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Writer's Block: Coffee Or Tea?
Feb. 6th, 2008 10:51 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
Great question.
For coffee, a basic drip coffee maker will suffice. A fairly large amount of grounds, cold water, let it drip, and then consume with milk and no sugar. I like a lot of it.
Tea is different. I'm Southern, I believe in the gospel of sweet iced tea. I make mine on the stove, in a special saucepan used for nothing else (the tannin stains). Three tea bags, two regular, one flavored (mint, peach, chai, ect.). One saucepan full of cold water, and put on the stove. Let come just to the boiling point, then shut off the heat. Let steep for a few minutes, then pour into a pitcher with 1/3 to 1/2 cup of sweetener (sugar, Splenda, honey is nice but kind of too sweet). Stir and serve over lots of ice.
When I travel to places that are not the South, I forget myself and ask for "sweet tea" all the time. They have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, and wait for me to tell them what kind of hot tea I want.
Great question.
For coffee, a basic drip coffee maker will suffice. A fairly large amount of grounds, cold water, let it drip, and then consume with milk and no sugar. I like a lot of it.
Tea is different. I'm Southern, I believe in the gospel of sweet iced tea. I make mine on the stove, in a special saucepan used for nothing else (the tannin stains). Three tea bags, two regular, one flavored (mint, peach, chai, ect.). One saucepan full of cold water, and put on the stove. Let come just to the boiling point, then shut off the heat. Let steep for a few minutes, then pour into a pitcher with 1/3 to 1/2 cup of sweetener (sugar, Splenda, honey is nice but kind of too sweet). Stir and serve over lots of ice.
When I travel to places that are not the South, I forget myself and ask for "sweet tea" all the time. They have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, and wait for me to tell them what kind of hot tea I want.
