Today it was hot.  I  tried to get some unsweetened lemon tea because I like to avoid carbs. I also like sour drinks when it is hot.  See.

It was a steamy, hot day in Thailand today.  My wife and I were waiting for our car to be washed by a team of young men.  We went to a nearby coffee shop.  I told the lady, “I want lemon tea with no sugar.”  This is one of the few things I know how to say in Thai.

She bustled happily away.  When she brought me my tall, frosty glass of lemon tea I greedily tasted it.  Oh!  It had sugar in it.  I looked at my wife with equal parts horror and annoyance.  My wife said.  “She did not put sugar in the tea.  She put honey in the tea.  

I did not get my sour tea but I drank my sweetened tea.  The good lady was very proud of the fact that she put honey in the tea.

So in case you thinking I am making this story up I will post a picture of the sweetened tea right here and now.