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drank Sweet Tea by McDonald's
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Ok… so I debated with myself as to whether or not to leave a tasting note for this one. I decided, “why not?”. So here goes.

My family often goes out to lunch after church on Sunday afternoons. This being Mother’s Day, Happy Mother’s Day to all you Steepsters by the way, we were going to let my mom choose where we would go. She passed the decision on to my son because a) today is his official 9th birthday and b) all of the restaurants she would have chosen would be crazy full today anyway. What an awesome mom I have!

My son chose McDonald’s because I instructed him “No Chuck E. Cheese!” He chose McDonald’s for the Play Place and the fact that he still gets a toy with his meal. One of these days maybe he’ll outgrow them. He and my 3 year old niece had a blast together.

Since the McDonald’s we went to had a serve yourself fountain, I decided to brave the iced tea… something I rarely do at a restaurant. I despise instant teas to the point I would rather go thirsty than drink one! This is fresh brewed, relatively, so I attempted it. I put some ice in my cup and just a bit of sweet tea… Blech, How does anyone drink this stuff?!? Soooo sweeetttt! I ended up mixing the sweet and unsweet to try and find a drinkable mix. The container ran out of unsweet, so I did with what I got, a little more sweet than I would have liked, but ok.

I found it more drinkable than I expected but with a bit of a weird aftertaste. I also find it a little thick feeling, maybe due to how long it sits in the container or something they add to it… ? I might get this once and awhile, blended w/un-sweet, if I was really feeling the need for tea but it certainly wouldn’t make the top of my ice tea list.

Courtney

So weird! At McDonald’s here, the only iced tea they have is actual Nestea.

Stephanie

I do that at restaurants too, mix the unsweet and the sweet

Suziqzer

You know I didn’t even look to see what brand it was…

Sweet is too sweet and sugar doesn’t melt well in cold tea … Perfect compromise :)

Indigobloom

I hate that thickness in iced teas!! :/

Suziqzer

I know, kind of weird to me.

Indigobloom

Blech. I’ve tried to find out why, as I’ve noticed this in my home brews as well. Must research more!

Suziqzer

I don’t have that problem so much with home brewed iced tea, but I’m light on the tea bags and heavy on the spearmint. I do find I notice it some if it sits in the fridge a couple of days later in the season. Right now we are drinking it about as fast as I make it :)

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Courtney

So weird! At McDonald’s here, the only iced tea they have is actual Nestea.

Stephanie

I do that at restaurants too, mix the unsweet and the sweet

Suziqzer

You know I didn’t even look to see what brand it was…

Sweet is too sweet and sugar doesn’t melt well in cold tea … Perfect compromise :)

Indigobloom

I hate that thickness in iced teas!! :/

Suziqzer

I know, kind of weird to me.

Indigobloom

Blech. I’ve tried to find out why, as I’ve noticed this in my home brews as well. Must research more!

Suziqzer

I don’t have that problem so much with home brewed iced tea, but I’m light on the tea bags and heavy on the spearmint. I do find I notice it some if it sits in the fridge a couple of days later in the season. Right now we are drinking it about as fast as I make it :)

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37 yr old wife and mother who left her day job to take care of our son. Now running a property management business with my hubby.

I grew up on Lipton -hot w/milk & sugar, Lipton iced w/fresh spearmint and sugar, and Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime … Don’t criticize.

I came across Good Earth Original Sweet and Spicy out of chance and it spurred my interested in trying new teas because it was a flavor I had never had before in a tea. I’m now new to the world of loose leaf teas and looking forward to learning what I like as I journey through some new flavors. Hubby has always enjoyed the occasional cup when we’ve been out and about at restaurants.. now we will find out what good teas are really all about! On with the adventures!

Still relatively new to loose leaf, but I’m learning… Coconut, cinnamon, chai, chocolate, mint, & pineapple are just a few of the flavors I enjoy. I have found that I can do green teas so long as there are other flavors as well and it isn’t the primary flavor. I have only found 1 rooibos blend that was too woodsy for me, most of the time the base is hidden or blends well enough w/flavored versions for my liking. I’m beginning to enjoy fruit teas more and more. I occasionally like a straight black tea.

Hubby likes milder flavors, any base, berry flavors, sweet aromas, sometimes tart, and or floral, and chocolate to my surprise! Almost the opposite of me.. go figure!

My 8 year old just took interest and loves root beer.. so far Butterbeer is a hit, but we haven’t tried any root beer or cola teas yet.. soon thanks to the Marvelous MissB for sending some samples. He enjoyed Winter Nog (Della Terra) recently, but turned away something else I gave him.. darn if I can’t remember now what it was!

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