Well, I usually just bring tea from home in a bottle to work, and when I don't, I can run across the street to Starbucks. It would just be nice to be able to go into any convenience store or fast food restaurant and find unsweetened tea. Some have it, but not all.
Do you have an asian market near you? I was able to get the exact same thing at the asian grocery in Denver that I got in Japan, so I know it's imported to states without much of a Japanese influence. Here in Hawaii, it's so easy to find that I get it at costco (cans and bottles). I usually keep a few cans in the car just so I have something other than water if the mood strikes.
I love my Ranch 99 for this stuff. Asian snacks and drinks are my favorite. It's not unsweet, but the sugar cane drinks are my favorite.
I hate even more when you're somewhere and you ask "Do you have iced tea?" and they say "Yes" and you say "Is it sweetened?" and they say "Yes, it's sweetened" and you get your iced tea and it's NESTEA. UM, SORRY, NESTEA DOES NOT COUNT AS TEA, much less SWEET TEA. Yuck.
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Post by basilosaurus on Jun 16, 2012 19:16:55 GMT -5
Actually, I do actually prefer water with a spritz of lemon over lemonade, but I think we've conclusively determined that I lack a sweet tooth. I used to eat lemons straight. Yum!
Sweetened tea is rank. Why bother? Just get soda. Unsweetened is refreshing and magical.
That;s like saying:
Lemonade. Why bother? Just get soda. Or do you guys prefer water with just a spritz of lemon in it?
And I love how my petty vent is actually turning into a discussion....lol.
Um I LOVE water with a spritz of lemon! Water with a little bit of lemon and a slice of cucumber is how I get myself to drink water. YUM.
Hate sweet tea. HATE! WAY too sweet... blech. And I do have a sweet tooth but unless it is hot chocolate, preferably not in beverage form. Plus I usually don't like to drink that many of my calories
In the north I think that "iced tea" usually means unsweetened (unless like back in pgh said, they are serving lipton or something) and "sweet tea" means sweetened. I never get tea anyhow but if I did I would want it unsweetened so I could control the (small) amount of sugar. Even though it won't dissolve as well.
But I never get tea anyhow. At restaurants the only NA drink I get is water... with lemon
Eh I don't think so necessarily. I have a huge sweet tooth. I can't keep chocolates or candy in the house because I will eat it all in a sitting. Cookies and brownies too. And I don't like sweet tea. It's nasty! I think it is a regional thing/what you grew up with etc.
I have much more of a sweet tooth than DH does in general and he loves sweet tea.
I'm beginning to think this is about those with a sweet tooth vs those without.
I would disagree. I have a huge sweet tooth, but I grew up in CT. There it was iced tea, and you had to add your own whatever to it. I never heard of sweet tea until I went to Atlanta in '96. I still prefer iced tea (unsweet) over sweet tea, and I'll eat the hell out of ice cream, brownies, cake...
Post by penguingrrl on Jun 17, 2012 17:58:10 GMT -5
I'm not a big tea drinker, but if I do I can't stand it sweetened/ Unsweeted with a squeeze of lemon is yummy! I always specify because it's a nasty awful surprise to get a sweet drink!
I'm beginning to think this is about those with a sweet tooth vs those without.
Interestingly I have a *huge* sweet tooth, except for drinks. I can do sweet in the form of chocolate milk or a milkshake as dessert, but otherwise I can't do sweet drinks. Unsweet tea, red wine, coffee with a splash of skim but no sugar, and water/seltzer with a small splash of 100% cranberry are about all I drink. I used to drink diet coke, but gave up all artificial sweeteners years ago and completely lost my taste for sweet drinks. No better way to ruin a meal than to put a sweet drink with it.