Ugh. Stevia makes me feel like my tongue is wearing a sweater. That and tonic water.
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Pix - Jul 07, 2025 3:06:15 pm PDT #8176 of 11887
The status is NOT quo.
meara - Jul 07, 2025 9:56:10 pm PDT #8177 of 11887
I don’t hate stevia but I’d definitely want to be warned of the difference between low sugar because it’s not super sweet vs low sugar because all the sweetness is fake!!
Jessica - Jul 08, 2025 7:22:14 am PDT #8178 of 11887
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I say this as someone who has lived my entire live in the Northeastern United States, and with apologies to my Southern neighbors...iced tea should never be sweet. Sweet drinks in general are not my jam, but ESPECIALLY not drinks that are naturally bitter like tea or coffee.
(I do like to blend black tea with mint when I'm going to have it iced, because mint is cooling and pleasant and NOT SWEET.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 08, 2025 7:34:11 am PDT #8179 of 11887
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Stevia tastes medicinal/antisceptic to me. Give me my aspertame, I've never noticed any bad effects and I've drunk as much of it over the last 3 decades as the lab rats!
Arizona canned ice tea is pretty good, however. Not as good as sun tea, but I'm way too lazy to ever make that.
Laura - Jul 08, 2025 7:52:54 am PDT #8180 of 11887
Our wings are not tired.
I'm all about the sun tea, never sweetened.
Fake sugars are not an issue with me as I have always avoided sugar due to a family filled with diabetes. I don't notice the taste.
-t - Jul 08, 2025 8:14:51 am PDT #8181 of 11887
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
How do you feel about lemonade, Jess?
I am completely agnostic on whether tea should be hot or iced (or lukewarm having sat in the pot or cup for hours), sweet or unsweet, cream added or not. I may have a preference in the moment but I don't in general. Not really a fan of canned, though, or bottled for that matter. There used to be a Snapple unsweetened peach tea I really liked but I haven't seen it in, oh, decades, only "zero sugar" with splenda or something but mostly they just don't taste good to me and they seem astoundingly expensive compared to a teabag (and even when I am not in a position to turn a teabag into tea I can't help but make the comparison)
Don't like Stevia. I've only tried it a couple of times but it's got an undertone or aftertaste or something that's icky
Jessica - Jul 08, 2025 8:49:16 am PDT #8182 of 11887
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
How do you feel about lemonade, Jess?
Most lemonade is too sweet for me, but I drink a ton of lemon Spindrift. (Which is just seltzer + lemon juice, but I regularly spend $4/can on it anyway. Less so now that I'm in an office with seltzer on tap.)
Cass - Jul 08, 2025 8:57:45 am PDT #8183 of 11887
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Seltzer on tap? I have a seltzer fizzer but ON TAP? That's the dream.
Steph L. - Jul 08, 2025 9:04:55 am PDT #8184 of 11887
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Cass, I was just going to say that!
lisah - Jul 08, 2025 9:17:07 am PDT #8185 of 11887
Punishingly Intricate
My family would always drink very strong iced tea with orange juice (instead of sugar or lemon). I loved it as a kid but haven’t had it probably since my grandmother died 20 years ago (how is time??!!). I’ve never heard of others who drank iced tea that way.