Well, no there was - instant Lipton tea. It's mentioned briefly at the start - that she has Lipton. It's not very good tea, and has a bitter after-taste. But it's dirt cheap. Which is why it's in all the restaurants, diners, airplanes, etc. You can buy it in bulk for very little. Kind of similar to instant coffee, in a way. There's real coffee in there - it's just been processed. And the caffeine as a result is higher.
Lipton is the tea equivalent of Folgers Instant Coffee - both are very high in caffeine content, and both heavily processed. Also cheap. Very cheap. The cheaper something is - the more processed and the less good for you.
"Real tea" with actual tea leaves and herbs, or loose tea, is more expensive over here. We do have the tea bags - Twinings which is cheaper, but not quite as cheap as Lipton. And I don't like it as well - prefer the Fair Trade Tea or Choice, or Rishi which is loose tea in a see-through bag. But Rishi is more expensive. Also matcha - green tea, which is actually better for you.
Natural teas don't come cheap and are harder to get or find in the US. You can find them, but usually in health food stores, or tea shops, not in the grocery store and not via online delivery. And you won't find them in most restaurants or hotels.
I know because I'm a serious tea drinker. I drink tea every day. I have ten different types of tea in my cubicle at work - caffeinated and non-caffeinated and herbal. And have about five different varieties, also various tea bags, and ways to do it.
A lot of Americans are serious tea drinkers - most of the people I work with who are also serious tea drinkers don't touch lipton, and would never drink what is shown in that video.
The people who do drink what she's making aren't really tea drinkers - they prefer coffee, and find tea tastless (I have a co-worker who hates tea and calls it flavored water) and often don't have a lot of money to spend on it or were raised on coffee. Knowing how to brew tea is unfortunately also a class divider in the US. So be careful about this topic.
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Lipton is the tea equivalent of Folgers Instant Coffee - both are very high in caffeine content, and both heavily processed. Also cheap. Very cheap.
The cheaper something is - the more processed and the less good for you.
"Real tea" with actual tea leaves and herbs, or loose tea, is more expensive over here. We do have the tea bags - Twinings which is cheaper, but not quite as cheap as Lipton. And I don't like it as well - prefer the Fair Trade Tea or Choice, or Rishi which is loose tea in a see-through bag.
But Rishi is more expensive. Also matcha - green tea, which is actually better for you.
Natural teas don't come cheap and are harder to get or find in the US. You can find them, but usually in health food stores, or tea shops, not in the grocery store and not via online delivery. And you won't find them in most restaurants or hotels.
I know because I'm a serious tea drinker. I drink tea every day. I have ten different types of tea in my cubicle at work - caffeinated and non-caffeinated and herbal. And have about five different varieties, also various tea bags, and ways to do it.
A lot of Americans are serious tea drinkers - most of the people I work with who are also serious tea drinkers don't touch lipton, and would never drink what is shown in that video.
The people who do drink what she's making aren't really tea drinkers - they prefer coffee, and find tea tastless (I have a co-worker who hates tea and calls it flavored water) and often don't have a lot of money to spend on it or were raised on coffee. Knowing how to brew tea is unfortunately also a class divider in the US. So be careful about this topic.