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If you ask for "tea" at a restaurant, what happens and where do you live? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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In the South East, they bring you sweetened (usually far too sweetened for my tastes) iced tea. This is amazingly universal.

I live in NC and have been probing the border for years.

For "nicer" restaurants, the universal sweet tea boundary seems to be precisely at the NC/VA border.

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[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

You're getting downvoted, but I can relate (even if I never drink tea while out.). It isn't much work to let it steep, then take the tea bag out, but it's not about the literal work, but the brain energy involved. My short term memory is trash, so I often forget about drinks; I had to learn to enjoy lukewarm or cold coffee, otherwise I would rarely drink coffee.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 10 months ago

For me, the water is always too cold to properly steep tea from by the time they bring it.

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