Sweet tea?

[DNSDisney]

Where in the WDW parks and resorts is the best Iced Sweet Tea without lemon? I am a southern tea drinker and I have yet to find any place in WDW that has good tea. Although I have only been to Garden Grill, PT 50's, Ohana's, Chef Mickeys, Bomas (there hot teas are wonderful) and the castle.
Any ideas on where I could find drinkable sweet tea?

Thanks,
Sharon

 

[Kermit]

I think that all of the tea is Nestea, so it's all gross. I've heard you can get iced tea at the afternoon tea at the GF, so that might be good.

 

[Dodie]

I drink "northern tea" (with no sweetner at all) myself, but have NEVER had a decent glass of iced tea anywhere in Disney World. I think someone posted that it's because it's Nestea (Nestle is a big WDW sponsor). I know that it all tastes like INSTANT vs. BREWED.

Yuck.

(The coffee is bad too.)

 

[Dancind]

You know, I grew up in the South (East Texas), drinking sweet tea. Moved away from the relatives that made it when I was mid-school age, drinking sweet tea only when visiting. Never realized until I read it on the DIS boards that it wasn't just tea with sugar added! I guess my Mom didn't make it that way, maybe my Dad didn't like it. Anyway, I think you're out of luck at WDW. Unless you bring a gallon yourself. Or stay at a DVC villa with a kitchen and make some! Diana

 

[DNSDisney]

Not to start a riot or anything, but do you think that anyone would mind if I made some of my southern sun tea on the balcony?

 

[eeyore0062]

The only place that I have heard has fresh brewed Sweet Tea is Columbia Harbour House in Magic Kingdom!

 

[turbodisney]

I always like the unsweetened tea...the best we have had it is at the Brown Derby or the Japanese place in EPCOT.

 

[AliciaS]

I bet it's all going to be nasty because it will be made with WDW water. Even the soda from machines in undrinkable to me. Milkshakes on the other hand.....

We just got back from a trip to Southern California and I enjoyed asking the servers for sweet tea just to see the looks on their faces. Hee.

 

[MelanieC]

The only place in WDW that I have had "Southern Sweet Tea" is at Liberty Tree Tavern in the MK. This is one of my favorite restaurants. Last year when we went I had the best dish of my entire vacation there.

We like Lunch here only. Dinner is a Character "Thanksgiving" type meal. Lunch is very tasty, and the tea is AWESOME!

Enjoy.

 

[Safari Steve]

I think that all of the tea is Nestea, so it's all gross.

Not so! If you get it from a quick service location that only has a soda fountain then yes, it will be Nestea (Nas-tea), but table service restaurants all offer brewed iced tea... now sweetened is a whole different story... depends on the location. Oh well. BTW, I grew up in Charleston, SC and we make sweet tea by brewing some tea and adding sugar... what kind of strange concoction do they make in East TX?

Also (slightly OT) the water at Jungle Cruise is now a funny brown color, and I've been telling guests that it was Nestea that no one would drink!

 

[Dancind]

I believe that "southern sweet tea" is made by brewing the tea with sugar in it, instead of adding it later. Diana

 

[DNSDisney]

No we don't boil it with the sugar in it.
We add it later too but when it is still hot in the pitcher.
Nestea is the nastiest tasting stuff I think I have ever tasted!
Southern tea is made usually with either Teatley or lipton tea bags. I think our tea bags are the taste factor. I was inMaine and tried to make sweet tea with Red Rose tea and it tasted just as nasty as the Nestea to me.

 

[Safari Steve]

I use lipton, and yes you add the sugar while it is still hot (after brewing but before adding cold water). Sugar dissolves better in hot tea than in cold, which means you can get more in there without having granules in the bottom of the pitcher. Whether you boil your tea on the stove or use a coffee maker, brewing with sugar would result in burned sugar on the bottom of your pot or busted tea bags from stirring. If it is possible, I don't see the advantage, and I certainly can't see how it would taste any different. Sugar and tea are sugar and tea regardless of the order in which they are combined.

 

[d-r]

Columbia Harbor House has pretty good sweet tea

 

[Mrs.A]

They have wonderful sweet tea in Myrtle Beach S.C. It is a very nice place to vacation on the off years of Disney.

 

[Antonia]

Another southern sweet tea drinker here - I nearly went into withdrawal the 9 nine days we were in Florida in June. I usually have several glasses of sweet tea every day at home. Boil the Tetley tea bags, pour it over 2 cups of sugar in the pitcher, stir it up and then add cold water to that. Delicious and so refreshing. I'll have to remember LTT and Columbia Harbour House next rrip.

 

[Tarheel Tink]

For a different taste, add a few peach tea bags for a Southern
Peach Sweet Tea!
Now I've made myself thirsty!

 

[Dreamfinder2]

Well, I do declare. I didn't know there was any sweet tea ANYWHERE in the World.

Sweet tea, like grits, are hard to pull off if you weren't raised on 'em. But, just so you dear folks north of the Mason-Dixon line can experience the real deal, here's a recipe for "the Champagne of the South." Most southerners like their tea a little too sweet and a little too strong, but hey, if it's authenticity you're after ...

1 gallon water
4-5 family sized tea bags
2 1/2 - 3 cups sugar
lemon slices to garnish, optional
sprig of mint

Bring water to boil in a 1 1/2 gallon saucepan. Turn off heat and add tea bags. Cover to steep for 10-15 minutes - for stronger tea allow to sit longer. Add sugar and stir to dissolve. Allow to cool and pour over glass of ice. Garnish with lemon and mint.

Water quality is CRUCIAL - if you local water is gross, used bottled.

 

[monte]

I grew up in Virginia and we always added the sugar while the water was still hot, but let the Lipton bags soak for about 1 hour. Good strong, sweet tea....yessirree Bob, nothing like a good glass of sweet tea. LLT is the only restaurant I found that offered sweet tea, alittle weak, but not bad. My husband is from Omaha and HATES sweet tea...oh well.

 

[monte]

I grew up in Virginia and we always added the sugar while the water was still hot, but let the Lipton bags soak for about 1 hour. Good strong, sweet tea....yessirree Bob, nothing like a good glass of sweet tea. LLT is the only restaurant I found that offered sweet tea, alittle weak, but not bad. My husband is from Omaha and HATES sweet tea...oh well.