How do you like your Iced Tea

[Roux 'b Doux]

How do you like your iced tea?

Here in Texas most people love their iced tea really sweet, personally I like mine unsweet. There are a few that don't like their "cold" tea with ice, and some who don't drink tea at all, an aberration in the South generally. So I thought it would be fun to see who likes their tea and how they like their tea.

[Midnightmoon]

Sweet tea only here.

[Roux 'b Doux]

Originally Posted by Midnightmoon

Sweet tea only here.

Bet you're a southerner or better yet a Texan.

[Old skipper]

Tea ice is good but not required, no sugar but lemon or lime is always nice.

[Midnightmoon]

Originally Posted by Roux 'b Doux

Bet you're a southerner or better yet a Texan.

Lifelong PA resident. But, we spend as much time as we can in the south.

[farnik78]

Ice unsweetened no lemon

[Cannon]

sweet, very sweet and very very sweet.

[2nOZ]

Ice cold and sweet, sweet, sweet. Good ole Southern boy and DW from TX.

[Murff]

I like my ice tea in someone else's glass, so I don't have to drink it.

But, I understand the appeal. Kinda like those who play golf, not my cup of tea but understand the appeal.

Murff

[Witt74]

cold and sweet, no lemon

[Zinkow]

Cold, unsweetened, sometimes with a slice of lemon or lime

[Kim Gass]

Unsweet and mixed 3:1 with lemon juice. The tart kind Real Lemon.. Not lemon drink.
This makes me not a Southerner!

[Dskyward]

I actually like it equally both ways, sweetened and unsweetened.

[Bookemdanno]

Originally Posted by Dskyward

I actually like it equally both ways, sweetened and unsweetened.

I kinda like it half & half, so don't feel bad.

[Longleaf]

I have been drinking sweet tea my whole life, but recently because of sugar issues, should really only drink unsweetened and add artificial sweetener. I have found over the years the key to making good tea is to begin with really good water, I prefer filtered drinking water. Please don’t ever make your tea in a coffee pot, even if it has been washed, you can still tell the difference. Also, lately I have enjoyed a “Arnold Palmer”, which is 1/2 Tea and 1/2 Lemonade, you can do this without using any added sugar.

[Dskyward]

Originally Posted by Bookemdanno

I kinda like it half & half, so don't feel bad.

Lol. I’ve been to some restaurants that really put a load of sugar and that’s a bit over the top for me.

[KCSA75]

I'm not a sweet tea guy.

I used to travel through the deep south for work and every time I asked for unsweetened tea in a restaurant, they looked at me like I had three heads.

[Sean1980]

Sweet and nice and Cold!!! No lemon. Lemons are for lemonade!!

[Parcany]

I like sweetened tea but 2 years ago I had a kidney stone that was 6 mm trying to go thru a 4 mm tube and had to have surgery. Was told by the Doc that the tea made the kidney stone. Now I have a glass of orange juice every morning and drink more water. He told me that I could still drink tea but drink 1 glass of water for every 1 glass to tea. Surgery was not fun but the 9 days after surgery was the most painful, until the stent was removed.

[Roux 'b Doux]

Originally Posted by Longleaf

I have been drinking sweet tea my whole life, but recently because of sugar issues, should really only drink unsweetened and add artificial sweetener. I have found over the years the key to making good tea is to begin with really good water, I prefer filtered drinking water. Please don’t ever make your tea in a coffee pot, even if it has been washed, you can still tell the difference. Also, lately I have enjoyed a “Arnold Palmer”, which is 1/2 Tea and 1/2 Lemonade, you can do this without using any added sugar.

That sounds good, the 1/2 tea and 1/2 lemonade. Do you make the lemonade or buy some? I don't drink sugar in my iced tea, but about 1/2 teaspoon in my hot tea. I do want my tea for icing to be really strong otherwise it tastes like flavored water when you put it over ice. Yuck.