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I'd like to report a crime (lemmy.world)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I would assume that ice tea is more bitter, right? (Obviously depends on how long you let it steep.)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    It’s primarily much sweeter due to the shitton of sugar

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    Only if you add sugar. (Sugar does NOT belong in tea!)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    But it is an essential part of ice tea. Hot tea can be good with or without sugar, imo. Depends on the tea and my mood.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Tea does not need sugar, whether hot or iced (at least I don't know anyone irl that puts sugar in tea (actually I just thought of one person but I don't like them or talk to them much)). Sweetened drinks are extremely unhealthy and there's probably a reason most places in the US serve unsweetened ice tea.

    On hot summer days I sometimes drink 3l of ice tea. That would be extremely bad if it was sweetened.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    In my head (as a German), ice tea is almost always store bought like lipton ice tea. You very rarely get anything else anywhere. Restaurants don’t usually serve home made ice tea. It’s a soft drink. When I make myself tea at home, it’s almost always hot. Unsweetened black tea just tastes awful when it’s cold. The hot tea sometimes gets sugar, like when I make myself lemon tea (black tea + lemon juice + sugar), although I do like to use stevia instead of sugar for the same health reasons because I sometimes drink 2-3 pots (1.5l each) a day in winter and that would indeed be a lot of sugar.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    When I have ice tea it's usually a fruity black tea, still no sugar though.

    If my (hot) black tea gets too strong (I have a tendency to forget about the strainer) I just add (extra) milk, though that doesn't sound like it would work for ice tea.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    If it’s the USA, then “iced tea” may actually mean “sweet tea” (an American South tradition), which is often prepared something like this:

    • bring 1/2 gallon (1.9L) water to a boil
    • place 8 large black tea bags in a 1 gallon (3.8L) pitcher
    • pour boiling water over the tea bags in the pitcher
    • steep 10-15 minutes, then remove tea bags from the pitcher
    • add 1 dry cup (220g) granulated sugar
    • stir the slurry until sugar is dissolved
    • fill the pitcher to the top with ice cubes
    • wait 20 minutes for ice to chill and dilute the tea, gently stir again
    • serve

    It may be a stronger tea, but so much sugar gets added (probably 3x what would be used to sweeten tea served hot) that you typically don’t notice any bitterness.

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