Tea-related edicts

[redbird]

drplokta has declared himself Dictator of the World, and is appointing minions. He started with geography, but today has added food-related minions.

I am Minion in Charge of Tea, and have issued two edicts thus far:

1. Any restaurant, cafe, or other commercial establishment that offers black tea (a.k.a. "red tea" if you're Chinese, a.k.a. India/Ceylon as distinct from Japanese or Chinese green teas) for sale must use boiling water to make the tea.


2. Cold teas for sale must have been brewed as real tea, and then chilled. Yes, they may contain sweeteners, fruit juice, or other ingredients, but only as labeled on the packaging. "Iced tea powders" are hereby banned. "Sun tea" is acceptable for the brewing of cold tisanes, but not of actual tea made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis.