So is Florida "sweet tea" what we'd call Nestea/iced tea up in Canada?

[Lavitz]

So I remember trying iced tea at WDW and being in for a nice shock (DD spit it out lol). I hear people talking about "sweet tea" and just wanted to make sure it's what we'd normally call Nestea or just regular iced tea up in Canada.

 

[BrinkofSunshine]

I think Nestea only comes in flavors (correct me if I'm wrong!), but southern sweet tea is just brewed tea with sugar in it. I don't like it, and I was raised in Florida.

 

[bdcp]

Sweet tea is fresh brewed tea that has sugar in it (sugar is usually dissolved in the hot tea before it is cooled ). Not the same thing as Nestea at all. Nestea is gross IMHO. But, I'm a southerner by birth and still live in technically what is a southern state and prefer unsweetened tea.

 

[JaxDad]

Sweet Tea is iced tea brewed with sugar, sometimes LOTS of sugar. If you just order tea, that's generally what you'll get. You should order "Half 'n' Half" or "Half Sweet." If you're pouring your own, then go 1/4 sweet and 3/4 unsweet...

 

[sunshinehighway]

Yea it's just iced tea with sugar. I'm not really sure why people think it's some great, magical drink you have to be in the South to get.

 

[potterfanatic]

If you order tea in Florida you will get the sugar tea. They also have non-sugared tea (like we have in the north) but you have to ask for un-sweetened tea.

 

[ols386]

I think Nestea tastes awful.

 

[Disneylover99]

I like Nestea, but I hate "sweet tea".
I prefer hot tea with milk, no sugar.

 

[JaxDad]

Yea it's just iced tea with sugar. I'm not really sure why people think it's some great, magical drink you have to be in the South to get.

Do people really think it's great and magical? I just prefer brewed tea (sweet or unsweet) over syrup mixed with water and blue, pink or yellow packets of stuff dumped in...

 

[Frozen Canuck]

I am a Canadian living in the U.S. and was raised on Good Host Iced Tea. (I still have my in-laws import it for me when they come to visit!). I can't stand Nestea and I would say that it does not taste like the American south's sweet tea. You should be able to find recipes online for "sweet tea" (this one got good reviews),which is essentially fresh-brewed tea that is sweetened with sugar (or sometimes with a simple syrup made by boiling sugar together with water). A friend of mine from Georgia once told me, "When you have made fresh iced tea and think it is sweet enough, add another scoop of sugar and then you will have sweet tea." We live in the northeast now and my husband has found that he prefers their "unsweetened iced tea" (what you will usually get served if you ask for iced tea here), which is just fresh brewed tea over ice.

 

[North of Mouse]

We always drink sweet tea in the south (our favorite 'hot weather' drink), but we use Lipton or Luzianne, not Nestea. If you want unsweetened, just ask, as most of it is sweetened - needs sugar added while hot to dissolve and taste right!!

 

[firecracker725]

We always drink sweet tea in the south (our favorite 'hot weather' drink), but we use Lipton or Luzianne, not Nestea. If you want unsweetened, just ask, as most of it is sweetened - needs sugar added while hot to dissolve and taste right!!

I'm a southern girl, and one of the best things to happen to me was Lipton Cold Brew tea. As long as you use tap water, the sugar dissolves just fine.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Yea it's just iced tea with sugar. I'm not really sure why people think it's some great, magical drink you have to be in the South to get.

I don't think it's magical or anything but it's not always easy to get. Where I live in NY if I ask for iced tea it comes unsweetened and cold so it's hard to get the sugar to dissolve. When you ask for it in the south many places already have it sweetened.

 

[bookgirl]

Sweet Tea is actually a process not just tea with sugar. Sweet tea is a concentrated brewed tea that is cut with simple syrup instead of plain water. (Simple syrup is water and sugar that has been brought to heat, not quite boiling but above a simmer, until the sugar is dissolved and will not separate when cooled) It's a slightly different taste due to the cooked sugar.

Personally I abhor tea of any kind but I live in the Midwest and its popular here my family likes it.

 

[Shanti]

Southern sweet tea is just brewed tea with sugar in it. I don't like it, and I was raised in Florida.

I'm a fellow Southerner (from Texas), and I also hate tea. We should form a support group.

 

[ronandannette]

So I remember trying iced tea at WDW and being in for a nice shock (DD spit it out lol). I hear people talking about "sweet tea" and just wanted to make sure it's what we'd normally call Nestea or just regular iced tea up in Canada.

I actually LOVE "American" unsweetened ice tea - it's practically impossible to be served that here. Their sweet tea is more or less what you're thinking of except most of our "iced tea" products come with lemon-flavour, which they DO NOT in the States.

 

[Squirlz]

We're heading south tomorrow. One of the best things is sweet tea on every menu!

 

[scrhsa]

We always drink sweet tea in the south (our favorite 'hot weather' drink), but we use Lipton or Luzianne, not Nestea. If you want unsweetened, just ask, as most of it is sweetened - needs sugar added while hot to dissolve and taste right!!

I have to say that Luzianne is my favorite. I am from Texas---so I don't technically consider myself a Southerner--I am TEXAN That being said, I have been to and lived in enough Southern states to know a good sweet tea. That is ALL I ever drank growing up. Seriously, no Koolaid, no milk,no juice, barely plain ole water, only got cokes when we were sick. Now, at my age, I can only tolerate lightly sweetened tea but preferably unsweet...better yet, unsweet peach tea. Oh, and there is nothing worse than trying to sweeten ice cold tea. It just doesn't work

 

[sunshinehighway]

Do people really think it's great and magical? I just prefer brewed tea (sweet or unsweet) over syrup mixed with water and blue, pink or yellow packets of stuff dumped in...

Going by what I read on threads here, yeah people do seem to think that.

 

[firecracker725]

Sweet Tea is actually a process not just tea with sugar. Sweet tea is a concentrated brewed tea that is cut with simple syrup instead of plain water. (Simple syrup is water and sugar that has been brought to heat, not quite boiling but above a simmer, until the sugar is dissolved and will not separate when cooled) It's a slightly different taste due to the cooked sugar.

Personally I abhor tea of any kind but I live in the Midwest and its popular here my family likes it.

IDK what kind of yankee business that is, but that is not how my nannie (grandmother) used to make her tea, nor anyone I've ever met. You put the water and the teabags on to boil, and let it steep. Then you pour it in a pitcher, add sugar, and stir. When the sugar is dissolved, you add water to the tippy-top.