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[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 83 points 1 year ago

I never got people that load up tea with sugar and milk. It's barely tea at that point.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 year ago

Tried to order green tea at a drive thru once and they asked what I wanted with it. Confused the heck out of me and I just responded with "uh, tea?"

[-] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of when I asked for a cream soda at Wendy's and they responded with "What flavor?" and I was like "Uh... cream soda flavored?"

Turns out they didn't have regular cream soda....

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

European here, what the hell is a "cream soda"? That sounds horrible.

[-] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's basically just a vanilla-flavored soda. Apparently there are some European varieties, according to the wikipedia page, but they must not be that popular if you've never heard of it.

[-] Jesus_666@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

You can get it in Germany but typically only in import candy stores. While I don't mind the flavor it's generally considered too sweet by people who try it.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago
[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

150 years ago, sure. Coca-Cola has neither coca leaves nor kola nuts these days though, and modern cream soda in the US is a vanilla-flavored amber beverage.

[-] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Fun fact, they still have coca leaves.

Wikipedia:

Since then (by 1929), Coca-Cola has used a cocaine-free coca leaf extract. Today, that extract is prepared at a Stepan Company plant in Maywood, New Jersey, the only manufacturing plant authorized by the federal government to import and process coca leaves, which it obtains from Peru and Bolivia. Stepan Company extracts cocaine from the coca leaves, which it then sells to Mallinckrodt, the only company in the United States licensed to purify cocaine for medicinal use.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

It always fluorescent pink whenever I've seen it.

[-] shuzuko@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

"Red" cream soda is a slightly different drink. I'm not sure what the flavor is supposed to be, other than, well, red. But it's different from something like IBC Classic Cream Soda, which is amber. Example: https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/2e3fb06b-0562-4c17-9baa-af650463189d.dc2cf3327322055234653f162f93f31b.jpeg

[-] bus_factor@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

You're clearly not Italian. They put actual cream in soda. The American variety just tastes like ice cream due to the vanilla, no cream involved.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

It's actually good. It's been a long time since I had any, but from what I recall I think the best way I could describe it is that it's like if you let the ice cream in a root beer float melt and mix in with the root beer. Except without the root beer flavor. So vanilla, creamy and carbonated.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago
[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 year ago

In the US cream soda is NEVER pink. Was weird to see that when I went to Canada

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

It’s like one of the best kinds ever, although it’s pretty old school where I am. We also call it creamy soda in Australia.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Like when I order a Ceasar salad and get asked what kind of dressing I'd like.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Apparently they like "barely tea" shrug

[-] Cypher@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I wasn’t a fan at first but barley tea really grew on me.

[-] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

[At least where I'm at] it's kind of hard to find good tea. Like there are 400 cafés in the city that serve single origin beans with latte art, but I only have one local shop where I can get decent loose leaf. If I end up drinking the stuff from the grocery store, I probably will put sugar in it.

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

You can buy it from Chinese farmers on the internet and it's not even expensive

[-] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've ordered expensive tea direct from China. It was definitely the highest quality I've seen. Where do you go for the non-expensive stuff?

[-] shuzuko@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

TenRen Tea for the good shit, Adagio Teas for mid-to-high quality with a lot of flavor options.

[-] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Apparently TenRen also has a retail location in my city, I'll have to check that out.

[-] seeking_perhaps@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Adagio is phenomenal. I spend way too much money there.

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I have bought from Yunnan Sourcing in the past and recommend em. There is some expensive tea for sure but tons of affordable ones.

If you don't mind venturing to r*eddit, r/tea has a vendor list that is very helpful

[-] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Heheh, Yunnan Sourcing is what I had in mind with "expensive tea from China". It's true though, some really aren't bad, converting from USD just makes it feel more expensive.

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, maybe we're looking at different teas though. Bear in mind you can/should steep a lot of them several times.

[-] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's a good point, accounting for multiple steeps, some of the lower priced options work out to a pretty sweet deal. I might have to place another YS order now that I'm thinking about it... 😋

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I don't shame people who order what is effectively a coffee flavored milkshake every morning. But I wish they'd cop to it and call it a milkshake.

There's two thousand calories in your mocha triple vanilla pump latte, Susan. Own it.

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I just like sweet tasting early grey with a bit of caffine

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

As a kid I always hated tea because when my dad made it, it would always have an obscene amount of sugar. It blew my mind when I tried someone else's tea with a little honey and milk, that shit's SO good

[-] e8d79@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

It is a good way to use cheaper tea like the tea bags that only contain tea dust. A cup from these will be rather bitter but it can taste nice once you add milk and/or sugar.

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

A teaspoon of sugar and a splash of milk is still very much tea. It’s about 10% of the sugar and calories that are contained in an average soda.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I never got people that get excited about tepid leaf water.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

It's one step up from water. It's not supposed to be a sidestep from soda with milk.

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