Sweetened or Unsweetened

In the south, the majority of us like our tea sweet - before adding the ice. What is your tea preference?

Sweet all the way =)

SWEEEEET TEA PLEEEEEEASE!

soda

^^ soda = (sorry, Peepers)

sweet tea rocks! Sweet sun tea is fantastic!

WHo drinks soda Isn't that the open box in the back of the fridge to keep it smelling fresh?

There's a HUGE difference between the 'sweet tea' you southerners drink and the iced tea (which is sweetended, but not 'sweet tea') they serve up here!

Can't be too sweet though......I'm sweet enough as it is.

I was raised in Mississippi but my family was from Missouri so we always had our tea unsweetened. However, we didn't drink a lot of tea. My family is huge coffee drinkers and so am I.

Agreed. That "sweet tea" is nasty stuff. I liek iced tea with lemon and sugar....sweetened, btu a far cry from sweet tea.

Exactly, Dip!

I love sweet tea, but since I cut out sugar from my diet, I have now gone to unsweet tea with sweet and low. But it's just not the same.

Being a southerner who grew up in a house which always had tea, I love me some sweet tea. Any time I head North (the land of sucky tea), I'm ready to get home as quickly as possible to some good tea.

<---- unsweet...all the way

that "sweet stuff" doesn't quench my thirst

Mint Tea, Thank You

Sweet tea (as in 'southern')is so sweet that it almost makes me nautious. I don't even like to put sugar in mine. Unsweetened is the best for me

I like green tea.

When I was in Nashville last month I asked for sweet tea everywhere we went. Except when I was drinking Jack and Coke.

Have you tried Splenda? I think sweet and low (the pink or blue packs) and any artificial sweetner with aspartame in it taste funny.

me too

and white tea

and black tea

and oolong tea

and chai tea

I like tee shirts too!

Yeah, Splenda is good but there is some new stuff out that I've been using for my coffee called Truvia. It's way better.

I go with unsweet tea and sweet n low too.

I'm about as far "down south" as you can get...but I don't like sweeeeeet tea, I usually order mine half/half. As far as artificial sweetener, I'd rather drink water and as far as unsweet tea, I'd rather drink out of the creek.

I need to try that truvia. I also want to try some agave nectar.

LOLoaf @ drink out of the creek!

I laughed out load too.


Never heard of Truvia, will look into it.

I prefer mine with vodka.

mmmm vodka and iced tea.

Also, something very regional.

I was at a hotel bar in Boston and ordered a vodka an iced tea and I got a glass of ice, another glass with the vodka, hot water, and a tea bag. It was like make your own fajita night at a Mexican restaurant.

The bartender was dumbfounded that I wanted vodka mixed with iced tea.

i was at a bar once and ordered hot chocolate

the bartender wasn't dumbfounded at all

Unsweetened with extra lemon and 1 splenda

<<------------ a yankee in Texas; must always ask for my tea unsweet

I like Long Island Tea

The $20-30 variety or Jokerman's $5 special?

Love me some Thai tea, too!

I grew up on Sweet tea (yes, that capital S in on purpose) but over the years have learned to drink it less and less sweet. Now I make what I call "barely sweet" at home (for you other southerners, that's about 1/3c sugar for a pitcher of tea) and order half-and-half tea at restaurants. You just can't sweeten tea after it's cold. It doesn't work right.

< - - - - - Loves plain ole everyday ice tea, no sugar - so lemon just tea and tons of ice. Don't drink pop, just ice tea.

Now ice green tea needs one package of raw sugar but that is generally the only other type of ice tea I like. Gees, sound stuck in my way don't I

You were in Boston and didn't call me?

Before I knew you.

Truvia is a pretty good sugar substitute; seems pretty similar in taste.

I drink Arizona Green Tea diet decaf, the wife drinks that syrup called Southern Sweet Tea.

Oh, and whoever likes Sun Tea, there was something on TV a while ago that this was NOT a good way to prepare tea as it doesn't get hot enough to kill the germs and something about leaving it out and just letting it get warm aids in germ growth.

Nah! Just sounds a little "Corky"

Sun Tea is awesome!

Especially when you dump in large amounts of sugar and mix it with your bare hand, trailer park style.

Oh, and don't forget to remove the tea bags.

The tea bags left in it is what makes it yummy.

unsweetened hot and cold tea for me



When in NC did have sweet tea- it's ok once in a blue moon.

But once the tea has sat out and is ready, don't you then take the tea bags out?

Otherwise, wouldn't they break down over time leaking tea particles out of the bag?

We know her record with tea and heat...

I concur.

Yes, sometimes that MIGHT happen but the stronger the better for me.

Yeah Mr. Peepers...you have to remove YOUR tea-bags. Teehee...

well, I don't want to offend the company should I serve iced tea

Love fresh sweet tea with lots of ice, stale tea is nas---ty.

Oh yes...you serve that tea. Serve it all night long...

Anyone else here grow up on super-sweet sweet-tea mixed with lemonade? Good stuff...

I used to work next to a McAllister's Deli and they have really good sweet tea and lemonade. I used to mix them and it was really good.

I'm surprised this thread has come this far with no mention of sweet-tea flavored vodka. I haven't ventured to buy a bottle yet but intend to soon, and mix it 50/50 with lemonade.

Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka= heaven in a bottle!

Normally I drink unsweetened tea with Splenda - I want to try the Truvia, but just haven't bought any yet. Occasionally I'll get in the mood for sweet tea, but order half & half.... I was raised with sweeeet tea, but can't handle it now.

I also love Starbucks Chai Tea Latte.

This is a great idea! Thanks.

Had one a couple of weeks ago for the first time... very good, and almost deadly is goes down so smoothly.... mmmmm....

^^^^ sot.

why would they be offended? You surely don't pour the tea bags into the glasses, do you?

it's peepers. of course he does.