In a effort to reduce my consumption of Diet Coke, I decided to start drinking ice tea.  After all, I had grown up drinking ice tea.  And from my childhood, I remembered my mother making instant ice tea.  So, I headed to the store to acquire a jar.

Since instant ice tea had always been next to the instant coffee, I checked there first.  But to my surprise, I couldn’t find any.  A quick scan of the isle markers revealed that ice tea was one isle over.  When I went down that isle I found canned ice tea, bottled ice tea and even ice tea in a gallon jug, all brewed and ready for consumption.  But, there was still no instant ice tea.

Finally after a second scanning of the instant coffee section, I found some instant ice tea on a bottom shelf.  But, there was only one brand.  I guess the era of instant ice tea is now a thing of the past.