re: Is having Sweet Tea at restaurants a requirement to be Southern?

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Chimes is a Yankee establishment.

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either you haven't had a boudin omelet or this is a terrible troll

I only drink unsweet tea, when it passes these lips, it don't need any more sugar

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seven metric tons of sugar into a pitcher of ice tea?

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Still less sugar than your average soft drink.

Sweet tea is too damned sweet. I prefer it unsweetened.

How about getting a glass of iced tea and adding your own sugar.

I prefer unsweetened iced tea now compared to when I was younger,

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sweet tea has more sugar than Coke usually

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Well considering American Coke uses high fructose corn syrup you would be correct. Even Mexican Coke uses 30-40% hfcs with the test real sugar.

And I grew up on sweet tea but I can drink it both ways.

Growing up I hardly remember anywhere in BR or La south of Alexandria offering sweet tea. It's more of a traditional south thing.

Frankly I find it disgustingly sweet, and it's fitting for the more simple palates of MS and AL. To this day, I have never recalled such childish taste preferences at the table as displayed by people from MS I knew back in college. I.e. Would not eat a burger if it had anything other than ketchup. Would not eat on plate with various foods mixed together. These were supposedly sophisticated people from good MS towns.

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Is having Sweet Tea at restaurants a requirement to be Southern?

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No, but it's a sign that I'll be having a Coca-Cola.