# Fuckin' iced tea! GET COLD ALREADY!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 11, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368 "2001-06-11T03:01:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/1 "2001-06-11T03:01:08Z")
I make a pitcher of iced tea. I put it in the fridge for an hour. Then, I FILL a cup with ice, pour iced tea into it, and wait a couple minutes for the ice to do its job. Cautiously, greedily, I lift the cup to my lips and tilt it, waiting for an ice-cold barrage of iced-tea goodness to spill into my mouth… …and nearly gag when lukewarm liquid flows into the back of my throat! Oh why oh why, Gods of Tea, have you forsaken me? Am I never ever to drink the sweet nectar of which I am so fond, in a chilled state? What blasphemy have I committed that I am forever sworn to tepid tea? Oh, how forlorn am I… ---
**Author:** ![ISBop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bc79bd/32.png) [@ISBop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISBop)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/2 "2001-06-11T03:11:40Z")
Hah! I point, and laugh in your general direction! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/3 "2001-06-11T04:26:09Z")
Shouldn’t this be more of a GQ as to how to make ice tea that’s not hot? Well, since you didn’t ask here’s how anyway. Typically (Oops! Forgot this was the pit for sec…) you cretinous fuckhead, you should use a reduced (this means **less** Einstein) amount of boiling hot water (1/2 or 1/3 of what you normally use) and the same amount of tea. So what you have is _tea concentrate_ at the end of the steeping process if you haven’t scalded yourself to death by this point. Add cold water and some ice to this and stir (make the spoon go around and around). The tea is only barely lukewarm at this point before going into the fridge and after about 10-15 minutes (or less) a tall glass of ice will suffice to make and keep the tea icy cold. You’re Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/4 "2001-06-11T04:52:46Z")
Here’s a hint: an hour in the freezer will do better than an hour in the fridge. But if you’re using hot water, it’s not going to make **much** of a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/5 "2001-06-11T06:40:54Z")
Depending on how fussy you are about the tea itself, you might consider the latest from Lipton: Cold Brew. Dunno how they do it, but the tea brews in cold water. Doesn’t really meet my needs, because hate Lipton. Gimme Paradise anyday. Or you could buy the ONLY prepared tea I have ever seen that has NOTHING added: Tejava. Just great tea, sweeten or not as you like. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/6 "2001-06-11T10:09:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Saint Zero \* > \*\*Here’s a hint: an hour in the freezer will do better than an hour in the fridge. But if you’re using hot water, it’s not going to make **much** of a difference. > > \*\* Wait… Doesn’t hot water chill faster than cold water? ::bam!:: Ouch! Who threw that? ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/7 "2001-06-11T22:09:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Saint Zero \* > \*\*Here’s a hint: an hour in the freezer will do better than an hour in the fridge. But if you’re using hot water, it’s not going to make **much** of a difference. > > \*\* Thanks to a recent incident, I just feel compelled to add a cautionary note here. Don’t forget what you put in the freezer! I had a friend over for dinner earlier this week, who put a couple of warm Cokes in the freezer, then promptly forgot about them while I made dinner, ate cleaned up, etc. Four days later I was cleaning frozen Cokeslime off the bottom of the freezer. My friend is banned from my kitchen. Coke Icee good, frozen Cokeslime bad. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/8 "2001-06-11T22:33:58Z")
I would just like to take the opportunity to nominate this thread for “lamest pit thread of 2001”. Thank you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/9 "2001-06-11T22:50:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pezpunk \* > \*\*I would just like to take the opportunity to nominate this thread for “lamest pit thread of 2001”. Thank you. 🙂 > \*\* I try and I try but it’s just never enough. Damn right this thread is lame. It’s the dusky skinned, red headed bastard child of a GQ question grafted onto the body of a half hearted, whining Pit rant. Did this poor thread every really have chance? No! Of course it didn’t and now, pezpunk you come here to mock it and kick sand in it’s face. You heartless bastard. ---
**Author:** ![lestrange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aca169/32.png) [@lestrange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lestrange)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/10 "2001-06-12T00:03:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*Depending on how fussy you are about the tea itself, you might consider the latest from Lipton: Cold Brew. Dunno how they do it, but the tea brews in cold water. > > Doesn’t really meet my needs, because hate Lipton. Gimme Paradise anyday. > > \*\* It works like this. Get a big jar–if you’re feeling extravagant, you can buy a special “Sun Tea” jar (at the grocery store or Target or local equivalent), often available with a fancy spigot near the bottom of the jar. The spigot makes dispensing easy, but I’ve yet to find one that doesn’t lose its little rubber thing or otherwise become useless halfway through the summer. Fill the jar with cold water. Add tea bags–no need for any special brand or blend, just use your favorite. Put it on the porch, or sidewalk, or windowsill, or wherever is sunny, for 6-8 hours. It’s tea! I’ve also made this entirely in the fridge. That is, I’ve filled the jar with cold water, added tea bags, and placed the whole thing in the fridge. Next day, cold tea. It doesn’t taste exactly the same as sun tea, just as sun tea doesn’t taste quite exactly like the kind made hot, but I enjoy them all. Your personal preference may vary. Try it. Sure, it won’t work if you want tea **right now**. But the preparation is so easy that you’ll find it a simple matter to always have tea in the fridge. At least, I do. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/11 "2001-06-12T03:06:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by pezpunk \* > > \*\*I would just like to take the opportunity to nominate this thread for “lamest pit thread of 2001”. Thank you. 🙂 > > \*\* > > I try and I try but it’s just never enough. Damn right this thread is lame. It’s the dusky skinned, red headed bastard child of a GQ question grafted onto the body of a half hearted, whining Pit rant. Did this poor thread every really have chance? No! Of course it didn’t and now, pezpunk you come here to mock it and kick sand in it’s face. > > You heartless bastard. > > \*\* Heeeeeeey, the little things in life annoy me, okay? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/12 "2001-06-12T13:58:22Z")
I found a tea concentrate at the grocery store. Add one capful of tea per 2 quarts of cold water. Voila! Cold tea. Tastes great, too. Just like brewed tea. Sorry, I can’t remember the brand name. If I get time, I’ll look for it and post it later. And yes, this is probably the lamest rant I’ve ever seen in The Pit. ---
**Author:** ![waxteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@waxteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waxteeth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/13 "2001-06-12T14:27:15Z")
This is fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/14 "2001-06-12T14:29:17Z")
As a tea fan myself, not only do I feel Dark’s pain acutely, I also find this an entirely pitworthy topic. Fuck all the rest of you. Shit, now I’m thirsty. Do you know how hard it is to find the pre-brewed handy single-serving bottles of unsweetened tea? Oh sure, rasberry tea. Sweetened with lemon. Fancy-schmancy green tea with hibiscus, honey, and ground up butterfly testicles in a fancy collectible bottle. I can find that shit in spades. But plain unsweetened iced tea takes some searching. And some walking. Thanks guys. AlbertRose, yer funny. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/15 "2001-06-13T02:41:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*As a tea fan myself, not only do I feel Dark’s pain acutely, I also find this an entirely pitworthy topic. > > Fuck all the rest of you. > > Shit, now I’m thirsty. Do you know how hard it is to find the pre-brewed handy single-serving bottles of unsweetened tea? Oh sure, rasberry tea. Sweetened with lemon. Fancy-schmancy green tea with hibiscus, honey, and ground up butterfly testicles in a fancy collectible bottle. I can find that shit in spades. But plain unsweetened iced tea takes some searching. And some walking. Thanks guys. > > AlbertRose, yer funny. \*\* THANK you, **CrankyAsAnOldMan**! These people simply don’t understand the plight that true iced tea drinkers face! And yes, this rant may be lame. But isn’t it refreshing to see someone who’s so untroubled that this is the biggest thing I can complain about (despite my other thread…which I’m trying to get over)? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chilly\_Willy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@Chilly\_Willy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chilly_Willy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/16 "2001-06-14T16:25:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AlbertRose \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Saint Zero \* > > \*\*Here’s a hint: an hour in the freezer will do better than an hour in the fridge. But if you’re using hot water, it’s not going to make **much** of a difference. > > > > \*\* > > Wait… > Doesn’t hot water chill faster than cold water? > > ::bam!:: > > Ouch! Who threw that? \*\* Don’t you people read the works of the great Cecil Adams? I can’t beleive you let this reply go!!! First off why would ANYONE believe that hot water chills faster, it violates natural laws! Lisa! In this house we obey the Laws of the Thermodynamics! Homer Simpson Second off use common sense…if the water is already cold then it is going to ‘chill’ pretty damn fast, compared to say…boiling water, numb nuts. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/17 "2001-06-14T22:21:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*Shit, now I’m thirsty. Do you know how hard it is to find the pre-brewed handy single-serving bottles of unsweetened tea? Oh sure, rasberry tea. \*\* [Homer Simpson] Mmm…raspberry tea. [/Homer Simpson] ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/18 "2001-06-15T03:25:56Z")
Methinks **Chilly Willy’s** been whooshed… ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/19 "2001-06-15T16:02:31Z")
Here in the sweltering Midwest,I have now placed a third pair if ice cubes in my glass of Coke, over the past 10 minutes or so. The Coke just laughs at them. “Gone in 60 Seconds.” ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368/20 "2001-06-16T04:34:22Z")
Sorry folks but it’s got to be done. It’s tough love time. Due to the apparent absence of any Pit moderators with the fortitide to do what needs to be done to this, the lamest Pit thread of all time, for compassion’s sake I’ve got to take the law into my own hands and deliver a mercy killing to this sad little mis-shapen creature too foul mouthed to be a GQ and too incipiently GQ to be a creditable rant. Thread wags tail excitedly: “Want some sun tea mister?!” Sorry kid: “Bang!” Thread looks puzzled: “Did you know hot water chills faster…” Die mutant creature: Bang! Bang! Thread is apparently resistant to gunfire: “Why won’t the fridge cool me down?” I shuffle away humilated and defeated. “Want some raspberry tea mister?” Oh go away. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckin-iced-tea-get-cold-already/68368.md?page=2)