Ooookay. Tea choice:
Stash peppermint. I love mint tea on the summer, even hot, but especially cold. I'm not adding sweatener since I'm still mostly carnivore and finally back on track to my weight loss goals. (The sweetener part of this came to mind since it's related to the subject at hand....)

Let's start with my least favorite word: nice. To me, there is no greater insult that one can levy at me than for someone to call me "nice." There are several layers to this, but I'll stick to the original meaning and the modern connotation. Plus a bonus: is a word of French origin, and I'm savagely annoyed that there's so much French in modern English. 

"Nice" has bothered me for more than three decades. When I was younger, I discerned that nice was used on several ways, and only one of them was acceptable due to relational contexts. Firstly, older church ladies called me a nice boy. I will accept that as a compliment as intended, but, what they actually meant was that I was polite, courteous, and respectful. Secondly, when I was a bit older, girls called me nice. What they really meant was that I was a big brother type with whom they felt safe. This is possibly acceptable, but also a bit hurtful at times, since it was mostly meant to be dismissive. That dismissiveness had an edge of finality to it, abd that edge can cut deep... As I grew older, nice was not just dismissive but patronizing. Men only use "nice" as an insult when speaking of other men, and women use it as the shield of the friendzone. All of this stems from the origin of the word, which, as best as I recall originally meant "so sweet as to be cloying or repugnant."

"Nice" is an insult, realized it not. 

Kindness, on the other hand, is a virtue and present only in the strong of character. Being genuinely kind requires the strength to put others above your own needs, fortitude to handle difficult and awkward situations, and wisdom to show restraint, lest kindness turn into a matter of prideful showmanship. 

Recognizing kindness means that one is aware of these things, even if it isn't explicitly stated. 

I think I'll end there.