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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

This is how Americans drink tea

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Most of us for sure. The southern way of making tea is to boil water with the tea bags in it until you have a black concentrated bitter concoction. Next you mix it with four to five times the amount of water and add enough sugar to trigger a diabetic coma. Then you put it in the fridge and serve it over ice. I can't have it anymore and stay alive. I've grown used to making my tea in the British shall I say worldwide way. After having tea this way for a over a decade I can't stand the smell of sweet tea. I do make a large batch of unsweetened tea to drink over ice in the summer. I have to use four to five times as much tea with less water added. I do not over boil the water to make it palatable to me.

The few times others have drank it they have commented on how its not bitter. I don't think very many us realize good tea is not bitter.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I lived in Texas for a few years and can confirm, southern-style sweet tea is just tea-flavored syrup.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 5 hours ago

Ugh, I'd prefer you throw it in the harbour!