What do you mean no sweet tea?

[Dis703]

As someone who grew up in Florida but now lives in the Northeast, I was so excited to be able to find sweet tea on our last few trips to Disney. I had no trouble finding it most of the time. Maybe it was just a matter of where you were dining?

 

[GAN]

Obviously not....you've never lived in New England. Those people don't know what "R"s are.

Sure we know what "R"s are -we put them at the end of words that end in vowels. Like idea-"r" or aroma-"r".

 

[L&Lfan]

Wawa has both sweet and unsweet tea.

 

[LBIJim]

Obviously not....you've never lived in New England. Those people don't know what "R"s are.

Sure we know what "R"s are -we put them at the end of words that end in vowels. Like idea-"r" or aroma-"r".

Good one.

Remove the R where it's "necessary" and replace it where it's not. I like that way of thinking.

 

[PeterPanic]

The sweetness will often offset the leftover coffee acids leached into the tea when they use a coffee pot to heat the water.

And don't get me started on what a little sugar will do to highlight the floral aspects of darjeeling...

But I digress -- When I say "half-and-half," I'm talking half unsweetened and half sweet-tea (the Southern-style sweetened tea).


Although I do like a nice "Arnie Palmer" from time to time...

Those of us that are Ice Tea fans have special brewing machines that do not ever get near the nasty that is coffee.

That isn't how New Englanders talk. That is how Massachusetts folk, especially Boston, pronounce it. But remember that Boston is a whole nother world. We don't even consider it part of New England.


WRONG-

I am from ME, NH , VT and yes, that is HOW THEY TALK. I had to retrain myself when I moved 3 thousand miles away. I always know whether I visit Iowa, Texas, Florida or Nevada or California when I hear that accept. I say New England? and folks say YES. Then we talk about what we miss, for foods, the state of baseball, and the weather.
and, hen I am on the phone with someone, the accent comes back thick and fast.

Sorry, but I lived in north/western Vermont for 50 years and we did not talk that way. We might have dropped an "R" once in a while, (wata) but, no one I know ever said idear.

Hmm if we assume you mean Northern and eastern Vermont. Then we have pretty much split New England in half. My mom is from Bennington VT and we have both spent a lot of southern VT and they don't speak like that there. I am currently in MA and on this side of the state (which Boston doesn't think exists because they think Worcester is western MA...) we also don't speak like that.

 

[Goddesstree]

I can't drink all that sugar - I'd like to live a little bit longer, thank you, with all my organs intact. I like that they have less sugar in the tea at WDW, as I have one each trip as a special treat. All that sugar and high fructose corn syrup is really bad for you. I know WDW has a lot of bad food options, but I am glad that they have some healthy choices too.

 

[Zooshoveller]

I've lived my entire life in Alabama and I drink a lot of sweet tea. If we don't brew it ourselves, we buy gallons of Milo's. Most WDW places we ate at had Gold Peak which is just wrong but not completely horrendous. I don't remember which ones had real sweet tea. (I do like it when we eat at 5 Guys, they serve Gold Peak and it always reminds me of WDW! LOL) But the best sweet tea is at V&A. They serve it with sweet tea ice cubes so it doesn't get watered down.

As far as a fluffer nutter, we grew up calling it a peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich. (Yes made with fluff not individual marshmallows.) my family's personal favorite is pb and banana.

 

[cgattis]

I've lived my entire life in Alabama and I drink a lot of sweet tea. If we don't brew it ourselves, we buy gallons of Milo's. Most WDW places we ate at had Gold Peak which is just wrong but not completely horrendous. I don't remember which ones had real sweet tea. (I do like it when we eat at 5 Guys, they serve Gold Peak and it always reminds me of WDW! LOL) But the best sweet tea is at V&A. They serve it with sweet tea ice cubes so it doesn't get watered down. As far as a fluffer nutter, we grew up calling it a peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich. (Yes made with fluff not individual marshmallows.) my family's personal favorite is pb and banana.

Shut UP! Sweet tea ice cubes?!??! Genius!!! Why have I never done that??? Would keep my Firefly from getting all watered down!! Thanks so much for that idea!

Don't you encourage Five Guys to keep serving that stuff! I comment every trip that they need to go back to brewing their own tea. I finally tried a Milo's burger and wow was that a gutbomb. I kinda liked it but DH tossed half of his LOL

And we love PB&N (nanner) too. Mmm.

 

[Brian Noble]

Shut UP! Sweet tea ice cubes?!??! Genius!!! Why have I never done that???

I would have thought my freezer needs to be significantly colder than it currently is to freeze a solution of 1:1 water to sugar. But, apparently it only requires about 18F, and most freezers are at 0F.

 

[Zooshoveller]

Shut UP! Sweet tea ice cubes?!??! Genius!!! Why have I never done that??? Would keep my Firefly from getting all watered down!! Thanks so much for that idea! Don't you encourage Five Guys to keep serving that stuff! I comment every trip that they need to go back to brewing their own tea. I finally tried a Milo's burger and wow was that a gutbomb. I kinda liked it but DH tossed half of his LOL And we love PB&N (nanner) too. Mmm.

I have never tried a Milo's burger. We just buy their sweet tea at grocery stores. LOL

 

[Lavitz]

I still laugh whenever I see the title. "Sweet tea" sound so wrong, it'd be like asking for "hot coffee", or a "hamburger with meat".

If you stop by Canada, rest assured when you asked for iced tea ANYWHERE it will be sweet. If you want unsweetened iced tea, good luck finding it.

 

[DVCkidsMOM]

Born in Boston, raised by Scottish nanny, now live in Texas - it's a wonder I can speak at all!

True story: southern friends of mine were stationed in CT for a while and he ordered, in his southern drawl, an iced tea. He got sparkling wine, which completely confused everyone until my friends figured out that they thought he had said, "Asti."

I think sweet-tea is better for my kids when I allow a sugared beverage at all - not because it has tea, but because it doesn't have phosphoric acid and it likely has less caffeine. It's the lesser of the evils. My native Texan children love a fluffer-nutter - of as close as we can do with creme instead... Every time we introduce fluffer-nutters to the locals here, they think it's a revelation of gastranomic joy!

 

[AquaDame]

My guess is because you CAN add sugar (though its not the same) but people like me who take no sugar in their tea can't get it out.

 

[emldrl]

My guess is because you CAN add sugar (though its not the same) but people like me who take no sugar in their tea can't get it out.

So, make both? Not too hard to do, nor is it a huge extra expense. That's what all the restaurants here do.

 

[cfriend416]

I still laugh whenever I see the title. "Sweet tea" sound so wrong, it'd be like asking for "hot coffee", or a "hamburger with meat".

If you stop by Canada, rest assured when you asked for iced tea ANYWHERE it will be sweet. If you want unsweetened iced tea, good luck finding it.

In my experience, sweet tea and sweetened iced tea are two different things. I live in New England, and if you were to ask for iced tea at a restaurant, you would likely get a sweetened tea-like beverage (not necessarily real tea!). But it's not the same thing as Southern sweet tea. We have that up here too, in certain brands at the grocery store and at McDonalds. I'd say it's at least twice as sweet tasting as a regular sweetened iced tea like Snapple or Nestea or Gold Peak.

Unsweetened is still the best though! Even in New England, you have to specify unsweetened iced tea and not all restaurants will have it.

 

[PeterPanic]

Yes, you can now find it up north, but, it was only because McDonalds brought it in. Before then you could get unsweet tea, but only in the summer. None at all in the winter. Finding Sweet Tea in the border states up north is a recent happening. Before then... not a chance.

I am curious as to why people are saying that they cannot find it in the south. Good grief, ask for Iced Tea down here and what you will get is Sweet Tea unless you specifically ask for unsweet tea. Iced tea (unsweet) is pretty much all I drink and I have always been asked if it's sweet tea that I'm asking for. Even at WDW. However, since I only get unsweet, it is possible that if you ask for iced tea you get tea with sugar packets. I'll take your word for it. It certainly isn't the case here in North Carolina.

On the occasions when I have received Sweet Tea, I don't always want to make a pain of myself, so I try it. I can get about two swallows down before may Pancreas starts to shut down. I usually just throw it away.

 

[::Snow_White::]

You must be looking in the wrong place, I seem to find it at nearly every QS and TS! If not, I find adding 2 packets of sugar does about the same. Most onsite hotels offer Peaks Sweet Tea too.

 

[cgattis]

You must be looking in the wrong place, I seem to find it at nearly every QS and TS! If not, I find adding 2 packets of sugar does about the same. Most onsite hotels offer Peaks Sweet Tea too.

Nah, definitely not at most of those places. Ten trips now, and I was ecstatic to get it at 50sPT last trip. Definitely not available most places on property. Off property is easy.

 

[chicagogrl]

I think they have sweet tea at the Big River Brewing at the Boardwalk.

 

[ken2]

There are many things not served at WDW that you can find "back home". They can't serve everything and why would you expect them to.

Well,sweet tea is really popular with millions of people so yea i would expect them to have sweet tea.I dont drink water because i dont like the taste but they serve that dont they.