Hot/cold beverages

There’s no ice in beverages in china. When eating a hot meal, one should drink a hot drink. Even if it’s 100 degrees outside. Evidently the whole balance of the universe will be thrown off if one mixes a cold beverage with a warm meal! This is one of the hardest things to get used to. Even the orange juice in the morning is warm … as is the milk for cereal (I have had neither). Today I went to starbucks for some home cooking and tried to order an iced tea. They don’t have it!!! It was hot and muggy and I just needed something iced and didn’t feel like a frappucino, even though it was slightly tempted by the new red bean flavor …. So I got an iced coffee instead. It took 3 people to help me order after I threw them off with the “iced” request … but we finally got it. Thanks starbucks! (p.s. I was also intrigued by the green tea cheesecake! They also have those pre-made sandwiches, but the names are “chicken and mayo” and “egg and mayo” instead of chicken salad and egg salad. Oh, and they also had green tea éclairs!)