast, Assam, Earl Grey, Masala, Rose Pouchong, Lapsang Souchong, and green tea with pineapple & grapefruit. Personally, I like 'builder's tea' - or as Terry Wogan used to put it, 'so strong you could trot a mouse across it'.
Here in the UK, it's hardly ever too hot for hot tea.
But I do like the sound of that bourbon recipe!

I have an awesome collection of Alaskan teas - wild rose, raspberry, blueberry, cranberry - and I swear they have cured me of both the flu and bronchitis. When it comes to a more standard tea, I just take a Lipton bag and basically stew the bastard. Honestly, it has to steep for 5-10 minutes. I also do not understand this "microwave the water and then dunk the teabag in" practice. Does no one use a proper kettle anymore?

Also, I hate iced tea. My only chilled beverages of choice are water and beer. I don't even drink soda.

Here in DC, they have what's called a half and half. Half iced tea and half lemonade. It doesn't compare to great sweet tea, but it has cured EVERY hangover I've had since being here.