cold tea 

Refers to the practice of receiving alcohol (particularly beer) after legal serving hours. Specifically a practice in Toronto, in Chinatown. Generic and common brand beer is served in a teapot, so as to avoid detection from the authorities

It's 3 am, you're drunk and want to keep drinking. Head to Spadina, wander around Chinatown, walk into New Po King and order cold tea. Molson Canadian gets served to you in a teapot.

cold tea by c. in the t. November 8, 2005

cold tea 

Tea that is irrelevant or not juicy anymore.

"Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez broke up?!"
"That's cold tea sis"

cold tea by ahemthen May 7, 2019

cold tea 

A popular beverage drunk late at night in Chinatowns across the US and Canada; not to be confused with iced tea. Commonly the tea drunk is of unusual origins, such as St. Louis or Milwaukee, sometimes even Toronto. One peculiarity of such tea is that it often seems to be carbonated; the secret for doing this seems to be widely known, but has never been revealed.

3 AM. Miserable rainy night and the late-night diner is closed for renovations this week. Time to head over to Harrison Ave for some cold tea.

cold tea by Lady Csyde October 14, 2006

Cold Tea 

Gossip or information about someone else that is found out late.

Did you hear about the big fight last week?
No, what fight?
Dude, you always get the cold tea.

Cold Tea by seafoodstartup December 6, 2021

Cold Tea 

A “cold tea” is a British expression that is said to say if something is positive or negative.

If something is a “hot tea” then it’s positive. However if something is negative then it is a “cold tea.”

Example 1: “Oh man that party was so dead. Just one disappointing cold tea.”

Example 2: “That was a steaming tea of a dinner thanks mum.”

Cold Tea by Parallel-knight July 27, 2022

Cold Tea 

A “cold tea” is a British expression that is said to say if something is positive or negative.

If something is a “hot tea” then it’s positive. However if something is negative then it is a “cold tea”

Example 1: “Oh man that party was so dead. Just one disappointing cold tea.”

Example 2: “That was a steaming tea of a dinner thanks mum.”

Cold Tea by Parallel-knight July 23, 2022

Cold-Tea Syndrome 

The use of codes is common in hospitals, so as not to alarm other patients. The expression 'cold-tea syndrome' is used by medical staff to indicate that a patient has died. It refers to several cups of undrunk, cold tea on the deceased persons bedside table.

It's good to know the supply of tea doesn't stop coming, just because you're dead. Not to discredit the NHS, but surely there are more scientific methods to determine when someone has died. How much of NHS resources are wasted making tea for the dead. What happens if you just don't drink tea and they throw you out. You'd have people buried yelling:
- I SAID COFFEE, COFFEE TWO SUGARS!!

- Janine, go to ward 3 now, Mrs Norris has caught a bad case of cold-tea syndrome. I would go so far as to say she's never going to recover from it.

Cold-Tea Syndrome by Thomas Leone October 17, 2009