Mariah Carey, Tea Goddess, Turns Memes Into Merch, and I’m Here for It

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For the second year in a row, Carey, the living Queen of Christmas Music, delivered a memorable and meme-able New Year’s Eve performance, demanding tea during a live performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest.

If you need a refresher:

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“I just want to take a sip of tea if they’ll let me. They told me there would be tea,” Carey said, dressed like a sexy alpaca, looking around at her band like old boy was just going to brandish a cup from behind his drum set.

“Oh! It’s a disaster,” Carey continued. “We’ll just have to rough it.”

The next day, Carey apparently “found her tea” on Instagram:

Now Carey is cashing in on her love for chamomile with a new line of “tea-shirts” that let you channel the pop diva’s love for drama.

The shirts, which feature the phrases, “I was told there would be tea” and “#FoundMyTea,” run $30 apiece and can be bought at her official web store. Finally, a T-shirt that captures the feeling when you eavesdrop on your co-workers and the gossip isn’t as juicy as you’d hoped.

If message tees aren’t your flavor, there’s also a black “I Was Told There Would Be Tea” mug available for $20.

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