r/mildlyinteresting • u/Coneskater • Dec 06 '16

Quality Post Grocery store in Germany has started importing Arizona Ice Tea Cans and covers up the 99¢ with mini American Flag stickers

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u/DaisyDej Dec 06 '16

Per the company website, "John Ferolito and Don Vultaggio, the two owners of the Company looked at a map to see where it was hot. At first they thought of naming it Santa Fe, then they focused on AriZona and the rest as they say, is history."

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

So it's a California company based in New York, named after Arizona...

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u/JThoms Dec 06 '16

Well, there was Dallas, from Phoenix; Cleveland - he was from Detroit; and Tex... well, I don't remember where Tex was from.

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u/mattylou Dec 06 '16

New Mexican here: Santa Fe is pretty cold compared to the rest of the state. Good call by the founders.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

Well it isn't called "fire tea".

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u/originalusername__ Dec 06 '16

"fire tea"

Now with 20% more peyote!

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u/PolyesterPoppycock Dec 06 '16

LET THE VISION QUESTING BEGIN!

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u/FosterGoodmen Dec 06 '16

My father used to do tons of peyote while playing on the drums. Too bad I only saw him on the weekend.

Apparently you can get away with going on a vision quest while at work on a weekday.

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u/BigLebowskiBot Dec 06 '16

Is this a... what day is this?

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u/FosterGoodmen Dec 06 '16

Is this a... what day is this?

Well I do work sir, so if you don't mind..

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u/TwoHands Dec 06 '16

Yeah, that would be Phoenix. The city where a heatwave killed tons of homeless and elderly, while the most popular stolen item was home air conditioning units (which could add to the sick/elderly death toll).

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u/trueluck3 Dec 06 '16

I want one of those

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u/themarfin Dec 06 '16

"Wissotzky. Earl Gray. Sweet. Green. Long ago, the four teas were cold brewed in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.

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u/Super_Pan Dec 06 '16

This tea is nothing more than hot leaf juice!

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u/drunkenstyle Dec 06 '16

It is if it's my mixtape

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u/SiValleyDan Dec 06 '16

Explains why everybody calls it such a cool little city...

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u/tbaum101 Dec 06 '16

Could have also been confused with the Santa Fe River... Which is here in Florida... Where it's hot.. So...

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u/Lame-Duck Dec 06 '16

Awesome river

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u/noobonrs Dec 06 '16

Welcome to mexico, hope you enjoy your stay.

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u/SconnieLite Dec 06 '16

They should of called it Yuma.

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u/Norma5tacy Dec 06 '16

How cold?

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u/mattylou Dec 06 '16

I mean, it's up in the mountains and rich people go there to ski. So, cold?

Here, i found this: https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/New-Mexico/temperature-july.php

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u/I426Hemi Dec 06 '16

I guess that works.

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u/Xenjael Dec 06 '16

I guess...

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u/94672721582 Dec 06 '16

But something deep down inside tells me that it... it doesn't work at all!

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u/Sun-Anvil ​ Dec 06 '16

After a falling-out between the two founding partners, Vultaggio prevailed in a 2012 suit against Ferolito

You could be right.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16 edited Feb 26 '18

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u/OneWordDescribesYou Dec 06 '16

Thank god they looked at that map or they may have never known where it was hot!

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u/cynical_euphemism Dec 06 '16

Hey, what's the weather look like today?

... Washington.

Oh, ok! Thanks!

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u/RedLabelClayBuster Dec 06 '16

Looked at a map to see where it was hot.

Oh behave.

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u/DaisyDej Dec 06 '16

As a native Arizonan, I was flattered by their decision.

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u/Rikplaysbass Dec 06 '16

The only things I feel when I'm in Arizona are sweaty and heat stroke.

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u/DaisyDej Dec 06 '16

I'll have you know, today's high is 65 degrees so I will feel pretty chilly when I go outside.

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u/Rikplaysbass Dec 06 '16

78 with Thunderstorms in Florida today.

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u/Cm0002 ​ Dec 07 '16

16 degrees in Alaska at my house, god it's a fucking heatwave right now

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u/sharings_caring Dec 06 '16

maybe it was a heat map.

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u/CrazyJosh1987 Dec 06 '16

Couldn't call it long island ice tea I guess

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

Those are some serious Guido names

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u/gskpmbb3 Dec 06 '16

They forgot the part where they decided to fortify it with vitamin C.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

Rumor has it they're still arguing where Upstate starts.

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u/tickingboxes Dec 06 '16

Westchester

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

Everything is Upstate if you're on Long Island.

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u/pyronius Dec 06 '16

"Hey John, where's it hot?"

"Uh, I don't know Don... Somalia?"

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

Arizona is a good choice then. The first time I visited Arizona it was over 101°F (that's over 38°C for you non-Americans) when I got off the plane. It was after midnight. So, basically this.

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u/DaisyDej Dec 07 '16

Very accurate.

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u/infamous_moses Dec 06 '16

Wait, really?! I swear I remember reading/hearing the original factory was on Arizona street in NY?

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u/B088ytee Dec 06 '16

90's NY Deli Worker here ... was told when the product first came out it was made by a Jewish couple with the first names of Ari and Zona ... which explains why the "A" and "Z" are capitalized.

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u/fluffygryphon Dec 06 '16

Death Valley Iced Tea... Now I need to start an iced tea company.

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u/FyreLyon Dec 06 '16

If they were thinking of a place that's hot, why not Las Vegas or Death Valley?