Well, let me tell ya somethin’ about this Lipton tea.

Is Lipton tea black tea? You bet your bottom dollar it is! It’s like askin’ if a rooster crows in the mornin’. Course it does! Lipton, that’s the tea I always see at the store, the one in the yellow box. My old man, he used to drink it every mornin’, hot and strong, with a bit of sugar. Said it woke him up better than anythin’.

Now, they tell me all tea comes from the same plant. Can ya believe that? Just like how all folks come from Adam and Eve, I guess. But this Lipton, they dry it out real good, longer than that green tea stuff. That’s what makes it black tea, see? They call it “fully oxidized,” fancy words for dried out, I reckon.

• It’s got a strong taste, not like that weak tea some folks drink.
• And it’s dark, like good strong coffee.

They say Lipton uses somethin’ called “orange pekoe and pekoe cut black teas.” Sounds mighty fancy, don’t it? But what it means is they pick the best leaves, the ones with the most flavor. They mix ’em up just right, so you get a good cup every time. Some leaves for the taste, some for the color, and some to make it strong. They know what they’re doin’, those Lipton folks.

I heard tell they make all sorts of Lipton tea now. Even got that iced tea stuff, in all kinds of flavors like peach and lemon. My grandkids, they love that sweet stuff. But me? I stick to the regular hot black tea. It’s what I know, what I like. Nothin’ fancy, just good plain tea.

You can drink it hot, like my old man did, or you can pour it over ice on a hot day. Either way, it’s good. It’s like that old saying, “tea is tea.” But Lipton, that’s the real deal, the black tea that’s been around forever. I remember my grandma drinkin’ it, and her mama before her, probably. It’s just somethin’ that’s always been there, like the sun and the moon.

So, next time you’re at the store, grab yourself a box of Lipton. It ain’t gonna cost ya an arm and a leg, and it’ll warm ya up on a cold day or cool ya down on a hot one. And don’t let nobody tell ya it ain’t black tea. ‘Cause it is, plain and simple. Just good, strong black tea, the way it’s supposed to be.

Lipton got all sorts of flavors now, like I said. Peach, lemon, raspberry… you name it. They even got that decaffeinated kind, for folks who can’t handle the strong stuff. But the real deal, that’s the yellow label black tea. That’s the one I always reach for. It’s the one that reminds me of home, of my old man sippin’ his tea in the mornin’, of simpler times. And that, my friends, is worth more than all the fancy teas in the world.

So, there ya have it. Lipton tea, it’s black tea, and it’s good tea. End of story. Don’t need no fancy words or explanations. It’s just tea, plain and simple.

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