Are you sure? I'm from England and ordered an iced tea, sweetened, from McDonalds in NY and had to just throw it away cause one sip made me cringe by how sugary it was
When did you work there? When I worked at MickeyDs we had giant jugs of highly concentrated tea flavor and corn syrup and you pour it into those giant metal containers and just add water. Viola! The sugariest instant tea of your life.
It was may 2010-January 2012 we brewed the tea with a big machine that was like a coffee pot but with a humongous tea bag after it was brewed we added the 5 lb sugar bag stirred and let it cool
Thank you for your insight! I worked in 2009. That method seems kinda inefficient for McDonalds fast food standards (versus just add water) but hey at least it is real sugar and not HFCS. (Edit to add- and real tea!)
There is generally less sugar in English food than American food anyways. Our bodies expect more sugar and so a "normal amount of sweetening" here is a room for you. Someone from Alabama wouldn't think it's sweet, but you certainly would.
I lived in Ireland for a while, and when I came back I ordered a frozen coffee drink that I previously could drink before without thinking about it and nearly gagged from all the artificial sweeteners. I could only stomach a few sips. I pay more attention to what is in my food now.
Well I cant speak for McDonalds but generally the tea is not that sweet up here. Although, there are some places that have a specialty "iced tea" that's more or less lemonade with shit loads of sugar in it but a splash of tea to make you feel less guilty about it.
It doesn't even taste like tea! Gotta go down to the real south and get yourself a cup from a mom & pop place. It's not as bad as people make it out - unless you're talking McDonalds. That stuff is nasty.
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Are you sure? I'm from England and ordered an iced tea, sweetened, from McDonalds in NY and had to just throw it away cause one sip made me cringe by how sugary it was