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johnniesgirl 07-17-2012 05:39 PM

Oh my - yes we do. I'm from the Upstate NY and we drink iced tea all year long. Must have been that restaurant

berrypatch 07-18-2012 01:53 PM

NE PA has ice tea.

wolph33 07-18-2012 02:12 PM

I am way up northern Wi-and drink it hot and cold depending on the season or my desire that day.

haylillan 07-19-2012 03:44 PM

we have ice tea in summer and winter here in the middle of missouri, and free refills in some restaurants

SouthPStitches 07-19-2012 05:02 PM

I'm from central NY state and find ice tea more available in restaurants than it used to be, not just seasonal (summer). You won't find it sweetened however, unless you buy it that way in individual bottles (Lipton, Snapple).

BellaBoo 07-20-2012 04:24 PM

In most restaurants that serve sweet tea, I ask for half unsweet and half sweet. All southern food places know what you mean when you ask for half and half tea. And if the sweet tea comes from a tea brewer (next to the soda dispensers) with a name of tea on it, the restaurant has no control over the sugar, it's all prepackaged. McDonalds sweet tea is too sweet and no tea flavor. It is one horrible tea at least in this area.

May in Jersey 07-20-2012 04:45 PM

We travel up to Massachusetts several times a year and always find ice tea on the menu in all of the states from Jersey to Mass. You are correct that most restaurants don't know how to make ice tea, it's too diluted and off tasting. I usually get a glass of water with lemon and save my drink money for a nice dessert. .

We have ice tea alll summer long, I make a big pitcher everyday. To enjoy the most refreshing and thirst quenching drink I half full a very tall glass with ice cubes, sprinkle some sugar or sweetner over the cubes and squeeze a big slice of fresh lemon juice over everthing before add lots of cooled tea. Ahhhh, delicious.

For iced coffee I save a big cup of our morning coffee and pour it over ice cubes, no sugar please. Not as refreshing as iced tea but it's so good.

SueJ 07-22-2012 04:59 AM

My mother was a northern NJ girl & grew up on iced tea. Us girls make it the same way as Mom did. I use a Corelle Visions 4 qt pot (it's clear with no teflon coating). Fill the pot with cold water, add 4 family size tea bags & turn it off as soon as it starts to bubble. I normally let it cool down. Remove tea bags just before making a 2 quart pitcher of tea. Add 2 cups of sugar & cold water. I also make a pitcher of tea using Splenda sugar & while it doesn't taste as sweet, I still love it.
Sue

QuiltingKrazy 07-22-2012 05:06 AM

My daughter went to OHIO back in Feb of this year for work and was there 2 weeks. There was a group of about 6 people and they were so glad when they got back to NC. The one thing they missed most was ICED TEA! The funnest thing while there was getting their Northern co-workers to start saysing "Y'all" ! hehe

maxo 07-25-2012 03:21 PM

We drink buckets of ice tea all year round...but no sugar, who needs those calories when it is so refreshing just as it is?
Oh and I also drink hot tea everyday...not a coffee drinker.

IrishNY 07-25-2012 05:00 PM

I'm from NY and drank ice tea all the time, never had a problem ordering it in restaurants. Now I live in the south and I still drink tea all the time but only unsweetened. I cannot stand sweet tea and will never get used to it. It's the same as coffee - if you drink it black or with cream only, you won't be able to drink it with sugar. It's what you get used to.

Anderson 07-25-2012 11:33 PM

I am from United States and here i s ice tea is so special and i lover to take this tea in restaurants i only
take this ice tea from one restaurant in untied states because my taste is compared with this
restaurant

Davidryan 07-27-2012 09:50 PM

Well I have know much about green tea and black tea but have not any idea about ice tea but I am anxious to know about its taste and its properties because we know that green tea is free from fats and result in weight loss . Is this tea has the same benefits which we can have from green tea ? .

Davidryan 07-28-2012 12:55 AM


Originally Posted by Davidryan (Post 5399926)
Well I have know much about green tea and black tea but have not any idea about ice tea but I am anxious to know about its taste and its properties because we know that green tea is free from fats and result in weight loss . Is this tea has the same benefits which we can have from green tea ? .

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DaylilyDawn 07-29-2012 02:46 PM

Sometimes I order tea in eating places, and I have to change my drink to water due to the tea tasting very nasty. It is because the tea has sat to long in what ever container and the container has not been washed in some time. I drink ice tea year round and I can tell when it is fresh or when it isn't.


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