If someone says they like iced tea, which do they mean, sweetened or unsweetened?

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

*cola, not cold

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a southerner, the default is sweetened.

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Iced tea to me means unsweetened. And sweet tea is sweetened.

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.

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.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Iced tea to me means unsweetened. And sweet tea is sweetened.

This.
There's tea (served hot and plain with sides of sugar, milk, honey, etc.)
Iced tea (unsweet served with or without sours like lemons)
Sweet tea (sweet obviously, served with or without lemons)

Agree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a southerner, the default is sweetened.

Right, but they call it sweet-tea.

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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!

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Same. It's quite refreshing if not too strongly made.
Sun-made tea in a jar in the sun is the best and loved making it as a kid.