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Not sure if this is for cooking or scuttlebutt, but will try it here!

One of the major differences between Canadians and Americans is that 97% of tea in Canada is consumed hot; in the United States, 85% of tea is served iced.

Can’t imagine what the proportion is in the UK – proababy 99.99999765% hot.

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Now there’s an interesting insight.
In Canada tea is consumed, whereas in the United States it is served.
Here in Blighty we just drink the stuff.

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That could explain it. The efficient Canucks getting it to the consumer hot and on time, while things just might be a little more laid back in the excited states ………… puet etre?

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I’m not sure about the laid back excited states, but have you ever tried their Iced Tea?

Maybe that’s why it’s just served and not consumed

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I grew up in the Southeast US – the heart of the Sweet Iced Tea movement. I hate the stuff! Most Southerners consider me a traitor (perhaps that’s because I moved to the Midwest). But I must agree with Bryan – the stuff is aweful (that is, unless the Sugar to tea ratio is like 100:1)!

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Ahhhh, but unsweetened Sun tea… now that’s the stuff!
have fun

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I grew up in the north (US) but spent most of my life in the south (US).
The only time we were given hot tea is when we were sick or eating oriental. Coffee & beer are #1 followed by ice tea.

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Oh, dear, here I am, forced to stand up for my homeland once again. As a good southern (US) girl, I love sweetened iced tea. But it has to be made right. Steep 1 ounce of good quality loose black tea in 1 quart boiling water for 4 to 5 minutes. No teabags allowed – they’re for tea heathens and are the mark of a savage. Strain out the tea leaves. Allow the tea to cool to room temperature. Mix in 1 quart room temperature water. Sweeten with a simple sugar made by combining 5 cups of sugar with 3 cups of water and boiling until the sugar is dissolved. If you like, you can add a sprig of mint, crushed, to the glass of tea.

Whatever you do, do not add cold water to hot tea. Add room temperature water to room temperature tea. If you cool the tea too fast, the tea will get cloudy and bitter, which is IMO the problem with most iced teas. Made correctly, it a drink for the gods.

Lee Morgan

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Teabags are for heathens whether you drink your tea hot or cold.

I personally prefer to drink mine hot, but I’ll drink iced tea if it’s hot outside and the tea is made well. Unfortunately, that doesn’t happen very often up here – but then, I won’t even drink Lipton’s hot, so….

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just out of curiosity what temperature (in F or C) is ‘room termperature’?

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room temperature
n. Abbr. RT
An indoor temperature of from 20 to 25

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the American dictionary of the English language

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[/indent]something doesn’t seem right with that phrase.

My question was related to my experience where Room Temperature is often much higher in North America than in Europe. 18-20C is what I normally set our thermostats to, while in Canada it was usually around 22 or so.

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Yeah, I must admit I was being lazy and did a Google and that what sprung up for your delectation .

You could broaden this out to when you serve wine at room temperature. As we are aware, room temperature varies from continent to continent so I would say that room temperature is the ambient temperature at that time.

I therefore suggest you don’t drink red wine with an eskimo

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When wine books and back labels of wine bottles mention room temperature, they usually mean the temperature it used to be in drawing rooms in late 19th century/early 20th century Western Europe – about 18

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Interesting Hans, especially as Bowlie was earlier remarking on the The American English Dictionary. I have looked it up in my Oxford English dictionary and they are just as vague which says Acomfortable ambient temperature, generally taken as 20 centigrade

In You Only Live Twice, James Bond appears to be an expert on Saki and apparently it has to be served at a particular temperature for full enjoyment…This maybe for the Puzzle corner, What was the temperature?

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98 degrees

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I can’t remember the name of it, but last time I was in Italy we got a bottle of sicilian red that was best enjoyed chilled and was very light tasting (despite being 13.5%) and very, very drinkable. I know there are quite a few like this.

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Lambrusco? – a light sparkling red. Had a few glasses at a wedding near Parma not so many years ago. I’ve also found it in and but they obviously don’t export their best

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Probably Rose. When I was in Spain all I could order was Beer and Rosada (pronounced Rothada) and that is always served chilled. Very summery. Yum!

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Well, this is all very interesting, particularly Hans’ information about why particular temperature is important, but when it comes to making iced tea (I’m making an attempt to hijack this thread back to the original subject), room temperature in my kitchen is generally about 70F or (let’s see, subtract 32, multiply by 5/9 – or wait, is that 9/5…..) I guess 21C? (That formula is dyslexic hell, I have to tell you.) More important than making sure both the brewed tea and the water are at a specific temperature when you mix them is the idea that they should be roughly equal in temperature and neither very hot nor very cold. Tepid might be a good word to use here.

Lee Morgan

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I therefore suggest you don’t drink red wine with an eskimo

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[/indent] I read an article in a newspaper about a restaurant in New York where the marketing gimmick was that the waiting staff were (deliberately) rude. Sorry – I can’t remember the name of said establishment.
An Englishman ordered a bottle of expensive French red wine with his meal. When it was brought to the table, the wine had been chilled.
The Englishman said something like “Good lord. One doesn’t chill red wine” (As you know, we English all talk like that)
To which the waitress replied “We do here.”
Not that this has anything at all to do with Room Temperature . . . .

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I think it’s the Iron Monkey in Jersey City right across the water from Manhattan… there are adverts for it all over the subways with the warning about the staff being prima-donnas. I just realized that I work right near it… I should go check it out when I get some
have fun

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The only thing worse than a prima donna is a post-Madonna

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From a thermodynamic perspective : 298 Kelvin.
273 Kelvin = 0 degrees C.

Rob

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