Iced tea drinkers?

[Lil Sis]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

Sherry, I'm from the south, I drink tea . I believe it's a requirement.

I avoid drinking sugar at all costs since I'm a type 2 diabetic. If I'm going to indulge in a sugar rush, I eat it. That being said I don't do artificial sweeteners either. I do use Stevia and Monk Fruit. Both are natural fruit sweeteners and both are passable.

I'm not into the fancy teas, I drink a mixture of 1/2 Uncle Lee's green tea and black tea with lemon and/or lime. Most of the time it's iced tea, but in winter I have been known to enjoy a cup of hot tea.

oh me too... on the tea being southern and the tea being a requirement!!! I now hear it called "sweet tea" but when I grew up it was just Iced tea --- always sweet!!!!! I hate to say I even put iced tea in my babies bottles

I don't drink it as much as I used to because of the sugar. I can not drink instant, and the artifical sugars are just as bad for you as sugar!!! I am now trying a little bit of honey. If you put the honey in while brewing it doesn't take much!!! I am going to try the flavored tea bag, I do love peach tea

[OwnedByJezebel]

Has anyone ever tried miracle berry / miracle fruit? I haven't, but I bought a miracle fruit shrub and there are now buds all over it that are going to develop into the berries.

You chew a berry and let the juice sit on your tongue for a minute, then for the next 30 minutes to two hours, everything sour or bitter tastes sweet. Lemon tastes like candy, sourdough bread tastes like cake, etc. Even vinegar and Guiness beer tastes sweet.

After eating one of these berries, just put a little lemon in your tea and it tastes as if it is sweetened.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/di...avor.html?_r=0

[GracieJane]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Says on this website it is to neutralize the tannins and take the bitterness out of black tea. Soda does neutralize acid so it might in tea also. Hmmm. Might try a pinch next pitcher to see how I like it. I sometimes add a dash of salt to my brewing coffee so I might just try the soda in black tea.

Southern Sweet Tea With A Secret Ingredient | Garden Betty

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