Actually, it's a regional thing. They say sweet iced tea is a 'Southern thing'. Well, I'll tell ya, I grew up in New Orleans...ya don't get much more Southern than that...and you will find sweet tea NO WHERE in a restaurant there. *shrug* So I grew up drinking it straight up unsweetened. I find that if you get it sweetened in a restaurant...it's TOO sweet. So I either just chuck a couple packets in there if I'm in a sweet mood, or just drink it straight up.

I find more and more...if it's a flavored tea, I'll drink it unsweet. Sweet changes the taste for me. *shrug!* I am a weird, weird chica.