[Elizabeth]

I’ve grown up in the south (Texas and Arkansas) and I’ve been drinking sweet tea for as long as I can remember. I have childhood memories of my mom making ‘sun tea’ which is basically setting the water and teabags out in the sun so that it gets hot enough to make tea. To this day, the one drink that my parents always have in their house is sweet tea. They have a coffee maker that is dedicated to making sweet tea and they always keep it around. Most restaurants around here serve tea already sweetened, which is important because it tastes different. If you have a cold glass of iced tea and you add sugar to it, it tastes differently than if you add the sugar when the tea is still hot, then chill it. When making it at home, everyone I know uses tea bags such as Lipton or Nestea. I’ve never seen anyone make it with actual tea leaves, although some people might. I think most people would think it was weird to make it using instant tea. The traditional way is to boil it on the stove, then add sugar to taste. Like I said though, my parents use a coffee maker and just put a couple of tea bags in where the coffee grinds would usually go. Then they add sugar and water to make it by the gallon. I think Mr. Coffee makes an appliance that is basically a coffee maker that dispenses into a pitcher. It’s designed to make tea and I think they even call it ‘Mr. Tea’ or something to that effect. Or maybe I’m just thinking of the A-Team now. I know they make the appliance, but i’m not sure what it’s called. I can’t really explain why it’s such a prevalent drink in the South, but it definitely is. If you went to a good fish fry or bbq, they’ll probably be serving sweet tea, and I can’t imagine it being unsweetened. One of the tea companies (can’t remember if it is Nestea or Lipton) makes an ‘Extra Sweet, Southern Style’ tea in bottles. I’ve seen it at the store a few times, and I would say it’s a decent approximation of what you would find at a bbq or fish fry in the South. Not as good, but not bad for a mass produced version.

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Name : Elizabeth, City : Little Rock, State : AR, Country : United States, 

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