I thought my Irish mate was having me on saying Irish tea was better than British tea all those years ago. Then I picked up a box of Barry’s while looking for something to do in Limerick. Now I don’t let it run out.
My grandmother is from the northwest of Germany. People over there got a very unique tea culture and their own famous blends. Last time I visited her, I gave her a box of Barrys. After the first teapot was empty, she asked me to bring lots more Barrys when I visit her again.
I say “shitload of sugar” to be funny, but in reality I make my sweet iced tea with a combination of sugar and stevia, and I try to keep the ratio as low as possible. (Can’t go all stevia 'cause then you get a weird aftertaste.)
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As a student I took three sugars. Then I moved into a house with 4 others none of whom took sugar. For everyone's convenience I went cold turkey and never looked back. Now I'd spit out tea with a quarter of a spoonful of sugar.
American here who grew up on southern sweet tea. As an adult I cut the sugar from all tea and never looked back. Although I will occasionally put a little nip of B&B in there.
As an Australian who moved to Canada - I’m jealous! I can’t buy cartons of custard here - I have to buy custard powder in the international section at the grocery store and make my own!
If I’m reading this correctly it’s saying about 1 in 4 people in Dublin pronounce it like “gone” and that is absolutely false. Never once have I ever heard that pronunciation here.
CONE GANG!
edit: I’d be curious how other English speaking countries pronounce it.
Reading through replies it seems Americans are cone heads while Aussies are gone. Fascinating.
How to make Southern (US) sweet tea: put about a quart of water in a saucepan, plus 4 cups of sugar and the number of Orange Pekoe teabags you would use to make a gallon (for me it’s about 8 normal or 4 family-sized). Bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Steep 2-3 minutes. Remove bags and stir to make sure sugar is dissolved. Fill a gallon container with ice. Pour the hot tea over ice and add cold water to fill up. Serve over more ice.
Also, be sure to use Lipton (which is orange pekoe but so are some other brands so specificity helps)… Anything else is subpar for sweet tea (iced Southern US style).
Hey you know, sometimes you don’t have a kettle on hand and even if you do, it’s all crusty and gross looking. Plus, it takes forever to boil the water. Microwaves on the other hand: you just put the water in it, wait a little bit, bada bing badda boom, it’s done and ready to go. So like, if microwaving water is a crime, then lock me up
Heating up food using microwaves does exactly that. It works because the waves are emitted within a certain frequency range that affects the water content within it, from which the heat spreads to the rest of the food over time.
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