Tea Question

[lagienomai]

I was recently reading on Carnivals website about what drinks were included. I know water, lemonade, juice (which I know is just in the morning) and it stated unsweetened tea. So my question is, is all the tea unsweetened or do they have sweet tea? I am mostly a water and coffee drinker but do like a glass of sweet tea.

[cb at sea]

If you add sugar, it will be sweet....that's how "sweet tea" is made! So, add sugar, and stir!!!

 

If you want it sweet, it's a do it yourself thing.

[sanmarcosman]

No sweet tea unless you make it that way yourself and sweeteners and sugar are near the dispenser.

[cntrydncr1]

It is unsweetened.

[lagienomai]

Ok may have to just bring some Splenda with me then. Guess I could add some lemonade and just make an Arnold Palmer too.

[cuyahoga11]

They have Splenda and all the other colors too

[marshhawk]

I thought you were talking about afternoon tea, oh well,

 

tea, out of the machine is some kind of instant unsweetened tea. Add 1/2 lemonade, 1/2 tea, you have an Arnold Palmer, go to the coffee stand inside the lido restaurant, get cup, put in tea bag of your choice, add hot water, let set, add honey or sugar, stir, pour over ice-and voila! iced sweet tea!

[sanmarcosman]

Guess I could add some lemonade and just make an Arnold Palmer too.

Those are good too and easy to get when poolside or passing through :)

Edited July 31, 2015 by sanmarcosman

[Boozebabe]

The tea meant to be drunk as iced tea is awful. Its that powdered stuff. And the lemonade is the sweetest stuff I ever tasted. Each cruise I give them both another try....once. Nope same nasty stuff. I order a Coke.

 

It's not the good ol' Sweet Tea of the south.

Edited August 1, 2015 by Boozebabe

[sanmarcosman]

The tea meant to be drunk as iced tea is awful. Its that powdered stuff.

Not quite, it's from liquid concentrate. I won't defend the taste although I have had much worse.

[KatieCharlotte]

I'm from the north, so I grew up on unsweetened tea made from powder and think it tastes perfectly refreshing. :D I agree that the lemonade is too sweet, which makes it perfect to mix with the tea for an Arnold Palmer. I credit Carnival for creating my addiction to Arnold Palmers. :)

 

The free drinks also include hot chocolate, and the morning juices are extremely sweet.

[JawjaFatBoy]

For us Southerners who are used to "real" sweet tea, the stuff on the ship is a real disappointment. Even if you add sugar (Splenda is nasty, sorry) it's still not great. Mixing it 50/50 with lemonade does make it tolerable and that is what I've done every cruise.

 

You would think with so many cruisers coming from the South that they would at least offer real sweet tea!:confused:

[MsTabbyKats]

I bring my Tervis Tumbler. I put in a lot of ice....then half water/half tea...and couple of lemon slices.

 

Delicious!

[O2Cool]

Sweet Tea in the South is not sugar added to iced tea. It is made by adding sugar to the hot brewed tea and stirring until dissolved --- then icing it. The taste is totally different!!! We do love our sweet tea.

[SadieN]

Cruise Ship Iced Tea Recipe

 

(For Sweet Tea put your sweetener of choice into a mug, pour in a tiny bit of hot water, stir to dissolve, then...)

 

Put two tea bags into mug and fill with water.

Steep til dark.

Pour over full cup of ice.

Edited August 1, 2015 by SadieN

[AngMo44]

Sweet Tea in the South is not sugar added to iced tea. It is made by adding sugar to the hot brewed tea and stirring until dissolved --- then icing it. The taste is totally different!!! We do love our sweet tea.

 

^Truth

[Heather1972]

Sweet Tea in the South is not sugar added to iced tea. It is made by adding sugar to the hot brewed tea and stirring until dissolved --- then icing it. The taste is totally different!!! We do love our sweet tea.

 

+1

 

I'm from Atlanta. That's how I make it. It is all about getting about a cup of sugar to dissolve in a gallon of hot tea. We just had relatives visit us from California. They could not get enough of my sweet tea.

[lagienomai]

Sweet Tea in the South is not sugar added to iced tea. It is made by adding sugar to the hot brewed tea and stirring until dissolved --- then icing it. The taste is totally different!!! We do love our sweet tea.

 

I will agree to this as well. I usually only have one glass a day so I will get by I suppose.

[tom&jan]

Texas here, and that's how I make my sweet tea, I add the sugar to the hot brewed tea. Comes our perfect.

[Gamecock_Cruiser]

I was recently reading on Carnivals website about what drinks were included. I know water, lemonade, juice (which I know is just in the morning) and it stated unsweetened tea. So my question is, is all the tea unsweetened or do they have sweet tea? I am mostly a water and coffee drinker but do like a glass of sweet tea.

 

I see you are from NC. I;m from SC and love my sweet tea too. No, they do not have sweet tea. The unswweet tea that they have is TERRIBLE!

 

I have always made my own sweet tea on board with a mug of hot water and a tea bag with a cup of ice ac some sugar.

[Arizonagirl14]

I also do as suggested make a cup of sweet ,hot tea and pour it over a glass of ice. It is much better than the iced tea they have in The dispensers.

[LadyGal4]

Yeah, as a true southerner, who makes really good tea at home, the tea on board is awful. "IF" I drink it, I have to mix it Arnold Palmer style

 

 

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[Sweet Dutch Girl]

+1

 

I'm from Atlanta. That's how I make it. It is all about getting about a cup of sugar to dissolve in a gallon of hot tea. We just had relatives visit us from California. They could not get enough of my sweet tea.

 

:):DSo sweet tea can only be made in large batches and just adding sugar to brewed tea in an individual container and pouring it on ice just isn't the same thing? I guess all the sweet tea I've been drinking my whole life has been an effort in futility. I've also made iced sweet coffee the same way...me bad.

[Raxter54]

I also do as suggested make a cup of sweet ,hot tea and pour it over a glass of ice. It is much better than the iced tea they have in The dispensers.

 

Big tea drinker here (hot AND iced). I was curious as to what kind of tea bags they have. I usually drink Twining English Breakfast. Do they have good brands of tea bags or just generic? Might have to stash a box in my luggage....

[crusinpsychRN]

Thank goodness Miami is south but not "the south" as we don't like sweet tea. Think it's just way too sweet! The tea does have that funny taste to it but you can brew your own for the real thing.