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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

If it’s the USA, then “iced tea” may actually mean “sweet tea” (an American South tradition), which is often prepared something like this:

bring 1/2 gallon (1.9L) water to a boil
place 8 large black tea bags in a 1 gallon (3.8L) pitcher
pour boiling water over the tea bags in the pitcher
steep 10-15 minutes, then remove tea bags from the pitcher
add 1 dry cup (220g) granulated sugar
stir the slurry until sugar is dissolved
fill the pitcher to the top with ice cubes
wait 20 minutes for ice to chill and dilute the tea, gently stir again
serve

It may be a stronger tea, but so much sugar gets added (probably 3x what would be used to sweeten tea served hot) that you typically don’t notice any bitterness.

[–] Ziglin 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's unsweetened ice tea there though. I don't understand why that isn't the default though :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Because tradition and sweet tea is simply better. Yeah it's unhealthy, yeah it makes a mockery of tea, yeah it'll lead to diabetes. But it's the most American drink. And it's the only true American drink.

[–] Ziglin 1 points 6 days ago

I don't like the US, can't we all just adopt the British tea culture?