Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I've pointed this out before but a lot of Floridians including myself never heard of "sweet tea" either.
Just thought it was like the canned version of Lipton Iced tea which is very sweet.
How unbelievably odd, since you can easily find it in restaurants from Key West to Pensacola.
How unbelievably odd, since you can easily find it in restaurants from Key West to Pensacola.
Perhaps ignorance on my part?
Sweet tea to me is just tea flavored with sugar like Lipton and not a recipe.
Why does this surprise you?
There are a lot of Floridians who didn't grow up with southern culture.
Perhaps ignorance on my part?
Sweet tea to me is just tea flavored with sugar like Lipton and not a recipe.
Why does this surprise you?
There are a lot of Floridians who didn't grow up with southern culture.
Sounds like there is more than one version of culture. The south is too diverse to be held just to a 'one size fits all' culture.
How unbelievably odd, since you can easily find it in restaurants from Key West to Pensacola.
Sweet tea is apparently a lot easier to find all over the south than it used to be. You can get it just about anywhere in Texas nowadays, but just like South Louisiana and Florida, it isn't nearly as ingrained into the culture as it is in Georgia.
Out here I grew up drinking plain iced tea. They would give you sugar packets if you wanted it sweetened.
You guys down South put waaaay too much sugar in your tea! Sweet tea to me is more like a soft drink, almost like a soda.
Arizona, Snapple, Brisk, iced tea that you get at a stand, etc., actually are sweet as soda. I'm not sure if Southern Sweet Tea uses more sugar or if there's something else about it that gives it a different flavor.
Perhaps ignorance on my part?
Sweet tea to me is just tea flavored with sugar like Lipton and not a recipe.
Why does this surprise you?
There are a lot of Floridians who didn't grow up with southern culture.
There are many Floridians in denial of where they actually live as well. It's not all an extension of the Northeast as you and others in South Florida try to project, either.
Just like grits, sweet tea can easily be found in every single County in Florida. McDonald's even serves it.
New Orleans is also quite a subtropical city. French quarter I’ve seen huge Norfolk pines and Bougainvillea. Garden district I’ve seen royal and fishtail palms. 5th ward ive seen rubber ficus, Ti, and majesty palms. Suburban NOLA there are fruiting papaya and flowering bird of paradise. And other parts of Nola I’ve seen bismarck palms and even plumeria and jacaranda (no cocos tho, those would be for grand isle type of climate as most winters there do not get below freezing) and fruiting mangos and starfruit are found in courtyards downtown. I’ve been to Miami and it truly feels carribean as I’ve been to many of the islands. But in culture I’d say NOLA wins. Miami close second.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
