Ice Tea - Sweet or Unsweet?

[geepy]

Unsweet with lemon is the only way from fl. Please never try ice coffee, yuck.

 

[easttxchick]

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Same in Texas-sweet. Is there any other way?

 

[mississippifarmboy]

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Amen Sister, but then again here in the south there is another liquid commonly drank outta mason jars too.

 

[PurpleChicken]

And here I thought this would become a heavily debated subject. You people are being too darn nice.



Sweet tea sweetened with honey is exempt from any anti sweet tea bashing.

 

[Southerngirl]

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I do believe I too have sampled that other liquid in a mason jar ! It is the other Southern tea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gold Griffin Chicken Mom]

I am from Charleston, SC. Iced tea was MEANT to be sweet, lol.

When I was little, we used a measuring cup of sugar to two quarts (half gallon) of tea. However, through the years I have reduced the amount of sugar I use. I now call it my "barely sweet tea". One half cup of sugar in a gallon of tea is my current amount. I did have the sugar at less than that, but realized with the well water we are using here in the new house that the tea taste was severely affected and I could barely drink my own tea. I got a water filter pitcher and use the filtered water for the tea making. Also, apparently playing with the water filter caused my three children to drink more water all this past Spring and Summer. I guess it was worth the purchase price, lol. Oh, and you need to use one "iced tea bag" per QUART of water. Otherwise it's just too weak when the ice melts.

Hot tea is unsweet, unless I'm sick and using honey and lemon and RUM.

Japanese and Chinese hot tea are all drunk unsweet. The ex-husband used to use four packets of sugar in a small cup of Chinese hot tea. (Montel Williams: "There's a reason why and ex is an ex...")

Instant tea is an invention of the DEVIL, I tell ya! I ask "What's wrong with the tea?" at church and the lazy person doing Coffee Hour tells me "Nothing." Ha! Someone snuck that powdered junk (worse words deleted...) in the kitchen again! Some people need to be flogged! I'll show you how to use the tea maker machine if you don't know how to use a pot on the stove! For the love of God, people!!! (Why, no, how did you ever know that I had such a strong opinion on this subject? lol)

Oh, and showing my pedantry even further: "Ice" tea is ice cubes made from tea. "Iced" tea is tea that has had ice added.

 

[Morgan7782]

Iced Tea I LOAD with sugar. Can't help it, I am a sugar fiend lol. Sweet sweet sweet iced tea yum and lots of ice. I only drink peppermint or sleepytime tea hot and neither of those need sugar, at least to me

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Dang it, you got me on my own thread. See what the frustration of ruining tea with sugar does to me.

 

[X2Farm]

SWEEEEEEEEEET!!!! Only way to have it

4 family size bags of Luzianne tea, added to boiling water to steep for a short time (unless I forget, which I usually do

) then add 1 1/2c sugar and stir with a whisk until disolved... pour into gallon jug and add cool/cold water, stirring the whole time, till its full. Cap and put in fridge

I don't drink much, since I'll balloon from all the sugar, but an ice cold glass on a sweltering summer day in GA suuuuuuuure does the body good

 

[Mrs MIA]

I'm a middle of the road gal... I like it lightly sweetened. Just to take the edge off.

I like to brew sun-tea. Ginger peach is my favorite.

Of course, I've only gotten to brew sun tea ONCE this summer (grumble grumble rant rave)... as it is raining...still...