Sweet tea definitely turns the volume down on this heat.
I think sweet tea is a southern thing.
I don't know if people in the north tend to drink it much or not.
Down here though, if you're not drinking water, coffee, beer, or soda then you're probably drinking sweet tea.
At my restaurant we have a variety of sodas available in the fountain.
We also have caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee and iced tea and sweet tea.
Guess which one gets drank the most?
In the morning when we make the sweet tea we use an absolute boat load of sugar.
That's all sweet tea is......... regular iced tea that's got a ton of sugar in it.
The funny thing is half the people that order it add even more sugar to it.
If you taste it right after it's been made you will immediately grimace at how absolutely sickeningly sweet it is.
Yet there are people that will add 5 and 6 packets of sugar to it everyday.
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It's not just that my restaurant either......... pretty much everywhere you go around here you can order a glass of sweet tea.
That includes fast food places like Wendy's and McDonald's.
I try to watch my health so I don't drink much sweet personally although I do find it absolutely delicious.