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Default What is the best way to make iced tea?

Peter A wrote:
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> > I don't sweeten my tea either, much to my son's chagrin! He spent some time in South
> > Carolina with his birth mom and got completely addicted to sweet tea there.
> >

>
> One of the good changes I have seen during my 20+ years living in North
> Carolina is that asking for unsweetened tea in a restaurant usually gets
> it rather than a "what planet are YOU from" look.


I don't understand it. Maybe it is because I was raised on tea. I never
liked milk and was allowed tea instead. I used to have it with milk and
sugar until I had a job in a steel mill and learned how nice and refreshing
black tea is. It is a shame to sweeten it.