[hummingbird]

"I’m off to fetch a bit of tea."

In some southern states (sic?), that would be kind of like saying:

"I'm fixin' to get me some ice tea." (of course, that is the informal)

Ha!

ice tea sometimes pronounced "ahs tay"

[Daveinyork]

That’s to keep from going round the bend and being quite barking mad.

[Erasmus]

I’ve lived in the South for a while, and although, as an exiled Yankee, I always say “iced tea,” around these parts the word “iced” is not really needed; it’s understood and is seldom used by the natives.

Of course, a waitresse will still ask you if you want it “sweet or unsweet, honey”.