I've had sweet tea that was more sugar than tea. I don't order it out anymore. Only unsweetened for me. When I make my own at home, I just put honey in it. And, as a native Floridian, I can say my family gatherings growing up and today always included a choice of sweet or unsweet tea. Of course, the sweet tea was the most popular choice. :)
I have definitely had some unappetizingly sweet tea never got a taste for unsweetened Nestea. That's why I took up drinking coffee. I haven't had sweet tea in probably 30 years. Drinking sweet things was more a thing when I was younger. I like my coffee black. Before I left Florida, I didn't know there was any other tea except Nestea and Earl Grey. I didn't know that you can make tea from any non-toxic plant, just add hot water.
Oh, Earl Grey. My dad used to have a cup of that at 8 pm sharp every evening for YEARS, from the time I was a kid until well after I was grown up and moved out of the house. It was part of his sacred nighty routine. I think it finally changed about a decade ago when he started dating the woman across the street from him, and she got him into doing new things.
When it's 97 degrees and 100% humidity, I don't mind iced tea that is slightly sweetened. As long as it is cold and hold the lemon if it's sweet.
In the south, there is only sweet tea. There are no degrees. They add the sugar to hot tea for maximum saturation.
Nestea, of course
I've had sweet tea that was more sugar than tea. I don't order it out anymore. Only unsweetened for me. When I make my own at home, I just put honey in it. And, as a native Floridian, I can say my family gatherings growing up and today always included a choice of sweet or unsweet tea. Of course, the sweet tea was the most popular choice. :)
I have definitely had some unappetizingly sweet tea never got a taste for unsweetened Nestea. That's why I took up drinking coffee. I haven't had sweet tea in probably 30 years. Drinking sweet things was more a thing when I was younger. I like my coffee black. Before I left Florida, I didn't know there was any other tea except Nestea and Earl Grey. I didn't know that you can make tea from any non-toxic plant, just add hot water.
Oh, Earl Grey. My dad used to have a cup of that at 8 pm sharp every evening for YEARS, from the time I was a kid until well after I was grown up and moved out of the house. It was part of his sacred nighty routine. I think it finally changed about a decade ago when he started dating the woman across the street from him, and she got him into doing new things.
I hope he's still getting his polyphenols.
I know he has a couple of cups of coffee every morning. And, he takes a metric ton of supplements daily.