On Monday, 23-year-old Cameo Kinney from Portland, Oregon, decided to share her sacred iced tea hack online with everyone. She told BuzzFeed News it "will save lives this summer." We're listening.
To prevent ice cubes from diluting her tea, Kinney pours her tea into an ice cube tray to form tea cubes. (I realize this is not a novel hack, but there is a unique madness to her method.)
People who hadn't yet thought to do this were blown away by her tweet/pro tip.
@pretttynice
@pretttynice
Apparently, Kinney done changed the iced tea game for some people.
@pretttynice ur a genius
This is advancement our country has been waiting for & needs https://t.co/2Xtr5nirIh
But then 19-year-old Kai Lively from Baltimore showed up. And while he has no huge issue with Kinney's hack, he told BuzzFeed News he thought the whole thing was hilariously excessive for a small problem. "Honestly it's just more work," he said.
He and others used a Loiter Squad reference and put it this way: "So you just gon make iced tea for iced tea to put in iced tea with my iced tea using some iced tea."
so you just gon make iced tea for iced tea to put in iced tea with my iced tea using some iced tea https://t.co/UieNUythSM
"So you just gon make iced tea for my iced tea to put in my iced tea on my iced tea with some iced tea," user @brandnxxw also joked.
so you just gon make iced tea for my iced tea to put in my iced tea on my iced tea with some iced tea https://t.co/gRSjSJAkKj
(This was the Tyler, The Creator scene from the show they were referencing, BTW.)
@microsoft42 @simonefiasco
And folks were like, "HUH?????"
@brandnxxw @sbrabaw
This just made me so mad https://t.co/zYVGnADVED
But — while that's a huge exaggeration — they're making a point. You'd be taking a whole lot of extra steps to make a whole lot of extra tea. For your tea.
@microsoft42 @PettiestWap
on some pimp my ride shit lol https://t.co/Q8Csogr8OK
Yo dawg i heard you like iced tea So i put the iced tea on your iced tea so you can drink the iced tea while the ic… https://t.co/EQ0HzRm01Y
"I should try this with water maybe my water won't taste watered down," someone responded sarcastically.
I should try this with water maybe my water won't taste watered down https://t.co/7LX8Okxt6S
However, the excessiveness is what has some people applauding the idea.
She made iced tea for iced tea, so that when she put the iced tea in the iced tea it'll still taste Iike iced tea.… https://t.co/PudrsmieWR
"As the ice melts it actually releases more flavor with the honey rather than watering it down," Kinney explained. And that was enough to sell people on it.
Then after you drink all the ice tea it'll be a automatic refill when it melts https://t.co/FJyL0dV7Db
"Nobel peace prize in my opinion."
nobel peace prize in my opinion https://t.co/xFPdFfZftJ
"This the smartest shit I've ever seen."
this the smartest shit I've ever seen https://t.co/7km0gHOh2m
"Y'all think I'm about to make iced tea just to put it in iced tea bc fuck yea that's what I'm about to do."
Y'all think I'm about to make iced tea just to put in ice tea bc fuck yea that's what I'm about to do https://t.co/epBLuX8X7I
But jury is still out. The better question may be: How much time do you have? And how much do you really love your iced tea?
I can't tell if this is genius or just really dumb https://t.co/OWJeuEavyP