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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Well, RC and sweet tea is a direct link to my nanny.  Having either one 
takes me right back to that time.

Same thing with driving past the drying sheds out at Sierra Pacific.  That 
takes me back to Grampa Harry who used to bring home all the mill ends for 
us kids to build things with.  He had piles of them in the garage and you'd 
open the door and there would be the sweet smell of kiln dried fir.

Now I drink an iced tea that is made with green tea, lemongrass and orange 
pekoe.  I brew up a whole pot of it and put it in a pitcher that looks just 
like the Kool-Aid guy.  I squeeze a couple of lemons and drop them in.  No 
sugar!  That is reserved for the once in a blue moon of memories with the 
sweet tea.

We drink buckets of it in the summer.  Nothing better when it's 110 out!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Don't they??  ;)
> Seriously, we need the hydration and the energy.  Anyone who does
> physical work outside NEEDS to drink something sweet and refreshing.  I
> personally don't like sweet tea.  I will occassionally make a pitcher
> (pichur) of unsweetened tea for myself, but that's rare.  If I drink
> tea, I drink it hot, for the most part, and depending on what kind of
> tea it is, sometimes I will add milk (for flowery teas like Earl Gray)
> and sometimes I will add citrus juice (for standard black teas) and
> sometimes I will just add honey, for herbal and fruity teas.