In the South East, they bring you sweetened (usually far too sweetened for my tastes) iced tea. This is amazingly universal.

I live in NC and have been probing the border for years.

For “nicer” restaurants, the universal sweet tea boundary seems to be precisely at the NC/VA border.

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    Americans in general don’t drink “tea” they drink coffee. Could be left over from revolution when tea became a symbol of British oppression.

    • Cethin
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      11 year ago

      We don’t drink tea in the same way as the British, but sweet tea is an extremely common drink in the south-east us. It’s almost certainly the top drink after soda and water.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        I’m watching my spending and figured I’d buy the “fruity light roast” from the grocery store and it tastes like what I imagine drinking an ashtray would taste like.