Dec 31
Troy’s Teaview Snapshot
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9/10Well, enough social Commentary. While wandering the Isles of my local Albertsons grocery store I stumbled on a wonderful new product in the Vodka section. R. J. Reed's Old Style Southern Sweet Tea, a Sweet Tea Flavored vodka. Now due to a lack of ingredients list I'm not sure if the flavorings contain any actual tea, or if an artificial simulation of that rich (dare I say beautiful) sweet tea flavor was constructed by their union flavor elves, but either way I'm sure it fits this venue.
We've all seen Green Tea flavored Vodkas and spirits, as well as Chai and tea based Liqueurs, but this is the first Sweet Tea based product I've seen. After a quick Google, the best verb in the history of verbs, I found that the idea of a sweet tea flavored Vodka is not even remotely new, and can also be found in a product by Firefly. Something about a simple syrup laden sweet tea seems very at home with vodka, like a mixed cocktail in a bottle.
I tried this sweet elixir strait up and unchilled, and I recommend to you completely, utterly, and whole heartedly not to do that. As I've found in the directions of other Sweet Tea Vodkas online you should split this intoxicant about two parts Sweet Tea Vodka to one part water, or simply let your ice melt a bit, oh you'll need ice. Like true sweet tea this demands ice. Its sweet and syrupy with a rich smooth black tea flavor that just begs to be drunk, so much so that you should pretty much assume your drunk when you've finished as you, no doubt, have had far far more than you planned to.
One downside, a few quick searches have not produced any information about this product. I can find quite a bit about Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, Hound Dog Sweet Tea Vodka, and Jeremiah Weed Tea Vodka, but nothing about this one. Not sure why that is, maybe its a very new product, maybe its manufacturer R. J. Reed LTD is a sub of a sub that doesn't have any significant web presence, either way it may be found at your local grocery store. If I find an on-line source I'll keep you all very much posted.
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December 31st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
I had quite a scare/shock/sense of pure amazement when I read “Hound Dog Sweet Tea Vodka” as “Hot Dog Sweet Tea Vodka.”
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:56 am
Ummm Troy. Most people won’t find Vodka in their local grocery store.
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:59 am
Well thats hardly my fault, write your local congress-creature immediately