What do we call you Americans?.

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Haus6565 wrote: the actions of its broken government.
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Great explanations everyone, thanks , clears up alot :thumbup: . Love the sound of the southern ice tea!, love ice tea! hate when they just chuck sugar in it!.
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Get it right there googe ...it's SWEEEEET TEA. I Shi# You Not. It's Sweeeet tea. Ice tea is a totally different animal. Ask anyone from deep down south.
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kiwi Bruce wrote:Get it right there googe ...it's SWEEEEET TEA. I Shi# You Not. It's Sweeeet tea. Ice tea is a totally different animal. Ask anyone from deep down south.
Haha let's just say it was a typo!
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Excuse me because I'm Canadian but...how do you make sweet tea then? Since a little fart on the farm I've had tea with sugar in it, I assumed that was the same as "sweet tea", no??

If eating something sweet (donut etc) I don't put sugar in my tea, but if having tea by itself I always add sugar. Yeah the wife says I'm weird too.
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I ain't from the South but up North it kinda goes like this.

For a gallon is to heat about a 1/3 gallon of your water, then steep the tea bags, 12 or so, for a few minutes, doesn't take long, to long and it just isn't right. Add sugar to the hot mix to your liking. Top it off with the rest of the water. Put it in the fridge until cold, colder the better. Server over ice with a slice of lemon or a sprig of mint or both.
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goinbroke2 wrote:Excuse me because I'm Canadian but...how do you make sweet tea then? Since a little fart on the farm I've had tea with sugar in it, I assumed that was the same as "sweet tea", no??

If eating something sweet (donut etc) I don't put sugar in my tea, but if having tea by itself I always add sugar. Yeah the wife says I'm weird too.
If in the states and you ask for "iced tea" you get cold tea with some ice cubes in it. no sweet.

in Canada "iced tea" is what y'alls call sweet tea.
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Dunno if it was said, didn't feel like reading the entire thread, but back on topic.

I call Americans "Neighbour". After that it's bob or bill or joe or dan or kim or maria or whatever their name happens to be. Simple enough.
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goinbroke2 wrote:Excuse me because I'm Canadian but...how do you make sweet tea then? Since a little fart on the farm I've had tea with sugar in it, I assumed that was the same as "sweet tea", no??

If eating something sweet (donut etc) I don't put sugar in my tea, but if having tea by itself I always add sugar. Yeah the wife says I'm weird too.
If in the states and you ask for "iced tea" you get cold tea with some ice cubes in it. no sweet.

in Canada "iced tea" is what y'alls call sweet tea.
OOOHHH, is that all....huh, I thought the southerners had sumpin special goin on...

Yeah we sell iced tea in cans with the pop...soda to you 'mericans.
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They make can tea is bout like addin essents to neutral.
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I'm Canadian and love my ice tea (sweet tea). I make up a big pitcher in the summer and keep it in the fridge. Sometimes i'll add some mint to it (i make mint syrup to add . . . boil water, add to mint leaves and sugar, let steep, strain). Sun tea is good too . . . dunno what it is, but does something different . . . half gallon mason set out in sun with a tea bag and water for an afternoon . . . mmmmmmmmmmm!
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+1 moose hell yeah love me some sweet tea!.....must be my years in S cakalaky
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We call it pop, soda pop, soda, cola, Coke, it really depends on your region.

Btw, I love my sweeet tea. Especially with a splash of UJ
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goinbroke2 wrote:Excuse me because I'm Canadian but...how do you make sweet tea then? Since a little fart on the farm I've had tea with sugar in it, I assumed that was the same as "sweet tea", no??

If eating something sweet (donut etc) I don't put sugar in my tea, but if having tea by itself I always add sugar. Yeah the wife says I'm weird too.

sweet tea.

lipton family size tea bags 2
1/2 gallon water bring to boil
add 1/4 cup sugar, 2 tea bags
let it steep
add 1/2 gallon water
put in the fridge.

or, you can use cane sugar, brown sugar
we use regular ole white sugar

we keep 2 gallon pitchers in the fridge, 1 sweet for us
the unsweet, cause my sister is a weirdo likes it unsweet
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Speak of the devil..wife just showed up home from the grocery store with a 12 pack of 946ml bottles of ocean spray iced tea (wild cranberry peach flavoured)
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