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[-] bjorney@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 weeks ago

It's sweet tea in the United States.

In Canada "Iced Tea" means "sweet tea" most of the time

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago

Why are people downvoting you? Iced tea in Canada is sweet. Think things like Brisk or Nestea. If you order iced tea at a restaurant here, it's coming out if the same machine as the pop (syrup+water) just not carbonated.

[-] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Really? I thought iced tea was unsweetened when I visited Canada, but I could be misremembering.

[-] bjorney@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

If you order an iced tea in Canada you are getting Nestea/Brisk like 95% of the time. Both are sweet teas, but are marketed and labelled as "Iced Tea", not "Sweet Tea" - ask our American beverage overlords Coke/Pepsi why

If you are in a cafe, or some other place where the expectation is that they brew their own, then yes, it's generally unsweetened - but it's also usually explicitly labelled as such on the menu so you know whether you are getting brewed tea vs a glass of corn syrup

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Because those aren't sweet teas... At least not as sweet as actual sweet tea in the south.

[-] bjorney@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm thought @Honytawk@lemmy.zip was being sarcastic, but lo and behold, people actually consider 33g of sugar per serving "unsweetened"

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I'm confused about that as well. And scared.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, it is a tea that is sweet, but it's not sweet tea.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah it’s more of a semi sweet tea. Sweet tea is a syrup. Like, literally most home recipes I’ve heard call to add sugar until it stops absorbing while hot

[-] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Brisk makes me so sad. I'll just do a soda instead at that point. I'll do unsweetened iced tea or sweet tea, but not that trash.

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Tastes like it was designed by someone who had never had tea in their lives.

[-] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It has, like, a chemically burning aftertaste too. Or I'm allergic to something in it, I dunno.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Unsweetened for americans maybe

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 points 3 weeks ago

Alright that's funny.
Doubly so if you have ever had southern sweet tea where you could probably put a stick in it and get rock candy back out.

[-] bjorney@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

I've definitely ordered one when I was down south, poured 2/3rds out, and topped it up with water, and it was still comparable to nestea

[-] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Ok? Like...it means no sugar. Just tea and ice. It's my default drink. Pure leaf and gold peak make it. 0 calories. Don't know what to tell you?

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