Elevate my thinking
the rules are simple: only drink tea in Britain. Only drink coffee elsewhere in Europe. Except Switzerland, where the tea is usually acceptable. Only drink ice tea outside the UK, but make sure it's not that powdery stuff mixed with potentially fatal tapwater. Except in Austria, where the tapwater is fine. But the powdery stuff is still horrid.
Londoners don't know what 100-degree weather is at all, never mind for months on end. For us, iced tea is what happens when you take your cuppa outside for one minute.
Iced tea, not good? You, sir, are a Philistine. Or, wait... maybe I am the Philistine, but I cling to my proud Philistine heritage, and pooh-pooh your effete sensibilities. Here in Texas, the quality of the iced tea can alone determine the quality of the restaurant. It's essential stuff, and any place that doesn't provide free refills of it instantly goes out of business.
Or maybe Londoners don't know what 100-degree weather for months on end feels like. Iced tea is the only viable way to consume caffeine on dog days like those. Cola? Pah. Pshaw.
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