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Iced Tea drinkers?

How do prefer your Iced Tea?

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#41
I drink tea every day, and have done so for most of my life. Usually basic Lipton or Tetley, then add one Sweet-n-Low. Not too sweetened, just a wee bit.

I've tried some 'gourmet' teas, but end up sticking with the basic black teas. I've given green teas an honest trial but still think it tastes like dishwater.

And last week I finally tried Earl Grey. I liked it, but wasn't really anything to get excited over.

But the Peach tea at Olive Garden? Mm-MMM! the nectar of the Gods!

PS...I love tea, and I love lemonade, but for some reason, I'm not keen on lemon in my tea. Go figure.
 
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#42
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My wife is the tea drinker---I prefer Italian espresso coffee, beer or just water.

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#43
Years ago I became addicted to the Arizona Strawberry Arnold Palmer. I then read the ingredients and was sad to see it had artificial sweeteners along with the corn syrup or sugar, made me very sad and had to stop them.....love me some good arny palmers though
 
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#44
I grew up in the northeast but lived in the South for almost 20 years. I love Southern sweet tea but try not to drink it too often. When I first moved to Northern Virginia you couldn't really get it here, but then McDonalds started selling it and now it's easy to find.
 
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#45
I live on Snapple Zero Sugar Peach Iced Tea.
The regular versions, the lemon, etc all taste like poison to me but the zero sugar peach is just imo the most perfect beverage ever made. :P

That being said, I must not be the only one as its always the only flavor consistently out of stock at the store!
 
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#47
I do have an appreciation for hot teas and drink it at appropriate times. Having spent time in Japan, Africa and England I learned that appreciation of "proper tea" drinking.

And yes sweetened tea is very different from "Southern Sweet Tea" which is too sweet to me, my folks were too frugal to use that much sugar.
 
#48
MJ5150 said:
That is a good amount of time, although peak freshness starts dropping off after that second week. I am surprised that Amazon Fresh is getting their coffee out that fast. I'll have to find out who they are using these days, it has to be regional.

-Mike
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From Seattle it looks like, They do not stamp the roast date all the time though but have the best by date (to the day) so I just calculate. For me convenience and price. Getting it local is a treat -- they charge a lot.

here is also a Ecuadorian family I like to support but they do not roast every day more like every 2 weeks. They have a coffee truck and I buy from them sometimes but they do not have a wide selection.
 
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sleddogn said:
Years ago I became addicted to the Arizona Strawberry Arnold Palmer. I then read the ingredients and was sad to see it had artificial sweeteners along with the corn syrup or sugar, made me very sad and had to stop them.....love me some good arny palmers though
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sleddogn said:
Years ago I became addicted to the Arizona Strawberry Arnold Palmer. I then read the ingredients and was sad to see it had artificial sweeteners along with the corn syrup or sugar, made me very sad and had to stop them.....love me some good arny palmers though
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Arizona stuff was good for a while until it became super popular, then they started using all the artificiality. They kept marketing it as all natural and they drew lawsuits. Same with Snapple...the stuff used to be good. Same with Coke, etc etc...IMG_20251030_132009336_HDR.jpg
I will stick with the German purity laws and aged Nicaraguans..🍺
 
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logdrum said:
From Seattle it looks like, They do not stamp the roast date all the time though but have the best by date (to the day) so I just calculate. For me convenience and price. Getting it local is a treat -- they charge a lot.

here is also a Ecuadorian family I like to support but they do not roast every day more like every 2 weeks. They have a coffee truck and I buy from them sometimes but they do not have a wide selection.
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Aha, I thought you were going off roast date.
Ecuador is a nice choice. They don't get the attention their neighbors to the north do, but that's alright. Sort of like Nicaragua, one of my favorites, they fly under the radar all along producing some excellent coffees. Honduras too.

-Mike
 
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MJ5150 said:
Aha, I thought you were going off roast date.
Ecuador is a nice choice. They don't get the attention their neighbors to the north do, but that's alright. Sort of like Nicaragua, one of my favorites, they fly under the radar all along producing some excellent coffees. Honduras too.

-Mike
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Sometimes it has a roast date - there is always a use by and it is 4 months out-- there is a code and time stamp always, I wish there was always a roast date or I know how to decipher the code. It is definitely better than a Whole Foods bag and passable for us - we just don't stock up and use what we grind ASAP. If we buy from Costco, we share the bag or freeze it . Only my sister is that picky, She is in the catering business in LA and we make sure we got that right if she visits :D.

The Ecuadorian guys have a coop and they are a Colorado and NM operation. Really small. Yeah Amazon Fresh has that Nicaraguan also, I am trying one tomorrow
 
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Gorn said:
I've never been to the south, but I've had bottled versions of sweet tea. I don't understand how anyone can drink that. It's sweet to the point of tasting almost sour.
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Real southern sweet tea, not just sweetened tea, is for folks who don't like the taste of tea. To each their own, but I can't handle that stuff. It reminds me of my dad who would add sugar to his coffee until it was saturated.
 
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#56
I’ve found the amount of sugar in sweet tea varies a lot depending on where you are. In the part of Virginia I grew up in sweet tea had about the same amount of sugar or honey as Pure Leaf sweet tea but not as much as the extra sweet. Times I’ve been in Georgia they seemed to like a little tea in their sugar.
 
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Gorn said:
I've never been to the south, but I've had bottled versions of sweet tea. I don't understand how anyone can drink that. It's sweet to the point of tasting almost sour.
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I've always lived in the South, and I can't stand the stuff. WAAAAAAY too sweet.

It's similar to the way so many dishes have WAAAAAAY too much salt. Remove that, and re-acquaint your taste buds with the actual flavor of other ingredients.
 
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