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And then there is Sun tea, sweet or unsweetened. I was introduced to it in Arizona. Put water, tea and sugar if desired in glass jug. Set out in direct sun for two or three hours. It is great made this way.
I don't understand how people drink unsweetened tea, it's beyond nasty bitter, tart, I can't even find the words. My understanding growing up Tea is sweet Tea. I had to learn people drink it with out sugar.
Funny, I feel the same way about sweet tea - it's revoltingly sweet. I grew up in the west, where iced tea comes unsweetened, and much prefer it that way.
And then there is Sun tea, sweet or unsweetened. I was introduced to it in Arizona. Put water, tea and sugar if desired in glass jug. Set out in direct sun for two or three hours. It is great made this way.
If you put sugar packets in it, it won't taste the same. It needs to be brewed with the sugar in it at a higher temperature. Sugar doesn't dissolve properly in cold water, esp water with ice. Didn't anybody else do saturation point of sugar in water in chemistry class? :I Saturated/Super Saturated/etc...
Also, the tea needs to be relatively fresh. It's like coffee, if it isn't brewed fresh it goes bad. Also, Nestea, Lipton etc and any of those taste absolutely terrible.
Exactly. That is what I was saying. Put 1 cup 0f sugar in your brew instead of 2. Make it less sweet.
It's nasty as hell. The only place that sells sweet tea in DC is McDonalds and even I get some I have to mixed it with lemonade to make it taste like iced tea.
I don't understand how people drink unsweetened tea, it's beyond nasty bitter, tart, I can't even find the words. My understanding growing up Tea is sweet Tea. I had to learn people drink it with out sugar.
I had to learn to drink it without sugar and eventually you do appreciate being able to taste the actual tea. Sugar does that to one's taste buds. I do still drink hot tea with one spoonful of sugar and a little milk.
The sentence I bolded reminded me of something. I visited a friend in Dallas many years ago, and everyone kept asking us if we wanted tea. It was June and 110 degrees outside--I wondered what the heck was wrong with these people for drinking tea when it was so damn hot out. Turned out they meant iced tea--they just left out the "iced" part when they spoke.
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