Regan Posted May 7, 2013 #1 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I'm from the South and love to drive iced tea with lunch and dinner. Do Italian Restaurants serve iced tea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted May 7, 2013 Author #2 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Oops! That is: I love to drink (not drive) ice tea. lol!!!! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euro cruiser Posted May 7, 2013 #3 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I've never seen it in Italy. For that matter, ice isn't easy to come by either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted May 7, 2013 #4 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I have not seen any either, but I have not looked far past the wine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandij Posted May 7, 2013 #5 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Wine, some Coke products and water with or without gas and more wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted May 8, 2013 #6 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Yes and ice is hard to come by without a doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserfromalabama Posted May 8, 2013 #7 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I am from the south too, but I did not miss my sweet iced tea at all on our trip to Italy last June! We drank bottled water(no fizzy/they will give you carbonated if you don't say no bubbles), wine, beer, and an occasional coke. Hot tea was available though. I just ate tons of gelato whenever I was hot and thirsty or drank bottled water. There are public drinking water fountains everywhere that are extremely cold and we just refilled our bottles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girr Posted May 8, 2013 #8 Share Posted May 8, 2013 On a trip to FCO a couple of years ago I was sharing a shuttle with three gals from Dallas. They were still grumbling over their bar tab the previous evening. After two weeks in Italy they really wanted ice tea -- and yes, ice tea not the alcohol ones. So they'd given the hotel staff instructions, and were oh so happy when the bar made them their ice tea. They each sucked down several. However, when the bill arrived at $12 for each glass, well lets just say upon reflection they'd wish they'd stuck to wine. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4 Posted May 8, 2013 #9 Share Posted May 8, 2013 DH also misses ice tea when we are in Italy. Two years ago he ordered it in Rome. He got a few cubes of ice and the worst ice tea he ever had. And yes it was about $12 USD for one glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonTowner Posted May 8, 2013 #10 Share Posted May 8, 2013 In the majority of southern European countries you would drink wine or water with your meal. Never a soft drink like Coca Cola etc, unless you are a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserfromalabama Posted May 8, 2013 #11 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Oh well, I guess I am a 57 year old child, because I might have faux pas and had a coke in Italy with my pizza for lunch! LOL! Nobody in their right mind would ever assume that I was European anyway once I opened my mouth and they heard my southern accent.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisiamc Posted May 8, 2013 #12 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I have seen the bottled, flavoured tea drinks in Italian shops, and in the fridges in some bars. If that's an acceptable substitute, you may be okay. Otherwise, any sort of brewed tea, hot or cold, is an uncertain prospect in Italy. IMO, they serve the best coffee in the world, and the worst tea! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted May 8, 2013 #13 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I have not seen it served in Italy either. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texancruzer Posted May 8, 2013 #14 Share Posted May 8, 2013 While I am also a " GRITS " (Girl Raised In The South) and love my sweet tea..... I also like to drink Coke and have ordered it with lunch in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Spain and others and no one ever batted an eye. But to get iced tea - probably a challenge. BUT - you can drink it till you pop on the ship :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted May 8, 2013 Author #15 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Thanks everyone for your response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidergirl Posted May 8, 2013 #16 Share Posted May 8, 2013 For what is worth, I saw bottles of Lipton flavored tea this week in Rome. I specifically remember a little store behind the Pantheon, across from the elephant and obelisk statue, that had the tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzer Two Posted May 9, 2013 #17 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I'm from the South and love to drive iced tea with lunch and dinner. Do Italian Restaurants serve iced tea? I too am from the South, so pardon me for a harsh-sounding reply, but why do you want to travel the world eating and drinking the same as home. When traveling, I enjoy experiencing the delightful things of the country I’m visiting. I was on a tour bus in Paris and overheard a gentlemen from Oklahoma say that he had just experienced the worst hamburger of his life. I thought to myself, if you came to Paris and ordered a hamburger you got what you deserved. Okay, fire away! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4 Posted May 9, 2013 #18 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I too am from the South, so pardon me for a harsh-sounding reply, but why do you want to travel the world eating and drinking the same as home. When traveling, I enjoy experiencing the delightful things of the country I’m visiting. I was on a tour bus in Paris and overheard a gentlemen from Oklahoma say that he had just experienced the worst hamburger of his life. I thought to myself, if you came to Paris and ordered a hamburger you got what you deserved. Okay, fire away! Ron I agree, but we spent 3 weeks in Rome and one day near the end of our stay, DH just wanted some iced tea. After paying $12 for yucky stuff, he said he learned his lesson and wouldn't try that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted May 9, 2013 #19 Share Posted May 9, 2013 As others have suggested, you can look for some iced and flavored iced teas in stores that sell bottled cold drinks. You won't find iced tea available in restaurants for meals. I agree Italy has the best coffee in the world. I used to not be much of a coffee drinker until I discovered espresso. Now I am on my third espresso machine at home but it still doesn't taste like it does in Rome.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted May 9, 2013 #20 Share Posted May 9, 2013 As others have suggested, you can look for some iced and flavored iced teas in stores that sell bottled cold drinks. You won't find iced tea available in restaurants for meals. I agree Italy has the best coffee in the world. I used to not be much of a coffee drinker until I discovered espresso. Now I am on my third espresso machine at home but it still doesn't taste like it does in Rome.... Ah yes, but does anything?? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADflyer Posted May 9, 2013 #21 Share Posted May 9, 2013 http://www.nestea.it/products.html The bottled Nestea product is very common in all of southern Europe. It is commonly sweetened with Lemon or Peach flavor. While not available in all restaurants, it is typical in shops and cafes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texancruzer Posted May 9, 2013 #22 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I too am from the South, so pardon me for a harsh-sounding reply, but why do you want to travel the world eating and drinking the same as home. When traveling, I enjoy experiencing the delightful things of the country I’m visiting. I was on a tour bus in Paris and overheard a gentlemen from Oklahoma say that he had just experienced the worst hamburger of his life. I thought to myself, if you came to Paris and ordered a hamburger you got what you deserved. Okay, fire away! Ron While I pretty much agree with this..... there are times when water or wine just won't do. I discovered Proseco (yum) on our first trip to Rome.....but if I drank a glass at lunch I would be worthless for the afternoon ;) I am one of those that has to keep their alcohol intake to the evening/dinner hours. So - I drink Coke or something else with lunch. As a side note: some people can't drink at all for various reasons. So don't be too quick to jump on the "do it how they do it " soapbox. Just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisiamc Posted May 9, 2013 #23 Share Posted May 9, 2013 http://www.nestea.it/products.html The bottled Nestea product is very common in all of southern Europe. It is commonly sweetened with Lemon or Peach flavor. While not available in all restaurants, it is typical in shops and cafes. This is the one I've seen. It's pretty frequent in shops, as you say. I'd have to add that is doesn't taste much like American iced tea. It might fill the gap for someone who was pining, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffy116 Posted May 9, 2013 #24 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Also from the South, where we enjoy our sweet tea. We had the ability to brew a cup of tea in our hotel room and sweetener. Ice seems to be as difficult to get as tea. Anni..a restaurant just around the corner from Piazza Navarona provided us with large glasses of ice once night to go with our water. It's the only place in Rome where we got ICE. We had our dinner with wine, and had a wonderful glass of iced water following dinner. The "Lite" coke also had a yucky taste so we were "forced" to depend on the best wine we ever tasted for the entire trip...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted May 9, 2013 #25 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Ah yes, but does anything?? :p You have a very good point there. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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