[blackdog]

Moved to Wisconsin from South Carolina. We really miss Sweet Tea. For what it is worth yankees, it is not called Iced Tea! I started my mint patch last year. We were told in much the same controversy as the BBQ sauce thread, that sweet tea should not have lemon or mint in it. My grandmother used to make it it buckets, letting what seemed to be a bushel of mint steep in each bucket. She would then ring it out. Mint does tend to cloud the tea though.

[Intimidator]

I'm a native North Carolinian and I've never put mint in my sweet tea but I think I'll try it. We would always stick a slice of lemon in the glass. Before I moved to the Raleigh area with all these Yankees, I used to just order tea at a restaurant and I knew it would be sweet. Now I have to ask for it specifically or theres no telling what you'll get.