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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.
That became a thing back in the 80s. They sold "Sun Tea" jugs for a while for that purpose. It was a big fad.
I grew up in the north (PA) and was 24 before I discovered tea didn't come already made with sugar.
To answer your question, and many restaurants here do the same, you make a batch of regular tea and give the patron the choice to sweeten it. That way the place isn't keeping two batches, sweetened and not, going. Business 101.
See, I grew up in PA and the only sweetened iced tea was the kind that came out of soda machines (as in water plus flavored syrup). You'd certainly get a choice of sweetened or unsweetened, but only the unsweetened was actual tea (you could also add sugar to unsweetened).
That's weird, most places in NYC have unsweetened tea as "default". I am surprised it is different in NJ.
I've tasted sweet tea before on several occasions and it is waaay too sweet. It feels like it has double the sweetness of soda.
It may not be, but I do know a few places that don't offer unsweetened iced tea so I always ask. Come to think of it, I NEVER ask when I'm in the city.
Growing up in Texas, my Mother used to pour sweet tea into some Tupperware popsicle makers she had, and let them freeze, good and hard. There is nothing like "sweet tea pops" on a hot, Texas summer day.
Growing up in Texas, my Mother used to pour sweet tea into some Tupperware popsicle makers she had, and let them freeze, good and hard. There is nothing like "sweet tea pops" on a hot, Texas summer day.
We had those Tupperware popsicle things, too! My mother put grape juice in them.
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I love sweet tea. Although most of Missouri didn't have it at one time, I suspect with Mickey D's introducing sweet tea that it's caused an explosion of sweet tea across this state from all vendors. St. Louis now has lot of sweet tea. In Jefferson City, almost every restaurant offers it. I personally can't believe anyone could dislike sweet tea. There's one thing the South knows how to do very well, and that is make decent food and beverages.
I love sweet tea. Although most of Missouri didn't have it at one time, I suspect with Mickey D's introducing sweet tea that it's caused an explosion of sweet tea across this state from all vendors. St. Louis now has lot of sweet tea. In Jefferson City, almost every restaurant offers it. I personally can't believe anyone could dislike sweet tea. There's one thing the South knows how to do very well, and that is make decent food and beverages.
Yes, I agree.Anytime I hear of someone not liking sweet tea I think they have tried it a time or two and they just did not get a good batch, which is very easy to do.There is quite a few places in the south that will sell some generic sweet tea that is not good.Just looking to make a quick buck.
Anyone visiting eastern N Carolina and wants some easy to get good sweet tea, just visit a Smithfield Chicken and BBQ.They are dotted all along eastern N Carolina.It's not perfect but it's pretty durn good.
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.
lol... everything at McDonald's is nasty... I think that might be your issue.
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