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Tanyia

Tanyia

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I just saw the new Bless Your Heart kit....omg I totally need this, especially living in GA and AL geez. But I was looking at the beautiful layouts in the store and read the journaling on one about how sweet tea is not a thing where that person is from. So.... please tell me. Is sweet tea not a thing where you live? I grew up mostly in FL and have lived in so many southern states lol that it never even occurred to me that it may not be a thing some place else. I'm flabbergasted.

Is sweet tea a thing where you live?
What is a thing where you live? (wording, sorry)

A few things that are also huge here besides sweet tea is collard greens, grits, fried hand pies, oh and EVERY PLACE YOU GO.... when you pay or leave or whatever they say, "Have a blessed day." <---- that drives me insane.

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In my opinion, tea without the sweet isn't tea at all.

That said, I have come across many people who like tea without sugar - growing up military probably helped with that "enlightenment." lol
 
I'm from NJ... is sweet tea the same as iced tea? So... I'm not sure if it's a thing or not, or maybe we call it different things? I like iced tea... but that is more like the Nestea that you buy and make from the powder, Arnold Palmer iced tea mix, Snapple, or Turkey Hill. I doubt anyone makes it from tea bags for a BBQ up here.

I drink regular tea - brewed - in the morning, add a lil splenda and some milk... that's my "coffee."

There are collard greens, in my experience, usually at diners or restaurants. I don't think I've ever eaten them. As for grits... it's not a common thing we eat, but again available at most diners and breakfast restaurants. I think we are more hashbrown and homefries eaters. No clue what fried hand pies are, lol!
 
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I can't do sweet tea. McDonald's Iced Tea is my favorite. I love to get one in the morning and sip on it throughout the day. A couple of weeks ago they gave me a sweet tea. I about barfed. Ewwwww...so gross. I don't put a lick of sugar in my iced tea. Or lemon.

I don't know that it's a thing here. McDonald's has it but I think that's it.
 
Oh Bless Your Heart, honey - sweet tea is not known everywhere. In the Midwest, where I grew up, by default it is unsweet --- and even worse, often not brewed, but instant - gag!

Love living in the south... although I do like my tea unsweet with lemon.
 
jk703 said:
I'm from NJ... is sweet tea the same as iced tea? So... I'm not sure if it's a thing or not, or maybe we call it different things? I like iced tea... but that is more like the Nestea that you buy and make from the powder, Arnold Palmer iced tea mix, Snapple, or Turkey Hill. I doubt anyone makes it from tea bags for a BBQ up here.

I drink regular tea - brewed - in the morning, add a lil splenda and some milk... that's my "coffee."

There are collard greens, in my experience, usually at diners or restaurants. I don't think I've ever eaten them. As for grits... it's not a common thing we eat, but again available at most diners and breakfast restaurants. I think we are more hashbrown and homefries eaters. No clue what fried hand pies are, lol!
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Yea, sweet tea is just sweet iced tea. Its just usually brewed hot or done in the sun with sugar added while its hot or warm so its not gritty and it is yummy but I also prefer unsweet tea which is how I order it here. As a matter of fact I have even canned sweet tea concentrate brewed from Lipton tea bags lol.

Here is the FB page of our local fave fried pie place lol so you can see what they are. Pecan is my fave.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/NelliesFriedPies/photos/
 
carrie1977 said:
I can't do sweet tea. McDonald's Iced Tea is my favorite. I love to get one in the morning and sip on it throughout the day. A couple of weeks ago they gave me a sweet tea. I about barfed. Ewwwww...so gross. I don't put a lick of sugar in my iced tea. Or lemon.

I don't know that it's a thing here. McDonald's has it but I think that's it.
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I really like McD's unsweet tea. Its not too bitter at all.
 
BevG said:
Oh Bless Your Heart, honey - sweet tea is not known everywhere. In the Midwest, where I grew up, by default it is unsweet --- and even worse, often not brewed, but instant - gag!

Love living in the south... although I do like my tea unsweet with lemon.
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Don't think I know what that "Oh, bless your heart, honey" means! lol I noticed they also say buggy here instead of cart at the grocery store lol.
 
tea here in the high desert is strong no sugar tea. Big jars with bags are set out in the morning, and then drank in the afternoon. Lots of ICE.
I spent a few years in P'cola, Florida, and sweet tea, the first drink put me in a sugar coma, and I loved it! The smoothest tea I have ever had.
I get a Walmart splenda tea now and again, it is close, but still missing the taste of southern tea with dissolved sugar.
 
honeyandcheese said:
In my opinion, tea without the sweet isn't tea at all.

That said, I have come across many people who like tea without sugar - growing up military probably helped with that "enlightenment." lol
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<I am one of those people.. LOL I will take it either way but prefer it without sugar. I now drink black coffee too, after only using cream for years.
 
I don't drink tea but I admit I loved watching the ritual of ordering tea in the South. "Tea HAS to be sweet: when you order tea, you're ordering it sweet" vs "tea is TEA and you have to *say* you want Sweet Tea." It was very confusing to someone who didn't grow up in the South and who doesn't drink tea [recently I started drinking peppermint tea but that's a whole 'nother ball game lol].

When living in Texas, employees would say "I appreciate you" instead of "thank you" and it really confused me, a Northerner lol. Like, you appreciate ME or you appreciate my business? For some reason, "I appreciate you" seems rather personal. And I know that makes me sound cuckoo but I don't care.
 
AnneofAlamo said:
tea here in the high desert is strong no sugar tea. Big jars with bags are set out in the morning, and then drank in the afternoon. Lots of ICE.
I spent a few years in P'cola, Florida, and sweet tea, the first drink put me in a sugar coma, and I loved it! The smoothest tea I have ever had.
I get a Walmart splenda tea now and again, it is close, but still missing the taste of southern tea with dissolved sugar.
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Ahh Sun tea.. Yup :) It was like that in TX too, however my Aunt who lives in Roanoke VA (I am in Va Beach which is southern Long Island ny LOL) would go through the drive through at Hardy's and get a sweet tea to go. :)
 
Tree City said:
I don't drink tea but I admit I loved watching the ritual of ordering tea in the South. "Tea HAS to be sweet: when you order tea, you're ordering it sweet" vs "tea is TEA and you have to *say* you want Sweet Tea." It was very confusing to someone who didn't grow up in the South and who doesn't drink tea [recently I started drinking peppermint tea but that's a whole 'nother ball game lol].

When living in Texas, employees would say "I appreciate you" instead of "thank you" and it really confused me, a Northerner lol. Like, you appreciate ME or you appreciate my business? For some reason, "I appreciate you" seems rather personal. And I know that makes me sound cuckoo but I don't care.
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The rituals are funny sometimes Sara.. :)
 
AnneofAlamo said:
tea here in the high desert is strong no sugar tea. Big jars with bags are set out in the morning, and then drank in the afternoon. Lots of ICE.
I spent a few years in P'cola, Florida, and sweet tea, the first drink put me in a sugar coma, and I loved it! The smoothest tea I have ever had.
I get a Walmart splenda tea now and again, it is close, but still missing the taste of southern tea with dissolved sugar.
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That sounds perfect. I like strong, unsweetened tea best as long as it's not bitter.
 
AnneofAlamo said:
tea here in the high desert is strong no sugar tea. Big jars with bags are set out in the morning, and then drank in the afternoon. Lots of ICE.
I spent a few years in P'cola, Florida, and sweet tea, the first drink put me in a sugar coma, and I loved it! The smoothest tea I have ever had.
I get a Walmart splenda tea now and again, it is close, but still missing the taste of southern tea with dissolved sugar.
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I love sun tea! I need to do that. I just might get some bags at the store today. :)
 
Tree City said:
I don't drink tea but I admit I loved watching the ritual of ordering tea in the South. "Tea HAS to be sweet: when you order tea, you're ordering it sweet" vs "tea is TEA and you have to *say* you want Sweet Tea." It was very confusing to someone who didn't grow up in the South and who doesn't drink tea [recently I started drinking peppermint tea but that's a whole 'nother ball game lol].

When living in Texas, employees would say "I appreciate you" instead of "thank you" and it really confused me, a Northerner lol. Like, you appreciate ME or you appreciate my business? For some reason, "I appreciate you" seems rather personal. And I know that makes me sound cuckoo but I don't care.
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Not at all lol. I feel the same. That is weird btw. Haha I kinda feel that way about the blessed day thing. Like you don't know me or my beliefs, and this is a business transaction so it's odd....like McDonalds, the grocery store, the doctor's office....
 
Nope not a thing here in the PNW at all. I'm not a tea drinker at all. COFFEE fuels my soul! ;)

I loved that kit tho- it's useful for everyone! ;)
 
amien1 said:
I loved that kit tho- it's useful for everyone! ;)
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ITA. I was looking thru my Texas and Louisiana pics to make a LO but I kept getting drawn to pics of my home and family. It's just a happy kit--no matter your tea preference (or, like you and I, your coffee obsession lol).
 
Bless all your hearts. LOL My sister and I have a joke about that. She lives in Indiana and it's said quite a bit there, but I never heard it in Michigan. Indiana has been taken over by sweet tea. Whenever I'm there, that's all some places have and I don't want it with all that sugar. I'm not very happy when that's all they have. I get very grumpy. LOL
 
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