A fork of Rural Dictionary
The term "Texas Tea" was originally used to describe oil, and was popularized by the hit 1960s television show, The Beverly Hillbillies: "Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea."
Today, the term can also be found in your local bar as it represents the name of a mixed drink, also by the same name:
Texas Tea:
2 oz Tequila
2 oz Rum
2 oz Vodka
2 oz Gin
2 oz Bourbon Whiskey
2 oz Triple Sec
2 oz Sweet and Sour Mix
Coca-Cola
Then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground came a bubblin crude. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
West texas light crude oil, esp. if discovered by a hillbilly named Jed.
Listen to a story about a man named jed a poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed then one day he was shooting at some food and up from the ground came a bubbling crude. Oil that is. Black gold. Texas tea.
Historically speaking, "texas tea" was an anarchonistic definition of oil during the oil rush in Texas. "Black gold" is a synonym.
I believe it was phrased very early on in 20th century pop culture.
They struck the ol' texas tea, lucky sumbitches movin' on to Dallas.
Unrefined crude oil, the black stuff that comes out of the ground.
Made famous by the old sixties TV show, "The Beverly Hillbillies." The theme song goes:
Gonna tell you a story 'bout a man named Jed / poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed/ then one day he was shootin' up some food/ and up from the ground come bubblin' crude/ oil that is, black gold, Texas Tea."
A bowel movement that has the consistency and color of crude oil.
"Hey guys, I wouldn't go in the bathroom for a while. I just stained the bowl with a serious bout of Texas tea.