Yes, you read that right...
The other night I was brewing some very good tea gong-fu style and a friend called. Kelly answered since I was busy and stated I would be a minute because I was brewing some tea. My friend Mike and her began to chat about tea, Kelly (mistakenly) thinking he had some real interest began to ask what kinds of tea he liked. He was stumped, and the only two he knew were Tetley and some Celestial Seasonings Chocolate Carmel Chai... when Kelly began to explain that she meant loose teas and varieties like oolong, green, etc. he was out of his league and quickly realized it. Overhearing the whole thing I found it kind of amusing... then I hear Kelly lost for words and repeat "Diet Mountain Dew and Tetley?"
My curiosity was piqued to say the least. It turns out in his family the "traditional" (handed down from his grandmother) way of making iced tea involved Mountain Dew and Tetley... of which he now uses the diet version of, for the more discerning Mountain Dew/Tetley conneseur. And he was serious and very serious that it be only Tetley! (again, who would dare befoul this concoction with anything less?) And even more serious that we "have to try it." Damn, I've been fresh out of Mountain Dew (of any persuasion) and surprisingly a box of Tetley isn't at the front of my tea cupboard.
I found this all to be pretty rediculous, but he was dead serious. Has anyone ever heard of this abomination? I'm guessing this is some strange family discovery attributed to only them, but on the off-chance I had to run this one past all of you.
- Dominic Drinking: Upton Mini-tuo puerh, NOT Diet Mt. Dew and Tetley. teasphere.wordpress.com