[Dartskipper]

When I lived in the USA the only enjoyable drink of commercial tea was a can of Lipton "Iced Lemon Tea" from a vending machine in the height of summer!

Alternatively, my friends owned a farm near Tamaqua (Pennsylvania)in a tiny settlement named New Ringgold, and the old owner and his wife still lived in the main farmhouse which was approximately 100 years old. Out of respect we called them "Mammy" and "Pappy". Mammy made up large containers , plastic or glass, of her own brew of spearmint tea, made from the spearmint growing on the farm and chilled to near freezing . Kept hidden from the sun in a blanket, it was very refreshing when working in the fields in the summer months. I have tried the various herb offerings from the Supermarkets back home, but none have ever come close to Mammy's Spearmint Tea.