What's the deal with sweet tea?

[Uponastar]

I had sweet tea for the first time recently and didn't care for it at all, even though I like "sweet". I realized, though, when I was almost through with it, that it had no lemon. I think I'd have liked it better if it had. Is sweet tea usually served without lemon?

 

[Master Yoda]

Oh, no doubt. But apart from states like Georgia or North Carolina where EVERYONE considers the state as part of The South, Florida is just kind of meh on the subject.

It's all those Yankee immigrants! :lookaroun :lol:

Florida is an odd bird. The farther south you drive the less southern you get.

I had sweet tea for the first time recently and didn't care for it at all, even though I like "sweet". I realized, though, when I was almost through with it, that it had no lemon. I think I'd have liked it better if it had. Is sweet tea usually served without lemon?

Tea is like pizza or BBQ. There is no one right way. Most restaurants will serve lemon with tea regardless if it sweet or unsweetened.

 

[njDizFan]

Okay, thanks I think I finally get it. Sweet tea is a concotion all to itself and is huge in the south. So the real question remains: has any Northeasterner ever heard the term "Sweet tea" before say a year or so ago?

:shrug:

 

[Laura]

Okay, thanks I think I finally get it. Sweet tea is a concotion all to itself and is huge in the south. So the real question remains: has any Northeasterner ever heard the term "Sweet tea" before say a year or so ago?

:shrug:

I never heard of it until I moved from NY to NC. After 10 years in NC, we now live in CA and the servers look at my husband like he's speaking Chinese whenever he tries to order sweet tea. I don't think he's quite figured out that they don't make it in CA so I'll just let him continue to embarrass himself for a while. :lol:

 

[Master Yoda]

Okay, thanks I think I finally get it. Sweet tea is a concotion all to itself and is huge in the south. So the real question remains: has any Northeasterner ever heard the term "Sweet tea" before say a year or so ago?

:shrug:

Most of the people that I know that have not spent much time the south east United States have no clue what sweet tea is. Same for other such southern delicacies as grits and chicken fried steak.

 

[tigsmom]

Okay, thanks I think I finally get it. Sweet tea is a concotion all to itself and is huge in the south. So the real question remains: has any Northeasterner ever heard the term "Sweet tea" before say a year or so ago?

:shrug:

Yes, but only because we travel down South a lot. McDonald's and a few other chains are trying to bring region specific menu items to a larger group; it's working in some places, but not in others. There are foods I can get at Wendy's in Florida that I cannot here in NY because they do not sell as well (or so the manager has told me) and in many places you can get hot dogs & pizza at McDonalds as well as some of what they call "seasonal favorites" here all year long.

 

[Phonedave]

Okay, thanks I think I finally get it. Sweet tea is a concotion all to itself and is huge in the south. So the real question remains: has any Northeasterner ever heard the term "Sweet tea" before say a year or so ago?

:shrug:

Yep, I have

Oddly enough, I have a friend who spent 10 years living in Japan. On his return to the US, he would call the "Northern" sweetend iced tea "Sweet tea". According to him, thats "Sweet Tea" in Japan

-dave