It is just wrong
I'm going to share with you something that really irks me. Are you ready?Instant Tea.
What the heck is this crap? No civilized person of any taste would actually drink the stuff! It is junk. It is floor-sweepings mixed with water. When you think about it, that makes it the equivalent of runny mud.
Now, I do beg your pardon if you like the stuff, but in my opinion it isn't worth the paper cup that they pour it into.
Would you drink instant coffee? Not in this day and age where a cup of coffee has more options than a minivan and costs more than a magazine, you wouldn't. It just confounds me.
Tea is meant to be steeped. It is meant to develop while you patiently wait and reflect on the moment. It is supposed to be a savored, treasured thing. A moment unto itself. Iced Tea is all of that put on ice to sufficiently chill you and quench your thirst. It sure as hell isn't supposed to be the scrapings off the bottom of the jug dug up and re-suspended.
Everytime I go out I have to ask if the iced tea is brewed or instant. Trust me. There is no comparison. If you forget to ask and get instant by mistake, you'll know it. It tastes like old newspaper freshened with some miracle chemical - like those that they put in Glade Plug-ins - mixed with water.
Nasty.
And wrong. So very, very wrong.
Whether you like sweetened or unsweetened tea (unsweetened is really best), brewed is the only way to go. And those commies who keep trying to pass off the instant ought to be keelhauled.
