Ice Tea - Sweet or Unsweet?

[ORChick]

Tea - black, and brewed from loose tea leaves - is a HOT drink, and best without sweetener of any kind, but possibly a bit of lemon. In restaurants in the summer I will have a glass of iced tea with lunch, as hot tea is usually too complicated for the average restaurant. Sometimes I will make sun tea with herbs from the garden, but this is not *tea*; *tea* is black tea. When I am sick hot tea with a bit of honey (and a bit of rum) is welcome. Hot tea is actually very cooling on a hot day - though not many Americans would ever agree with that sentiment. The English in India ween't completely crazy - though they did tend to use milk and sugar

. I'm glad for this thread, as it has shown me that I will need to be careful if I travel into the southern states

 

[flowerchild59]

Unsweet tea all the way. I will occasionally brew it with a couple of leaves of the stevia plant to give it a subtle sweet taste.
I get an assortment of teas from our local International grocery store here in southern Illinois. They have a great selection of teas with names like gun powder, and of course, white, black, greens of all varieties. I brew it and drink some of it hot, but I like it cold and icy with lots of ice cubes.
Sweet tea is gross. And the sugar is bad for your health.

 

[Mrsfoote]

Okay no offense to southern sweet tea drinkers....lived in georgia for 3 years when my husband was stationed there and *GAG* never got use to it...i like sweetened tea SOMETIMES but not sweet

 

[quercus21]

Ice tea: Unsweetened, black tea like "Red Rose"
Hot Tea: Unsweetened, light green tea -