Road Stop Iced Tea vs. Grocery Store
I don’t know exactly what it is, but sometimes an over priced $1.50 Lipton Iced tea purchased at a road stop gas station tastes universes better than the same one in a six-pack bought on sale at a grocery store.
Maybe it’s because you only have one.
When you know there’s only one, you sip and savor . . . you don’t gulp. It might take about 5 minutes to drink a grocery tea as opposed to 20 or even 30 to finish your road stop one.
In my town we have a grocery store called “Food for Less.” At Food for Less there isn’t much of a selection, and the prices are dirt cheap. At the same time, we have Ralphs. Ralphs has an amazing selection but sky high prices. If I ever shop at Ralphs, it’s amazing how good the food tastes. Maybe I’m just spoiled, with a silver spoon in my mouth or something, but I swear it’s true! For me anyway.
That’s probably why I shop at Stater Bros., which is a happy medium between the two.
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Rosemarie
wrote,
I gave up grocery store ice tea a while back, and make it fresh from home one glass at a time. And, it’s a treat so only with my lunch. The rest of the day, it’s agua!
Link | August 26th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Chelle
wrote,
This is a weird phenomenon I’ve noticed also. I swear the one grocery store near us is much better, but not really sure how or why, since most of it is the same stuff. Even their “generic” brand seems superior to me.
Link | May 3rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Damien Riley
wrote,
@Chelle: Okay so we’re both sort of left of center … I’m good now ;)
Link | May 3rd, 2009 at 4:32 pm