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When you eat out, do you know what iced tea you are drinking?

Posted on 10/25/21 at 12:32 pm
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45804 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 12:32 pm
Are certain brands better than others? I'm expanding soon and adding tea, and I'm not a tea drinker. I'm trying to see if there are preferences or if it is all the same. Community, Luzianne, River Roads, something else.

Thanks for the feedback.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
89842 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 12:35 pm to
does not matter as long as it's unsweetened
Posted by tlsu15
Capital of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
10019 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 12:38 pm to
I would imagine most people couldn’t tell the difference
Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
13253 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 12:39 pm to
I like River Road tea and coffee. Luzianne iced tea is good too.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38761 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

Community, Luzianne, River Roads, something else.

whoever gives you the best pricing. They all taste pretty much the same (which is good, all three are good teas)

honestly if i ran a restaurant the Non-alcoholic beverage choices would be water, iced tea and lemonade, period. and i'd put up a big sign making it clear that soft drinks are not served, and "you're welcome"
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45804 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 1:27 pm to
quote:

and i'd put up a big sign making it clear that soft drinks are not served, and "you're welcome"


shite the customers are mad enough currently that I don't have fountain drinks (no room for an ice machine currently) I can't image the shite storm it would cause for no soft drinks
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38761 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 1:34 pm to
tell them it’s for their own good LOL
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81622 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 2:27 pm to
I have not had even a decent tea in a restaurant in so long i would not even begin to know how to answer.
Posted by marcus3000
The nice part of Gardere
Member since Jan 2018
847 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 2:41 pm to
Mom didn't want my brother and I drinking all the sugar, so we grew up drinking unsweetened tea. That's how we both like it today.
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30005 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 2:55 pm to
yes tea brands are much different just like coffee

from very mild to stand up a spoon in, so they can be all over the place

i rather the black tea over green tea or other types

just boil the water first, then turn off heat and drop in the tea bags

DO NOT BOIL THE TEA BAGS or it scorches the tea and makes it very bitter
This post was edited on 10/25/21 at 3:26 pm
Posted by GeauxTigers0107
South Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
9716 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 3:26 pm to
I don't know what the Chinese places use but that shite's always good. Feels like I've seen those Luzianne dispensers in there...idk.
Posted by WigSplitta22
The Bottom
Member since Apr 2014
1462 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 3:46 pm to
quote:

does not matter as long as it's unsweetened




Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
9556 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:04 pm to
quote:

does not matter as long as it's unsweetened

Unsweetened is absolutely the norm in NOLA. I saw an Alton Brown show where a local woman was drinking iced tea. He was so confident that, because this was "the South", it would have to be very sweet.

Kind of embarrassed himself. At least they didn't cut it out of the final show.
Posted by Sacrifice_blunts
Member since Jun 2013
298 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:29 pm to
All the brands you listed make a good unsweetened tea..

The only time I pay attention is at self serve places and will NOT drink Gold Peak (machine where you can change the flavors). That shite is gross. I feel like this is only a self service thing and most restaurants don't use those because tea is so cheap to make.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58123 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:42 pm to
I haven’t ordered an ice tea in a restaurant in 20 plus years.
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
13934 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:06 pm to
quote:

Unsweetened is absolutely the norm in NOLA
I think it’s the norm in restaurants throughout south Louisiana, but many offer a choice between sweet and unsweetened. Visitors do seem to assume that we are all sweet tea drinkers because we’re in the south.

I do like to add Splenda to my unsweetened tea, though.

Nobody around here uses Lipton?
Posted by madamsquirrel
The Snarlington Estate
Member since Jul 2009
48569 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:09 pm to
quote:

will NOT drink Gold Peak (machine where you can change the flavors). That shite is gross
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 6:27 pm to
As long as it's fresh brewed, I cannot tell the difference. Though I do notice some places have better tea than others, but I've never investigated what tea they each use.
Posted by Shingo
Louisiana, USA
Member since Sep 2010
3852 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 8:06 pm to
I agree and love unsweet tea. Community makes a super product
Posted by G Vice
Lafayette, LA
Member since Dec 2006
12918 posts
Posted on 10/25/21 at 8:51 pm to
I would say offer both sweetened and unsweetened tea options.

There are people like my wife who will like to make a half-n-half, at place like Zoe's or Newk's, where you serve your own tea, and can make it half sweet and half unsweet.

ETA: make this an option if not self serve and it would only come from the kitchen
This post was edited on 10/25/21 at 8:54 pm
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