alleyoop1

In the south it's called 'sweet tea' and up north (home for me) it's called iced tea. Don't know where you traveled that didn't have it.

sew_southern

My DH went with a church group to Vermont about 3 years ago. Beautiful area, but no sweet tea. At each place they ate and asked for it, they were given iced tea and some sugar packets. Gross! He said they even tried to explain to some waitresses how to make it and they seemed intriqued by the concept. The first thing he wanted after getting home was a nice tall glass of sweet iced tea! Lol

Both DD's went to NYC 2 years ago and couldn't find any either. At least everyone was ready to come home soon, if only for the sweet tea! Lol

Latrinka

I love lebanese tea!

LoriMcc

We have it in Iowa. I drink it all the time!

kuntryquilter

Several years ago I went to Rhode Island on a business trip. The restaurants in the town where I was did not serve Iced tea, it was out of season (I was there in Nov.). I solved the problem by ordering hot tea & a glass of ice. Any true southern girl knows how to make good Ice tea.

redeagle

My first encounter with sweet tea was in Costa Rica about 10 yrs ago. I ordered iced tea and when I tasted it I knew it was sweetened. Being diabetic I had to order No Sugar but I sure did love the taste of sweet tea.

AZ Jane

Sweet ice tea is best fresh. Restaurants seem to let it sit too long. I only drink homemade. But now I have to cut back on sugar and tea id one of the first to go

linkd

I'm with Kuntryquilter. I was traveling in the southeast one summer and couldn't get iced tea. I like it brewed and UNsweetened. DIY in the restaurants worked fine, everybody in the places I did it thought I was crazy. But if you are not used to it, sweet tea is cloying. And I sure don't need the calories. McDonalds introduced sweettea in northern California just a few years ago, and I understand that it now outsells the regular kind even here. So now I have to ask for 'regular'.

Normabeth

I live in New Jersey, the restaurants that I go to offer sweet or unsweeten or flavored teas

joycet

I can remember when in restaurants in the south the tea was never sweet. My aunt had a seafood restaurant in NW Fl and she is the first one that I remember ever serving sweet iced tea. In fact her place was reviewed by some magazine and they mentioned that..about the sweet tea. Naturally you have to sweeten it when it's hot and I like mine "aged" overnight before I drink it. I know..I can be weird at times!!! LOL

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joyce