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.
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So weird! At McDonald’s here, the only iced tea they have is actual Nestea.
I do that at restaurants too, mix the unsweet and the sweet
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 :)
I hate that thickness in iced teas!! :/
I know, kind of weird to me.
Blech. I’ve tried to find out why, as I’ve noticed this in my home brews as well. Must research more!
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 :)
So weird! At McDonald’s here, the only iced tea they have is actual Nestea.
I do that at restaurants too, mix the unsweet and the sweet
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 :)
I hate that thickness in iced teas!! :/
I know, kind of weird to me.
Blech. I’ve tried to find out why, as I’ve noticed this in my home brews as well. Must research more!
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 :)