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pofi_pasquale

Posted : 8/8/2007 11:45:31 PM

Unsweetend whether hot or iced - and caffeinated, please!

snownose

Posted : 8/9/2007 7:05:31 AM

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Reply? "You gotta BOWLLL IT ... that's how you get the sugar to melt!!" ("bowl" = "boil" in Northern-speak!)

Oh, I had a super hard time understanding everyone when we first moved here........at times I was thinking " Hey, is there a closed captioning option?"[

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Aina

Posted : 8/9/2007 8:03:12 AM

I like sweet tea, but not as sweet as some people. Normally I ask if they can add a little unsweet tea because I don't want it to be so sweet.
I don't like soda, so I order tea or water when I'm out. We have tea at home, but I don't make it often. I just drink a lot of water.

cyclefiend2000

Posted : 8/9/2007 8:08:10 AM

I said "errrrr ... you might want to NOT **boil** those teabags -- might make it a bit bitter!!"

everybody knows that is why you add a pinch of soda when the northerners aint looking! [

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probe1957

Posted : 8/9/2007 9:21:19 AM

ORIGINAL: jjsmom06
I am a tea glutton, and if I added 2 cups of sugar to my daily pitcher of tea I would be adding over 1500 extra calories a day to my diet! Man... that is shocking to think about that actually i would be as big as a house! [&o] I would have to seriously break my "tea" addiction.

Amen. The wife and I drink a pitcher of tea every day. If we are farming, we might drink 2-3 pitchers. If we drank it sweetened, I would have to get a higher HP tractor to haul my lard ass around.

I have also heard there is a ridiculous amount of sugar in soda. If I drink soda, and I do, I always drink diet.

jjsmom06

Posted : 8/9/2007 9:32:33 AM

I have also heard there is a ridiculous amount of sugar in soda. If I drink soda, and I do, I always drink diet.

Regular soda is insane. On average it has about 150 calories per can. I ONLY drink diet and I drink about 5 of them a week. Some of us (and I am including you in this Billy [

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hey Bradley.. can you explain the "soda" addition thing to me.. I don't get it. Are you saying you add baking soda to tea??

A Osborn

Posted : 8/9/2007 9:36:02 AM

I used to only drink and make SUGAR tea (I'd use 5 of those 1/3 scoops - so what? almost 2cups per gallon?)....
then, DH came along and will only drink UNsweet. So I quit making tea altogether...too much trouble to make both.
We quit drinking Cokes and I decided to go back to making tea but I had to make Unsweet.... now I pour me a glass a put 2 Sweet&Low pkts in a glass... it's not nearly as good as my SUGAR tea used to be, but not nearly as fattening either....
I usually try to drink water.

Born and raised in GEORGIA lol [

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Anonymous

Posted : 8/9/2007 9:37:50 AM

I do love sweet tea, but now I try not to drink it as much because of the sugar issue.

My new favorite is sun tea, with a bit of sugar and mint!

thirdday82

Posted : 8/9/2007 10:03:32 AM

i am from the south and i don't do tea of any sort...can't stand it...but all my friends and relatives love some sweet tea

probe1957

Posted : 8/9/2007 10:22:00 AM

Shelly, with GOOD reason, I am not nearly as concerned with my weight as you are but, I am wondering, if one is concerned about their weight, is there any reason you are aware of why one shouldn't even drink diet soda?

jjsmom06

Posted : 8/9/2007 10:31:39 AM

Shelly, with GOOD reason, I am not nearly as concerned with my weight as you are but, I am wondering, if one is concerned about their weight, is there any reason you are aware of why one shouldn't even drink diet soda?

Yes, there are claims I have heard regarding weight and diet soda, and diet sodas in general aren't the best for you. I will see if I can find some of the info I have seen online about this topic and then post it in a little while. I will start a new thread about this topic in a bit so we don't go OT.[

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Oh.. and I seem to be missing an icon or two I would like to use for you right now for my "weight" slam in your last post! [

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rwbeagles

Posted : 8/9/2007 10:34:53 AM

Iced tea (sun tea) wins hands down...sweetened with sugar of course.
Lately I am having to do mostly decaff with a bag or two of regular in there. I wasn't sleeping well and it was the caffeine. I drink coffee too so there ya go.

cyclefiend2000

Posted : 8/9/2007 10:36:52 AM

hey Bradley.. can you explain the "soda" addition thing to me.. I don't get it. Are you saying you add baking soda to tea??

hmmmm? maybe?

my grandmother always used to say "give 'em enough info to make them wonder, but not enough to know".

probe1957

Posted : 8/9/2007 10:39:34 AM

ORIGINAL: jjsmom06

Oh.. and I seem to be missing an icon or two I would like to use for you right now for my "weight" slam in your last post! []

I was hoping that didn't go over your head. One never knows because SO MUCH does. [

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jjsmom06

Posted : 8/9/2007 11:02:49 AM

ORIGINAL: probe1957

ORIGINAL: jjsmom06

Oh.. and I seem to be missing an icon or two I would like to use for you right now for my "weight" slam in your last post! []

I was hoping that didn't go over your head. One never knows because SO MUCH does. []

While you might be right about some things going over my head, don#%92t underestimate my willingness to ignore some of your comments. [

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Brad… I don#%92t think you really even know what you are talking about…[8|]
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Sweet tea or unsweetened tea