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Posted on 3/13/09 at 11:23 pm
Posted by PoliticLA
Member since Sep 2007
810 posts
Posted on 3/13/09 at 11:23 pm
I take my Iced Tea unsweetened. For the most part in Texas, every restaurant is required by the masses to carry Iced tea. But in most restaurants they only carry unsweetened. The exception to the rule is BBQ places which require sweet tea, and southern and home cooking restaurants.

How do y'all take your Iced Tea?
Posted by Etiger83
'dis meat baby mine ya erd
Member since Oct 2004
13150 posts
Posted on 3/13/09 at 11:25 pm to
Sweet

I hate in Tx or anywhere else when you get unsweetened and try to mix in the sugar and get that granular taste
This post was edited on 3/13/09 at 11:28 pm
Posted by tavolatim
denham springs
Member since Dec 2007
5114 posts
Posted on 3/13/09 at 11:30 pm to
It's a southern thing ...sweet iced tea.
When you see someone order unsweet tea...They be a Yankee
Posted by osunshine
Member since Jun 2008
2210 posts
Posted on 3/13/09 at 11:44 pm to
O’Darlin!

Sweet Tea is the House Wine of The South!

The sugar must be added to the fresh brewed tea as it comes out of the kettle so it dissolves completely and becomes 1 with the tea. Then Ice is added.

If people (Yankees) can not take it “full strength” then they should ask for half & half. This is half pre-pared sweetened and un-sweet.
This post was edited on 3/13/09 at 11:47 pm
Posted by TinyTigerPaws
Member since Aug 2004
35039 posts
Posted on 3/13/09 at 11:53 pm to
quote:

When you see someone order unsweet tea...They be a Yankee


sorry tim, not a yankee, but I order unsweet because most sweet teas taste funny to me. Adding splenda or equal works for me, unless they make weak tea....then it needs much more sugar.
This post was edited on 3/13/09 at 11:54 pm
Posted by iheartlsu
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
27726 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 12:27 am to
ya can't beat sweet
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22087 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 7:04 am to
I've lived all my 41 years in La. and I must say that I've probably consumed less than a gallon of tea--iced, sweet, unsweet, whatever--in my entire life.

However, I remember my mother being pissed when, up north, she would order tea with dinner and she got a teacup full of hot water and a Lipton Tea bag.

(OK, no tea bag jokes...my mom died a few years ago. )
Posted by pooponsaban
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2008
13494 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 7:18 am to
unsweet is the way to go...sweet should be an option...but I don't discriminate against the majority...
Posted by Eddie Vedder
The South Plains
Member since Jan 2006
4438 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 7:23 am to
sweet is the only way to go. i quit ordering tea here in Illinois because it just makes me mad; it will always be unsweetened and you can never get the sugar to dissolve enough to actually get the tea sweet.
Posted by andouille
A table near a waiter.
Member since Dec 2004
10709 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 7:31 am to
What's wrong with a choice? I can't have sugar, but a lot of you can. For me it's unsweet, and Bubba, I ain't a Yankee. I don't drink alcohol and tea usually the only non-sweet alternative to diet coke. I also like a club soda with a lime wedge, but I have actually been charged the price of a cocktail for this, luckily I caught it and raised hell.

What annoys me is not getting lemon on refills without asking, then someone has to make a trip and comes back with a saucer of 20 lemon wedges. If I used the lemon on the 1st glass, why wouldn't I want it on every refill? Rarely you find a place that takes pride in its iced tea and has several varieties, very pleasant.
Posted by Eddie Vedder
The South Plains
Member since Jan 2006
4438 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 7:35 am to
quote:

What's wrong with a choice?


i'm ok with a choice as long as they have both kinds pre-made. if all they have is unsweetened, it is just not the same. virtually impossible to get granulated sugar to dissolve in a glass of ice tea.
This post was edited on 3/14/09 at 7:38 am
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 8:26 am to
If all they have is unsweetened, you should ask for a 1/4 cup of near-boiling water along with it and make a simple syrup out of all their sugar packets.
Posted by FLU
Purgatory
Member since Dec 2008
1250 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 8:48 am to
I like it sweetened (only with sugar), and add lemon
Posted by tavolatim
denham springs
Member since Dec 2007
5114 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 9:06 am to
When I am forced to drink unsweet tea(as I was at the Hawks Nest)I have to go with the sweet and low....because...

quote:

virtually impossible to get granulated sugar to dissolve in a glass of ice tea.
Posted by rutiger
purgatory
Member since Jun 2007
21134 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 9:19 am to
sweet, but at home i drink unsweetened iced green tea.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97674 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 9:53 am to
Unsweetened, if I'm going to drink sweet tea, I might as well order Kool-Aid.
Posted by Dribble
Hey, nice marmot.
Member since Jun 2008
9576 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 10:08 am to
Half and Half always.
It seems that many people like their sweet tea to have a syrup consistency and I just can't do it like that.When I was a teenager maybe, now not so much.

Posted by SonOfMike
Austin, TX
Member since Oct 2007
5886 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 12:41 pm to
Sweet tea is the only way to go IMO. You have to add simple syrup when its 75% done to get deliciousness
Posted by Dorothy
Munchkinland
Member since Oct 2008
18153 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 12:52 pm to
quote:

Half and Half always.
It seems that many people like their sweet tea to have a syrup consistency and I just can't do it like that.


+1 (I can't believe I just agreed with a Bama fan!)

But I like having the choice too, 'cause my mom is diabetic and can't have it sweet.
Posted by lsufan9193969700
3 miles from B.R.
Member since Sep 2003
55128 posts
Posted on 3/14/09 at 3:18 pm to
I only drink it sweetened. Any restraunt that does not have sweet tea can kiss my business goodbye!
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