exactly |
I am from NY. Iced tea means unsweetened. Add a sugar packet and it is sweetened. Sweet tea is its own beast which, as someone who hadn’t heard of it nor tasted it until her 30s, finds to taste like diabetes in a glass. |
If you're not sure, unsweetened. It's easier to add sweet than remove it. |
What's a secret pal? You need to deliver a gift to the kid? |
Noooooooo! I drink unsweetened tea — always have, even as a child. I HATED sweet tea, and I’m from Oklahoma. Lol |
OP, just get them Arizona or something like that. Most kids who say they like tea (as opposed to cold) mean bottled sweet tea. Unsweetened tea is not as plentiful. |
*cola, not cold |
This thread is about two weeks old. I'm sure secret pal at camp got their iced tea by now. Or something less crowdsourcy. Maybe a pack of gum. |
This - answer will be regional. But your which to buy when don’t know where OP is or for that matter, maybe in NE but child’s parents are southern- buy and give unsweetened and include in bag 5-6 (yes that many!) packs of sugar. |
Iced tea = unsweetened, regardless of geography Sweet tea = sweetened, geography does affect method of sweetening and amount of sugars Tea = presuming it’s cold tea, whether the requester wants sweetened or unsweetened depends on where you are / where the requester is from. (My 9 and 12 year olds drink ice tea regularly; neither has had an Arizona but they have enjoyed Lipton Brisk.) |
Agree |
We use both to mean the same thing. My family, in particular, says iced tea. Which is always sweetened. If you want unsweetened tea, you have to specify that. |
I just came from a McDonald’s in New Jersey. I specifically asked for UNsweetened tea and got sweet tea instead; I also asked for a Sprite and got fries instead. Lol |
Probably lucky you got out there with your purse! ![]() |
I like unsweetened tea now and as a child. Even though I grew up in the south, parents didn't want to feed us as much sugar. |