Sweet Tea

mpoppinsgirl · #1 09-14-2007, 11:14 AM

I know that none of the dining facilities inside Disney World serve sweet tea but, there is a McDonalds as you are going in to the parks. Does anyone know if they have sweet tea? We are going in december and staying for nine days...I cant go that long without sweet tea.

TheRustyScupper · #2 09-14-2007, 11:53 AM

The only sweet tea in/near is when you open a white or pink packet at the table.

Tinkerkel · #3 09-14-2007, 12:05 PM

I'm pretty sure we had sweet tea both times we had supper at Liberty Tree Tavern. I don't remember adding the sugar myself. Maybe I told our server & they added it for me while the tea was still hot

Lorraine444 · #4 09-14-2007, 12:33 PM

Wulf Gang Express Downtown Disney has sweet tea, a mago flavored one.

Tygger7 · #5 09-14-2007, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TheRustyScupper

The only sweet tea in/near is when you open a white or pink packet at the table.

I think most sweet tea addicts (like myself) will agree....not even close. First, you can't ever get all the sugar to dissolve cause the tea is cold when you put it in. Second, there's never enough packets...I need at least 15 per glass.

If you guys find a place that does serve true sweet tea, let me know!!

TexasPrincessAurora · #6 09-14-2007, 01:03 PM

The McDonald's near the Animal Kingdom does in fact have sweet tea.

Also, Trail's End at Ft. Wilderness has sweet tea as well...very good.

I don't remember anywhere else on property having real sweet tea...and I'm very much one of those Southerners who, if I can get real sweet tea, that's what I'm ordering to drink.

Tinkerfreak · #7 09-14-2007, 01:10 PM

We had some sweet tea at the McDonalds at DD. At least I think it was sweet tea. It was allready sweetened and I do mean sweetened. We don't have sweet tea here in Maine so I am not a good judge of real sweet tea but I'm pretty sure that's what it was.

Strmchsr · #8 09-14-2007, 01:16 PM

See. This just proves what I've said all along - Florida is not a real Southern state. No true Southern state would be lacking in sweet tea. I think the South ends at the GA/AL/FL boarder and FL in some sort of weird breakdown of the time/space continuum where it loops back above the Mason-Dixen line.

Either that, or all the carpetbaggers that got kicked out of the other Southern states ended up in Florida.

tinkerbell04 · #9 09-14-2007, 02:18 PM

The mango tea at Wolfgangs is great, but it isn't sweetened. The Columbia Harbor House offers sweet tea and it is great as well.

AvonleaCF · #10 09-14-2007, 02:46 PM

Alright, I'll be the one to ask: what, exactly, is sweet tea?

Up here in the North we have tea and iced tea. If you order tea in a restaurant they give you a cup of boiling water and a tea bag.

If you ask for iced tea it's usually unsweetened, but sometimes it's something like Nestea from a fountain, which is sweet (and tastes like chemicals if you ask me).

Is sweet tea different?

Strmchsr · #11 09-14-2007, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by AvonleaCF

Alright, I'll be the one to ask: what, exactly, is sweet tea?

Sweet tea can't be explained. Only experienced.

Seriously, the difference is that the sugar is added in while the tea is being made (while it's hot) then you drink it cold, over ice. Adding the sugar in while the tea is being made makes a HUGE difference vs. adding in those little packets at the table. The tea tastes completely different. Everyone has their own unique way of making it and some are better than others.

It's too hot down here to do hot tea too often, so we definitely prefer it iced. Oh, and that Nestea stuff out of the fountain is

Definitely not what we consider sweet tea. You know you're in a good Southern restaurant when you order tea and they don't even ask. They just bring you sweet tea.

MinnieMommie · #12 09-14-2007, 04:50 PM

OK - I never say anthing when this subject comes up but let me add my

I know I am from CT and that sweet tea is a southern phenonena (and tastes phenominal)however...the only kind of tea I knew growing up as a child was sweet tea and the only kind I make is sweet tea. Now I am unsure why I grew up learning how to make ice tea this way but even though I am from CT it is the only thing I know. We don't drink ice tea out. I make freash batches all the time and we go through it fast. My aunt who taught me how to make it when I was young used to make a version with fresh lemons added. So for all of you who love ice tea, regardless of which part of the US or world you live in I recommend you make a batch and try it. You will never want the otc type again.

WinnieThePooh · #13 09-14-2007, 04:56 PM

I live up here north, but I love my sweet tea. I make a pitcher everyday of it. I was at Garden Grill at Epoct Land Pavillion last September and they did have sweet tea!! I was so surprised, and I think I drank 6 glasses of it !! The waitress told us then, that not very many restaurants had it, but they did!

We will be at Disney World next week, but our plans don't have us going to Epcot. BUMMER

We stayed at POPS last year, and I "made" my sweet tea there (in the food court) by starting with a little hot water and melting my sugar then put ice in my refillable mug and then filled it up half way stirred it good and then fulled it up the rest of the way.

Alot of work, but so worth it.

mpoppinsgirl · #14 09-14-2007, 05:50 PM

Thank you all so much. We are going to be eating at both the garden grill and liberty tree tavern. YAY!!! When we were there last year we went to the Concourse steakhouse and the waiter there told me that they did not serve sweet tea anywhere on disney property..

It seems like that was all I wanted after that. I thought we could at least check out that McDonalds this year since its only $1 for a huge glass....yummm. As soon as we left last year we went straight to the cracker barrel (they serve sweet tea no matter where they are located in the US) Anyway, thanks...I am a true Southern girl and I have to have my sweet tea...If I had to go nine days without it...I think I would die!!

TexasPrincessAurora · #15 09-14-2007, 07:27 PM

Just so you won't be surprised when you go...the McDonald's on Disney property doesn't have the same prices as all other McDonald's. Their sweet tea is the same price as their sodas...they don't have the $1 special. They don't have a $1 menu at all actually. Just expect higher prices.

sillyolbear · #16 09-14-2007, 08:06 PM

My wife and I were surprised on our last trip at the number of places at WDW that are now serving brewed sweet tea.

magicofdisney · #17 09-14-2007, 08:34 PM

Rainforest Cafe at AK has delicious sweet tea. Just had some in June '07!

IloveDisney71 · #18 09-14-2007, 08:52 PM

My husband will be sooooo... happy to have a glass of sweet tea at Liberty Tree Tavern! He can't go a day without a sweet tea.

I love it too, but can't have the caffine so I only have it once in a while.

TheRustyScupper · #19 09-15-2007, 12:59 AM

1) Nice to hear you folks found sweet tea.
2) I know others who were looking for it.
3) I had never seen or heard of it at WDW.

NOTE: I enjoy sweet tea far greater than non-sweetened or sugar-sweetened tea. We make it at home using "simple syrup.

Jared · #20 09-15-2007, 01:12 AM

Is Snapple considered a commercial sweet tea? Living in the northeast, I'm accustomed to regular hot tea and unsweetened iced tea. Snapple flavored iced teas are the sweetest teas I've ever drank.

Sorry if I offended any true sweet tea fanatics. Comparing real sweet tea to Snapple is probably similar to comparing New York pizza to Domino's.