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[kleenexwoman]

[Poll #1140027]

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[josephwaldman.livejournal.com]

Americans aren't supposed to take tea at all. No taxation without representation, remember? (Actually, there are some fascinating cultural implications for coffee versus tea -- coffee is strong, American, New World, and tea is weak, English, Old World -- it's very much a remnant of the days when Britannia ruled the waves and thought it could suck India dry -- and don't forget that coffeehouses rather than alehouses made possible the Enlightenment -- it's much easier to think up notions like individualism and liberty and whatnot when you're fired up on caffeine rather than vomiting from mushy alcoholic brew.

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

All good points indeed. What about the Southern taste for sweet tea?

[josephwaldman.livejournal.com]

Well, that's a Confederate thing, along with the rebel yell, marrying your sister, and ignoring federal unity.