Luzianne iced tea

I have never tried Luzianne. Recently, I was surprised to learn that it is the second best-selliing brand of tea in the USA, behind Lipton. Lately I have been making iced tea with Yorkshire Tea. I brew up a pot of strong Yorkshire, pour it over ice and add a dash of lemon. No sugar or any kind of sweetener. Nothing is more refreshing on a hot summer day. Twinings Ceylon Orange Pekoe also makes a nice iced tea.

Rob

toci wrote:

As does P. G. Tips Peter <

In my opinion, which is worth the paper on which it is written, Luzianne is better than "other grocery store teas made into iced tea." Although I haven't made side-by-side comparisons, I have had the "moved to a place where you can't find Luzianne on the store shelves" experience. The alternatives were all bad.

I, too, like the large teabags for making quarters. And I prefer the decaffeinated version, which means I can have a glass at 8:00 PM without affecting my sleep a couple of hours later.

We keep a perpetual pitcher of Luzianne in our fridge. But then, my wife is from Virginia.

Pick any Ceylon BOP. The Uva-grown stuff is a little bit more robust than some of the other Ceylon teas. Put it into a coffee filter, fold it over, staple it shut. Voila, huge tea bag for making excellent iced tea.

--scott

That is a great idea! I will have to try that sometime. Finally a chance to use those coffee filters that have been in my cupboard for the past 5 years because I never drink the stuff!!

I am much less picky about iced tea than I am about hot tea. Teas that I would never drink hot seem to be satisfactory for iced tea. When I am tired of a particular tea, it gets relegated to "iced tea" status.

Rob

I think there's a limit to the acuity of your sense of taste when your mouth is near zero Celsius.

/Lew

That is my explanation for mass produced American Beer and why those that drink it insist it be "ice cold". When it's that cold you can't taste it.

I go into my favorite deli and drink iced tea. Big glasses, lots of ice, lemon or lime and all the time in the world finishing a Yankee homerun of pastrami,corn beef,reuben. You have to get there by noon because by 2pm the urn is empty and no employee seems to know how to refill it. It could be worse where the McD urn is always empty. I stopped in a so called New York pizza by the slice joint recently. No menu just chalk on a blackboard. I ordered thin sliced neopolitan and my lifelong sweetheart of a wife thick sliced sicilian. Lots of gooey cheese with oily balsamic crusts. Yummy. No fountain tea just the stuff in the cans. The iced water wasn't bad. It didn't cost anything. We specifically let the owner know we won't be back till the minimum of unsweetened Lipton spewed from a cannister with carbonated water. At least you don't have to worry about some employee refilling it. Better than nothing. He said check back in a month. Apparently real New Yorkers drink everything out of a can. My local tea shoppe finished another three day sale. I did't camp out Thursday night. There was no reason for me to be first in line. He was cleaned out by late Sunday afternoon. The tables were full. I think business is so good I am just another customer because the owners weren't there and the help warned me about taking a cup with no lid. I ordered a citrus jasmine oolong. You can't get away from the jasmine. Just like a cheap perfume for a classy lady.

Jim

toci wrote:

Not this one.

/Lew

didn't cost

I don't understand why more places don't offer fresh-brewed iced tea. They could charge the same as they do for the canned stuff and it would be a lot more profit in their pockets. Surely it isn't THAT much trouble for them to steep a pitcher of water with some teabags in the fridge overnight?

Rob

didn't cost

I don't understand why more places don't offer fresh-brewed iced tea. They could charge the same as they do for the canned stuff and it would be a lot more profit in their pockets. Surely it isn't THAT much trouble for them to steep a pitcher of water with some teabags in the fridge overnight?

Rob

didn't cost

I don't understand why more places don't offer fresh-brewed iced tea. They could charge the same as they do for the canned stuff and it would be a lot more profit in their pockets. Surely it isn't THAT much trouble for them to steep a pitcher of water with some teabags in the fridge overnight?

Rob

Oh, Mr. Fancy Pants New Yorker needs a _glass_ for his Pabst. Shall we break out the linen cocktail napkins too, fine Sir?

--crymad

It was a big glass cooler with every soda,water,juice a New Yorker on the go could want. It was the time of day with the light coming in from the street reflecting off the glass so you couldn't see anything. I was lucky to decipher the pizza by the slice off the chalkboard which gave me A Beautiful Mind headache. A neat little place actually except for bussing your own tables which also seems typical.

Jim

Lewis Per>

Is it *good* linen?

/Lew

Good? They're positively darling!

--crymad