National Tea Day 2023
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Over the years my preferences grew to include hot tea with various additions like cream and sugar. However, there came a time which I perceive evolved slowly where I shifted to plain water sometimes iced sometimes tepid.
However, tucked away in those memories I have the experience of Susan's iced tea over at Buddy's house and just how wonderful it all was.
Today is National Tea Day.
It celebrates the beverage grown from Camellia sinensis Theaceae. It is something a southern man will likely remember from his youth as everyone in the family drank plentiful amounts of the stuff. Mostly iced sweet tea.
I also recall having a distinct preference for the iced tea made by my mother. I think that you grow up drinking the iced tea made by your mother and it becomes your standard.
I have also cultivated a distinct preference for unsweet tea over the years. I feel this is simply the results of evolving tastes due to age.
It is interesting to note that National Tea day can trace it's origns far back in time but that the location is fairly exact: This place is where Latitude 29N and Longitude 98E intersect ... which is at that place where NE India, Burma, China, and Tibet are located.
So if you're so inclined today is a good time to enjoy a cup or glass of your faviorite form of the second most popular beverage in the world !