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I have a very important annoucement to make.

There is a difference between sweet tea and sweetened tea.

Sweet tea is when the sugar is dissolved as the tea is being made. Sweetened tea is when you add those corny packages of sugar or whatever to tea in a glass.

Yes, this is a Southern thing - and I'm so pissed that nearly none of the restaurants in this non-Southern town have sweet tea. I'll order a sweet tea and the waiter/waitress would say - oh, we have packages of sugar. :roll:

And then at that point, I usually do my *sigh* and make a comment about how these restaurants don't know to have sweet tea available for gals who moved here from Arkansas, and then I pull out my ready-made sweet tea in a container. A girl gotta have her sweet tea.

How do people live without sweet tea? Seriously. How?
 
Interesting thread.

Without sweet/sweetened tea is common here in Germany. We don't use sweet/sweetened or add milk in herbal tea.

I remembered when I visited USA last year. I spot "Chai tea" and know automatic that it's herbal tea because I drink unsweet Chai tea here in Germany a lot... I was like :eek3: when they served chai tea with cream to me... I tasted... tooooooo sweet like they add 3 or 4 spoonful of sugars... :barf: Here in Germany, they served us black tea or coffee and herbal tea, then we do ourselves to add sugar, lemon and milk... It's very hard for me to drink Chai tea... My Ader friends told me to tell them next time to not add milk and sugar because they automatic serve milk and sugar in any coffee, tea, etc... :eek3:

We prefer to have unsweet tea... I never see any sweet tea before like what you described here. Maybe you mean iced tea?
 
I must have sweet tea when I ask for one! :D

This is ridiculous that handful of restaurants in and around Atlanta (a major Southern city!) don't have it on their menus. It is usually the "mom n' pop's" restaurants that will have sweet tea on their menus.

We need to do something about 'em Yankees. They are trying to take over the South.

I am not sure but I think Sonic's Drive-in still have sweet tea on their menu. But the problem is that Sonic's is known to change their menu often.
 
I learned about sweet tea when living in El Paso, TX. After I learned about it, I became even more a Diet Coke lover.:barf: (My reaction to sweet tea)
 
deafbajagal said:
I have a very important annoucement to make.

There is a difference between sweet tea and sweetened tea.

Sweet tea is when the sugar is dissolved as the tea is being made. Sweetened tea is when you add those corny packages of sugar or whatever to tea in a glass.

Yes, this is a Southern thing - and I'm so pissed that nearly none of the restaurants in this non-Southern town have sweet tea. I'll order a sweet tea and the waiter/waitress would say - oh, we have packages of sugar. :roll:

And then at that point, I usually do my *sigh* and make a comment about how these restaurants don't know to have sweet tea available for gals who moved here from Arkansas, and then I pull out my ready-made sweet tea in a container. A girl gotta have her sweet tea.

How do people live without sweet tea? Seriously. How?
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I was born and lived several years in the North. All iced tea was always served without any sweetner or sugar.

I moved to South Carolina and learned about sweet tea. You are 100 percent correct. It's not really "sweet tea" if the sweetner or sugar is added after.

My son-in-law (native South Carolinian) must have sweet tea that almost tastes like syrup.

Yankees do not understand "sweet tea" and Southerners do not understand Yankees. :lol:

You really can't go to a northern restaurant and expect to get sweet tea. ;)
 
:barf: I hate tea no matter what. YUCK! No thank you! I did tried it but I do not like the way it taste.
 
Liebling:-))) said:
Interesting thread.

Without sweet/sweetened tea is common here in Germany. We don't use sweet/sweetened or add milk in herbal tea.

I remembered when I visited USA last year. I spot "Chai tea" and know automatic that it's herbal tea because I drink unsweet Chai tea here in Germany a lot... I was like :eek3: when they served chai tea with cream to me... I tasted... tooooooo sweet like they add 3 or 4 spoonful of sugars... :barf: Here in Germany, they served us black tea or coffee and herbal tea, then we do ourselves to add sugar, lemon and milk... It's very hard for me to drink Chai tea... My Ader friends told me to tell them next time to not add milk and sugar because they automatic serve milk and sugar in any coffee, tea, etc... :eek3:
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Chai tea is not traditional Southern sweet tea. Lipton, Nestea and Luzianne are popular for sweet tea. Traditional sweet tea doesn't use herbal teas.

GRITS - A celebration of Southern cooking and kitchen traditions


We prefer to have unsweet tea... I never see any sweet tea before like what you described here. Maybe you mean iced tea?
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Yes, sweet tea and sweetened tea are both iced teas but they aren't the same.

If you visit the South, you'll get traditional sweet tea unless you request unsweet tea.
 
Oh, and don't forget to serve it in canning jars. :P
 
I miss my grandmother's sweet tea. She would set the tea in big canning jar out in the sun for several hours or so.
 
The sweet tea are the big thing here as well. I like having it from time to time. I also agree, the sweetened tea is not as great as the sweet tea. The sweetened tea tastes like it is "processed" as of rather than having the authentic sweet tea. When I get iced tea with the sugars in the packet, I still could taste the sugar and it wasn't fully dissolved. Now, whereas with the sweet tea, you can taste the sugar but the sugar itself is already dissolved and blends together. Talk about a refreshing drink for the summer! :)
 
Jolie77 said:
The sweet tea are the big thing here as well. I like having it from time to time. I also agree, the sweetened tea is not as great as the sweet tea. The sweetened tea tastes like it is "processed" as of rather than having the authentic sweet tea. When I get iced tea with the sugars in the packet, I still could taste the sugar and it wasn't fully dissolved. Now, whereas with the sweet tea, you can taste the sugar but the sugar itself is already dissolved and blends together. Talk about a refreshing drink for the summer! :)
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Yes, I do remember my first time visting KY and tasting sweet tea it was very good :) I want it again:laugh2:
 
Brian said:
I miss my grandmother's sweet tea. She would set the tea in big canning jar out in the sun for several hours or so.
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Sun tea (that's what my grandmother called it) was indeed the best. I've tried making tea like hers...but never could do it. She also served it in the huge gallon glass jars that come with the metal lids (made for canning). :) I can still remember drinking her tea on the porch while she hung sheets and clothes on the clothesline. I can smell the tea and the fresh laundry being aired out with the warm sunshine on my face. Oh, happy memories. :)
 
Jolie77 said:
The sweet tea are the big thing here as well. I like having it from time to time. I also agree, the sweetened tea is not as great as the sweet tea. The sweetened tea tastes like it is "processed" as of rather than having the authentic sweet tea. When I get iced tea with the sugars in the packet, I still could taste the sugar and it wasn't fully dissolved. Now, whereas with the sweet tea, you can taste the sugar but the sugar itself is already dissolved and blends together. Talk about a refreshing drink for the summer! :)
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Processed, yep...and you can still see the sugar settling down on the bottom of the glass...yuck.
 
Liebling:-))) said:
Interesting thread.

Without sweet/sweetened tea is common here in Germany. We don't use sweet/sweetened or add milk in herbal tea.

I remembered when I visited USA last year. I spot "Chai tea" and know automatic that it's herbal tea because I drink unsweet Chai tea here in Germany a lot... I was like :eek3: when they served chai tea with cream to me... I tasted... tooooooo sweet like they add 3 or 4 spoonful of sugars... :barf: Here in Germany, they served us black tea or coffee and herbal tea, then we do ourselves to add sugar, lemon and milk... It's very hard for me to drink Chai tea... My Ader friends told me to tell them next time to not add milk and sugar because they automatic serve milk and sugar in any coffee, tea, etc... :eek3:

We prefer to have unsweet tea... I never see any sweet tea before like what you described here. Maybe you mean iced tea?
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Does Germany have Lipton or Luzianne tea bags? If not, and you want some, I will mail some to you (for real). Just PM me. And then you can make sweet tea using Reba's link (see above) and try it for yourself. :)
 
Oceanblue7 said:
Yes, I do remember my first time visting KY and tasting sweet tea it was very good :) I want it again:laugh2:
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Heh, Well come on right over and I'll make the sweet tea for you :)

deafbajagal said:
Processed, yep...and you can still see the sugar settling down on the bottom of the glass...yuck.
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Yep and also when drinking the sweetened tea, it's like drinking the sugar itself rather than the tea.
 
Reba said:
Chai tea is not traditional Southern sweet tea. Lipton, Nestea and Luzianne are popular for sweet tea. Traditional sweet tea doesn't use herbal teas.

GRITS - A celebration of Southern cooking and kitchen traditions



Yes, sweet tea and sweetened tea are both iced teas but they aren't the same.

If you visit the South, you'll get traditional sweet tea unless you request unsweet tea.
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Interesting... and :ty: for recipe link... Ice tea... yes, that's what I thought so. Interesting, I wasn't realize the difference between sweet tea and sweetened tea.... Do you mean real sugar and artifical sweetner? correct?
 
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