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Official Tea Thread
« on: April 14, 2015, 03:48:48 PM »
I like to brew my iced tea using my Mr. Coffee brand Iced Tea Maker (I have one at home and one at work).

Also, I hate those fake "iced teas" that are not really brewed that some restaurants have.  :Yuck: I don't even know how they make them - from a chowder or something?

Sometimes Gooch buys some kind of already made iced tea in a jug and wastes the iced tea space in our refrigerator - but that stuff is not good.

I like the idea of sun tea, but why waste all that time when you can just brew it up in your Mr. Coffee Brand Iced Tea Maker?


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Re: Official Iced Tea Thread
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2015, 03:54:28 PM »
I have a huge cup (KSU 3peat trophy cup from a bb game a few yrs ago).  Fill it up with cold water, add a family size bag of cold brew lipton, wait like 5 min, pound good tea, repeat like 3 times a work day. 

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Re: Official Iced Tea Thread
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2015, 03:55:17 PM »
I prefer my iced tea more like slightly cooler than room temp tea.

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Re: Official Iced Tea Thread
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2015, 03:56:35 PM »
Mrs. CF3's mom loves southern style sweet tea. I think its gross.

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Re: Official Iced Tea Thread
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2015, 03:56:37 PM »
i just use hot kettle water and a glass pitcher

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Re: Official Iced Tea Thread
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2015, 03:59:30 PM »
Someone told me recently that I drink an usually large amount of iced tea. He doesn't even know that I drink 1-2 cups of hot tea plus 2-5 glasses of iced tea per day at work.

I like sweet tea but I try to drink mostly unsweetened while at work (except the hot tea which must have milk and sweetener).

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Re: Official Iced Tea Thread
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2015, 04:00:33 PM »
Sweet tea is the worst.  I hate that it is starting to become prevalent in KC.  I can't tell you how many times, last summer, that I stopped at a fast food place just to get a tea and ended up with a sweet tea.

"Unsweetened" sounds a lot like "Sweetened" through a shitty mic.

It's like sweet tea is the new standard.  Ugh.

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Re: Official Iced Tea Thread
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2015, 04:01:00 PM »
Is this a tea thread or strictly just iced tea?  Because oh man how embarrassing would that be if I started talking about black tea and everyone is like this is the iced tea thread dork.

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Re: Official Iced Tea Thread
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2015, 04:01:51 PM »
Office recently added a iced tea machine that dispenses from concentrate in a box. Guh-ross. Fresh brewed til I die.

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Re: Official Iced Tea Thread
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2015, 04:03:05 PM »
I drink a lot of hot Oolong and Earl Grey.  Also, Tazo has a really good Sweet Orange tea that is mild and delish. 

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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2015, 04:15:08 PM »
OK, this can be just a tea thread now (not limited to Iced).

I love a good Chai Tea Latte.

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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2015, 04:16:29 PM »
I sip tea nonstop.

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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2015, 04:30:15 PM »
I enjoy both iced and hot tea, but sweet tea can GTFOOMF. I don't usually take the time to make my own, but after Mrs. Gooch's ringing endorsement for a Mr. Coffee Brand Iced Tea Maker I will look into.

Pure Leaf is my go to brand, but every once in a while I will go for Gold Peak.

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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2015, 04:32:53 PM »
im 100% positive mrs gooch puts honey (bear shaped bottle probably) in her tea.
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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2015, 04:33:58 PM »
Hot Darjeeling with lemon and honey  :love:

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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #15 on: April 14, 2015, 04:42:35 PM »
im 100% positive mrs gooch puts honey (bear shaped bottle probably) in her tea.

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Official Tea Thread
« Reply #16 on: April 14, 2015, 04:54:08 PM »
clams' tea factoid:  all of the different types of tea (oolong, white, green, earl grey, etc) come from the same tea leaf/plant


back when i was addicted to all of the vices that life has to offer, i drank this tea-  it's pretty good.  fortunately i can now control my former addiction to caffeine but i don't really judge the poor slobs that can't because they have shitty genes and are to be felt sorry for, not mocked.
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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #17 on: April 14, 2015, 04:56:31 PM »
tea (milk, .5/.5 or cream and sugar) non stop like a crack fiend in the winter.  switch to almost all coffee in warmer weather.  ice tea anytime i find it for sale, but i never brew my own.  i prefer sugar or lemonade mixed in, but unsweetened is ok.  sweet tea would be fine if it was just sweetened tea, but it's like teaed sugar or something.
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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #18 on: April 14, 2015, 05:03:41 PM »
Sweet Tea is amazing. Iced Tea is pretty good. Sometimes I'll do a 1/2 cut of both to get the best out of both worlds. Green Tea? Gross.  :Yuck:
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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #19 on: April 14, 2015, 05:12:50 PM »
i put like 8 bags of green tea in my coffee pot then run the coffee pot with just water to make tea in my coffee pot

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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #20 on: April 14, 2015, 05:34:58 PM »
i found while vacationing in the south that iced tea is sweet tea there. you must specify you want unsweetened or the toothless waiter will bring the gross sweet stuff.

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Re: Official Iced Tea Thread
« Reply #21 on: April 14, 2015, 05:38:27 PM »
Someone told me recently that I drink an usually large amount of iced tea. He doesn't even know that I drink 1-2 cups of hot tea plus 2-5 glasses of iced tea per day at work.

I like sweet tea but I try to drink mostly unsweetened while at work (except the hot tea which must have milk and sweetener).
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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #22 on: April 14, 2015, 05:52:24 PM »
Sweet Tea is amazing. Iced Tea is pretty good. Sometimes I'll do a 1/2 cut of both to get the best out of both worlds. Green Tea? Gross.  :Yuck:


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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #23 on: April 14, 2015, 06:51:43 PM »
I don't make it myself, but it's my go to drink at restaurants and some fast food (lots have super gross tea tho). Mostly unsweetened, but sometimes I'll put in a packet of sweet-n-low.

McDonald's unsweet is about the best tho.

I'm interested in this Mr coffee iced tea maker...
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Re: Official Tea Thread
« Reply #24 on: April 14, 2015, 07:36:17 PM »