Fun fact: Arizona Iced Tea wasn’t actually started in Arizona.
People are just discovering this after @JoelElman tweeted about his own personal Arizona Tea origin journey: “I’m googling this right now before my whole worldview collapses.”
That’s when the beverage confirmed, “we are from New York baby.”
Their X bio also says it:
The founder told CNN, “I always associated Arizona with a healthy, clean and dry feel that was different from the Brooklyn feel.”
Let’s just say people are feeling *quite* perplexed by the news.
The replies are full of people feeling betrayed, confused, and also upset.
“I have been lied to my whole life!” seems to be a common sentiment.
This person called it “Arizona appropriation.”
And another person joked, “Who the fuck lies about being from Arizona.”
As Stefani Germanotta once said, “It was a perfect illusion.”