Ranking Bottled Sweet Teas | Bless Your Rank

Nothing compares to your mama's homemade sweet tea, but is bottled sweet tea even tolerable? Matt lets us know which store-bought teas to trust, and which ones ain't even worth your time.
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[@ItsaSouthernThing]

What should Matt try next on Bless Your Rank?

[@raedar3570]

It's a Southern Thing premade roux or roux mix for gumbo!

[@thebeardedmamba]

It's a Southern Thing signature grilled chicken sandwiches? 👀

[@strongzelda]

BBQ Sauce, he needs to try the brand "Head Country" from Oklahoma though!

[@austinprice5052]

Barbecue Chips!!

[@annearaullo2917]

Biscuits from a can (name brands & store brands). Breakfast sausages. Hush puppies, fried shrimp or fish with remoulade or tarter sauce, fried fish sandwiches, lemonade, pimento cheese, cheese balls or cheese spreads, diet sweet tea, diet sodas, biscuits with sausage gravy, frozen pizzas, sweet potato fries, deviled eggs (have cast members make their best recipe), hot dogs, baloney or fried baloney sandwiches (maybe some are better as is while others better fried), pork rinds, fast food/restaurant/made from box or packet mashed potatoes & gravy, BBQ ribs - pork & beef, BBQ sauces, restaurant/fast food pancakes, BBQ or baked beans, pralines, Moonpies vs Moonpie knock-offs, Key Lime pies/desserts/drinks. Foods from the North: New England clam chowders, Boston baked beans, Buffalo chicken wings or wing sauce, Philly cheesesteaks, Tastykake products, NY cheesecake (something from NYC, Juniors, frozen, local bakery/restaurant, made from a mix or no bake recipe), scrapple (might make bottled sweet tea seem not so bad & get the Scottish guy to join).

[@jamesedwards752]

“I give us until June” *Coronavirus joins the chat*

[@gregsalazar7410]

Damn hes good

[@colbyflatt]

He's Dr. Brown from back to the future

[@morganwheeler3797]

IKR

[@brittneyhogancamp7150]

Hi I’m Brittany 10 years old I just want to say he actually sed I give until LIKE june

[@emmah.8892]

@Brittney Hogancamp No one asked 🙄

[@americanredneck357]

"You can't just carry a pitcher of sweet tea with you" *Uncle Si would like to know your location Jack!*

[@garneht]

I'm happy I know who that is

[@katelynthompsonturner3083]

😂😂😂

[@Louie2017]

Omg

[@captainraven41]

Uncle Si drinks unsweet tea though.

[@americanredneck357]

@@captainraven41 Well yeah, but if the question is whether or not you can carry around a jug of tea with you, yes you can. But then again, there has to be a few screws loose with someone who willingly drinks unsweet tea, so maybe we ought to just leave the jug to ol' Si.

[@markmallecoccio4521]

*Struggles for like 5 minutes to open the Gold Peak seal* Boy, where the hell is your pocket knife? You call yourself a southern boy.

[@txgunguy2766]

My family knows not to ask me IF I have a knife on me but HOW MANY do I have on me. I counted them at work once and the answer that day was 15.

[@kaitlyne1870]

@@txgunguy2766 once I was at a bridal shower and the bride-to-be asked if anyone had a knife to open a package. Then she asked why in the world I had a knife when I offered her mine. Why would you ask for one if you think it'd be crazy for someone to actually have one? 😂

[@txgunguy2766]

At the family Christmas I like to open each of my presents with a different knife. Just cuz I can. It really frustrates my family because I don't cut the wrapping paper only the tape, so it takes a minute.

[@Freebirde7]

Maybe you should have offered her your pen knife from your bag instead of your six inch boot knife.

[@kaitlyne1870]

@@Freebirde7 well, where's the fun in that? 😂

[@tahjkuemmerle]

"Gold Peak is in first. It will be moved." The next three teas: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

[@honestdave]

This is why you never trust New Yorkers with Tea.

[@CorvusCorone68]

@@honestdave or Bostoners, they tend to dump it in the harbor

[@anotherHelldiver]

@CorvusCorone68 that was One of the smartest jokes I’ve heard.

[@tonygov]

I knew what his reaction to the Arizona tea was going to be as soon as he lifted it up.

[@xnvaznx]

​@@CorvusCorone68Wouldn't you if it tasted like that?

[@josiajones9774]

He about died four times....bless his heart.

[@sallyphillips9175]

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" *drinks Pure Leaf* "Except that." HAHAHAHAHA! You crack me up, Matt!

[@canoslo6126]

Sally Phillips Loved that bit!!!

[@tanyahartley7782]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sallyphillips9175]

@Toasted Cheeseburger Don't start that mess, please. It's a silly, fun video. Not the place.

[@sallyphillips9175]

@Toasted Cheeseburger If you wanna make a fool of yourself, knock yourself out. I won't stop you. Have fun talking to no one.

[@mattwarwick5707]

@Toasted Cheeseburger Well when you say shit like that... *uno reverse card*

[@shelpippg2202]

I was in Walmart once & I heard some fella yell, “Hey! Youse guys want an Arizona sweet tea? We’re in Texas now; we should drink what they do!” *insert northern accent* And an old Texas woman said, “Hush your mouth, young man. We don’t drink that garbage. Go get you a gallon of Milo’s.” I about died laughing.

[@greenmachine5600]

At least you told him directly. He doesn't represent all northerners though. Local and homemade is best.

[@hermeskun3274]

Born and raised in Texas, Arizona is ten times better than that trash Milos.

[@shelpippg2202]

@@hermeskun3274 Bless your heart.

[@hermeskun3274]

@@shelpippg2202 I will say, Milos does recreate the taste of sweet tea brewed from unfiltered dirt water, so I can see why so many of us like it. Reminds us of home.

[@shelpippg2202]

@@hermeskun3274 Awww, now you’re just being hurtful. Go back to New Hampshire, yankee! 😆

[@NewfieLawNerd]

Matt: You can’t carry a pitcher of sweet tea with you Uncle Si: Hold my tea glass

[@Gigameth89]

As a British person that stayed in the South for over a year, the difference between a good sweet iced tea and a bad one for me is. Bad sweet teas just taste like British tea, with sugar and no milk, that's been left to go cold. Good sweet teas actually taste like they're a different drink altogether, and you can't stop drinking the stuff.

[@rayjohnson2387]

Milk in tea ...🤢

[@cassidyunderwood4716]

@@rayjohnson2387 with the right tea its good. Some Irish breakfast tea with a spoon full of sugar and a dash of milk or half and half is really good.

[@eg1197]

@@rayjohnson2387 drink with milk tea is getting very popular in boba shop in US Me personally I don't care for milk in tea.

[@Gigameth89]

@@rayjohnson2387 Yeah, I might be an outcast, but I don't really like "British tea". Despite the stereotype. I prefer coffee. As far as teas go, british tea is pretty underwhelming. Prefer a herbal tea, green tea or something you're supposed to drink black, like Lapsang Souchong.

[@rayjohnson2387]

Milk is for dunkin cookies in.. that's all it's good for lol

[@BruhStew]

The fact that he said we’ll all be gone by June and the caronavirus is going around. Time traveler.......

[@davidjune6108]

I'm from June and I can tell you were not fine but we're alive

[@skittlesdude3553]

But there’s a round 2

[@skittlesdude3553]

To future me in 2021 did we make it and did it get better?

[@carryeveryday910]

Cole Hinds It’ll all be over in November.

[@carryeveryday910]

Corona was here in January

[@fireprincessreviews]

"I don't think we'll make it to June" Hello from August.... we're hanging in there

[@sophiaswidler1600]

Fire Princess Reviews barely though

[@isasofia2009]

Hiii! From September! Just barely

[@BecauseHeLives39]

Hello from September, help lol I wanna go back to school(don’t wanna get sick tho, I’d rather stay home and not get sick than go to school and possibly be asympotimatic and get people infected)

[@coco-jl7qc]

Hello from Octobruary 3120. Barely. Just barely.

[@AbbieH5]

But are we, really? Or are we just echoes of a forgotten "before" time merely going about our routine because we don't realize we're ghosts? It's 2020 so anything is possible.

[@Bluejean-pq7ng]

After watching this episode, I bought a gallon of Milo's Sweet Tea while visiting family. Let's just say, I finished the whole gallon by myself in a few days. So yummy. :)

[@karentucker2161]

Just drank that before my walk lol 😆

[@jackmccaulley]

I am drinking a gallon as I watch this video

[@Vikingrplays]

amateurs I'm drinking 3 right now

[@petermcfookens]

@@jackmccaulley me too. Its so good.

[@johnveca2979]

I typically have a couple of Milo's tea in the fridge. Unsweetened for me though. The South runs through my veins but the sugar doesn't, ha!

[@lacey6800]

“This is not sweet tea, this is nastea” LOL 😂

[@YouTubeYouTubeYouTube726]

Hahaha nas-tea ha ha ha

[@martinpospisil3747]

@Digicraftmon the Crystal Gem In my country we have both Nestea (Nestle) and Fuze Tea which I believe belongs to Coca Cola company.

[@dalemoore8582]

Red Diamond is made in Birmingham

[@Wearywastrel]

Nestea is ironically that powdered tea mentioned on the pure leaf bottle.

[@melbel2332]

Bless Matt for going through that pain for our entertainment and bottled tea education.

[@andrewholmes4381]

I MET THE OLDEST WOMAN OF ITS A SOUTHERN THING AT MY JOB!!! I told her Matt was my favorite. So nice of y’all to talk

[@liverpooltillidie1330]

Andrew Holmes Nice.

[@eg1197]

That's so sweet.☺

[@tracyfrederick5606]

Awesome!

[@texasbeast239]

You shoulda done called her "Grandma".

[@Daltonleach11]

“You can’t just carry a pitcher of sweet tea around” -Si Robertson: “Hey jack!”

[@zacheryjequinto7259]

His emotion ever since the Arizona sweet tea: "My disappointment is immeasurable and my day has been ruined."

[@dbizzle85]

All hail review brah

[@grzesiakart1808]

I have had Arizona sweet tea and when he said it was not sweet, :( to me when I had it it was the sweetest tea I have ever had lol

[@nartin9]

@@grzesiakart1808 The worst sweet tea I ever had was McDonalds its just sugar water with some tea flavor no scratch that its sugar with water and tea added to it.

[@MeachPango]

@@grzesiakart1808 go to walmart and get you some milos. its fuycking bomb and cheap as hell

[@gaiterat6187]

One Thanksgiving, we realized nobody brought any sweet tea. I volunteered to go get some. Wal Mart was the only place open and all they had was "Arizona Southern Style Sweet Tea". Everything else was sold out. I still haven't lived that down as the guy that brought "the worst sweet tea" to Thanksgiving dinner.

[@magicawesomemukbangasmr1615]

"You can't just carry a gallon of sweet tea around with you" Try telling Si Robertson that.

[@joydrake9965]

Thats exactly what I thought!!!

[@lynnfraizer7103]

Make you some tea before you leave the house put it in a big old quick trip go cup bottle tea not on your life

[@alysonnunn4931]

Him and his blue cup 🤣

[@davidgalinat4257]

Arizona tea doesn't even need refrigeration. Its tea flavored Koolaid.

[@Ishasgirl]

from his reaction, I'm not even sure its tea flavored

[@Gear3Amv]

no it’s pretty foul

[@rockerchris82]

No thats insulting to kool-aide

[@chappy9724]

A lot of Arizona tea is made in Lakeland Florida at a factory that is know as the juice bowl. I would deliver about 10 loads of cans a day to them.

[@makaylaweaver3617]

It really is tho

[@williamericson2739]

Matt is the only one who is consistently hilarious on It's a Southern Thing. Just wanted to say, "Thanks Matt!"

[@maryedwards2388]

Milo's tea saved my life during the 5 years I lived in Oregon. They don't have sweet tea, queso or real barbecue in Oregon, which is really hard for a Texas girl.

[@RaptorJesus]

..if you can't get good barbecue *or* sweet tea, the remedy is "Move".

[@maryedwards2388]

@@RaptorJesus I did. I moved back to Texas in 2018, and all is right again. xD

[@sethralavode9012]

Make your own, a true southerner would.

[@rockerpat1085]

@@maryedwards2388 Welcome home girl!!! Now never make that mistake again!!! What part of the Great Country Of Texas are you in? I'm in Houston!!! All my life!!! Keep Rocking it out!!!

[@maryedwards2388]

@@sethralavode9012 I did when I was at home, but there were times when we were traveling and it was either Milo's or McDonald's for the sweet tea. There's just no option for it at all when you're out and about and that was a big culture shock for me.

[@thecomorbiditycurator8018]

When bottled Milo's expanded into sales in TN, I was in middle school. Everyone always tried to trade lunches with me when I had Milo's in my lunchbox. Obviously I never traded, so I'd sit back and slowly sip on it whilst pitying the peasants who had milk. My aunt lives in Birmingham, so she took me to an actual Milo's restaurant when I visited for Christmas that year. I was super excited and it did not disappoint.

[@willaandrews7283]

Caitlyn Bradford I love that you “ pitied the peasants with milk” that would be me and I live in Tennessee

[@maret_the_ferret7510]

Caitlyn Bradford Milos is the best sweat tea ever lol

[@claram.8306]

I live in East Tennessee and the only sweet Tea I grew up drinking is Milos.I have had Gold Peak and other sweet tea brands and they don’t taste right!!!

[@willaandrews7283]

ColbyBrocklvr I just realized I haven’t had Milo’s tea in forever....I need to go to the store now 😂

[@LawlorLori]

I live in Ohio. I tried Milos tea for the first time after watching your video. Love it!

[@everybodysfavoritesarah6337]

This episode should be called “Bless You, Matt.”

[@grzesiakart1808]

Yup lol

[@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen]

Says prayers all your life then get mummifed, we got some ice tea coming to calm Matt's stife.

[@_TheRoseCrow]

*yells at bad tea* turns to milos, “I’m sorry to yell in your presence” 🤣

[@BrianWalsingham]

Milo’s, Red Diamond, and Publix tea. The Holy Trinity of Southern tea.

[@theindisposable5525]

Walmart blue-lid ain't bad either.

[@TheRabidWolverine]

Lousianne isn't that bad.

[@zackwatson6438]

Milos and Publux or bust! Side note: Publix Peach tea is pretty great

[@blakeromo]

Haven't tried Publix. How does it compare to Milos?

[@TheRabidWolverine]

@@blakeromo they don't have Publix Tea in some areas like North Carolina or Virginia.

[@bananaboat805]

"If this one's bad, I quit" *while about to drink Brisk* Me: Oh, honey, NO!

[@davidgalinat4257]

IKR. You think you hated that last one, here's a tea that tastes like watered down cough syrup.

[@elainefletcher6938]

Brisk tea sucks

[@alsinakiria]

Where I live you can only buy the bottom three. I thought I hated sweet tea for over a decade, then a southerner made me try the real thing.

[@constancemiller3753]

NOOOOOOOO!

[@leosong829]

@@alsinakiria surprisingly the canadian ones aren't too bad.

[@Hiro-yr9qt]

Binging with babish’s long lost brother

[@vvvvvv66666]

babbish moved north

[@levozhe]

Babbish's name is Andrew Rea, just so you know

[@charlesperez172]

Wassily Kandinsky you beat me to it😭

[@DoggyBoy-vg8si]

Whoa.

[@thomasisrael1636]

Andrew Rea with Type 1.

[@highinquisitor0083]

The general consensus in my family. Milo's is for lunch and supper. Red diamond is forgetting stuff done in the yard on a hot day.

[@hopeinchrist3243]

Bad sweet tea does things too ya. No there’s no such thing as bad sweet tea. It’s just plain old NAS-tea. 🥤

[@bornintheusa1644]

Lol i lol'd at his comment "nastea"

[@tookie1864]

“I’ll give us until June” the prophecy was incorrect

[@cloneskiller]

June of next year 😕

[@cooper5324]

exactly what I thought

[@tabithamashburn8786]

It’s one month till June 2021, I’m getting my COVID vaccine tomorrow

[@TuesdaysArt]

He didn't say which June...maybe it'll be June of 2023. If this lasts for all of the 2020s, I'm going to be disappointed.

[@stacylgh]

"This is the worst Bless Your Rank ever" I laughed so hard it made my stomach hurt. Bottled/Canned sweet tea is disgusting. Make it fresh, don't let it boil, keep it in the fridge, and drink it within 48 hours.

[@simplyhuman3982]

I actually boil the water then drop in 10 bags and turn the burner off and let it set for 20 minutes. Works for me.

[@eg1197]

During the summer, I put 2 tea bag in 4 c water and leave it in hot sun 🌞 till dawn. Refigerate.

[@pbkayakyer]

@@eg1197 do you mean "til dusk"? I make sun tea occasionally but it comes in at dark.

[@eg1197]

@@pbkayakyer silly me 😌 dawn.. dusk... Both start with a D. Ty for correction.

[@sarac.8093]

I boil mine in a big pot and then I drop about 12 bags in. Keep it in the fridge overnight. 🤗

[@denanebergall5514]

Of the choices you had, Yes, Milo's is far and away, the best. I just can't believe you didn't include Publix!! That's the gold standard.

[@bipbip1029]

Came here to say this.

[@jcoolguy1548]

I live in Louisiana and I don't really get the hype around Milo's sweet tea. I tasted it and it was good, but it was the ok kind of good. Meanwhile, I love Gold Peak, Brisk, and Peace Tea. Milo's just isn't a tea that I would drink everyday

[@mathewpeek3118]

I came here for this comment too... Publix tea is goated...

[@kylenewton5446]

@@jcoolguy1548you love brisk and peace??? Hiw

[@Luckydraw4me]

Nah publix tea is not goated

[@charlescrews8416]

My Dad keeps a cooler in the back of his truck with a gallon of homemade sweet tea in it at all times

[@samuraimonkey5281]

Only way to go.

[@lynnfraizer7103]

That's what I said make it at home take it with you. Bottled tea never

[@dicesof8]

I would say that the longer the expiration date, the more preservatives it has in it. Edit to say: while I was listening to the video he was seeming to say the longer the expiration the better. I was just pointing out that it will suck if the expiration date is super long and not to bother. Thanks to all the folks who felt the need to make me look stupid.

[@user-ok8yq6nc6x]

Well yeah that's what preservatives do it's in the name

[@dicesof8]

@@user-ok8yq6nc6x Correct. I was meaning to look for a bottle with the least amount of ingredients. Besides if you watch the video, Matt was acting if the longer the date the better it was. It was actually the other way around.

[@iitzcak3494]

Johanna Lilly he said the exact opposite the entire video open your ears

[@dicesof8]

@@iitzcak3494 I guess I miss interpreted what he said.

[@cathipalmer8217]

@@dicesof8 That's what I thought he was saying, too.

[@melaniedrinkwater8310]

When I lived in Maine I was obsessed with Arizona sweet tea and thought they were the best. Then I moved to South Carolina and tried REAL sweet tea (including sun tea) and I cannot drink Arizona's anymore. They taste absolutely terrible now and I've realized how wrong I was also those years.

[@KatieBellino]

It is definitely difficult to even get proper sweet tea in Maine. In his top 3, I can only get Gold Peak. The Pure Leaf Sweet Tea tastes decent to me, but when he mentioned the dirt/pieces taste, I can see that. I will drink black iced tea too, so perhaps that's why I don't mind that one, even though it is probably lame by sweet tea standards. The only Arizona I don't mind is the green tea and the 1/2 and 1/2 Lite Arnold Palmer. However, some newer green teas have come on the market in recent years that highlight how bad the green tea is too. They are definitely "fake" teas.

[@jabronjunklove760]

Don't lie, Melanie. You only drink water.

[@punishedwhispers1218]

Arizona is fucking great, the sour taste is a feature. But I consider that kinda 'tea drink' to be another thing that isn't tea

[@caffeine3258]

I love to watch this (as a northerner) and just enjoy the culture difference of one country.

[@redrooster1908]

Funny how he dislikes many of these sweet teas. I hate them all. Certainly sweet tea is a Southern thing that never caught on up North.

[@shanettalipford8599]

“Death by terrible sweet teas”

[@TheRabidWolverine]

😂😂😂

[@acecafe727]

When I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 27, it wasn’t the thought of insulin injections/finger pricks to check my blood sugar for the rest of my life that phased me, it was adjusting to unsweet iced tea that bothered me the most😢 But 27 years later, I have overcome my sweet tea addiction & enjoy my iced tea, unsweet w/lemon every day🥳

[@robertoybarra3086]

I salute to your suffering🤧

[@thzzzt]

I can sympathize. Dr told me I was pre-diabetic so I decided to nip it in the bud. A good way to do this is to either "forget" to put the sugar in or tell yourself you'll drink the first quarter unsweet and sweeten it later. Usually by the time that happens I'm too lazy to get up and put sugar in, so I just end up finishing it all unsweet. One nice thing I found about quitting (or in my case, significantly reducing) sugar is that I used to need a nap after lunch. Now my energy level is even, and a lot of weird physical symptoms I originally attributed to age (I'm 60) are gone now.

[@Firsona]

A couple years ago, I ordered a peach sweet tea from sonic. I guess there were out of sweet tea..because they gave me an unsweetened tea and poured in about a cup of sugar. Since then, I haven't been able to drink sweet tea. As a woman in the south, I feel I should be able to sue them...

[@freakyguro]

I been drinking unsweet tea since i was 2 before i was diabetic. Granny was from England.... Arkansas. Shedidn't drink unsweet tea either.... 99% of the time but sweet tea was a treat. Probably because the 117f with 30% humidity in central California didn't lead to much sugar drinks to kill the thirst. I don't drink sweet tea. No one in my family does except special occasions. Also pure tea is good tea. unsweet tea. Never had sweet tea.

[@supergeek1418]

While I really prefer Sweet Tea when I'm sittin' around socializing, when I'm working outside in the hot South Florida summers, I have to switch to unsweet. I usually go through about a gallon each of unsweet tea, Gatorade, and water per day - with *NO* bathroom breaks! Yeh I sweat a lot...

[@zacktheexception1198]

Friend: “what do you watch on KZbin?” Me: “it’s complicated”

[@bkl2112bkl]

Zack The Exception 🤣

[@ItsaSouthernThing]

Friends tell friends about It's a Southern Thing.

[@anthonyschutz7201]

I feel like I see your comments on every video I watch

[@ElizaKnows]

@@ItsaSouthernThing even if I'm a northerner? I love you guys though.

[@enrogae]

@@ElizaKnows We can't all be perfect.

[@YaBoiGorn]

To be honest, I love Arizona sweet tea. I'm a fan of lemon and other sour flavors, so the slight sourness of Arizona, brisk or peace tea, I really enjoy. I even have Meyer lemon tea in my home that i make on occasion. Ofc I love normal sweet tea as much, but lemon tea is the best imo

[@XxMorganEchoxX]

Milos makes the BEST tea, didn’t know it was a restaurant though. I need to take a road trip!

[@Spinel1094]

What!?!? Milo's sauce is where it's at!

[@jordanturvin1110]

Milos teas are hard to find around here but my school sells them for lunch

[@taylorhogue316]

Chile, you don't know what you're missing! The best one is the one near Hoover. That one near UAB don't do right lol.

[@justynbelcherr5500]

You haven’t tried great tea untill you get it fresh from restaurant

[@squiresam]

They also have the best fries in the B'ham metro area.

[@DisillusionedAcronym]

matt's face after 3 consecutive bad tea was gold. gold peak, even.

[@supergeek1418]

I (personally) like Publix's sweet tea. Yum.

[@mistressblush4233]

Super Geek .....I am not a big Green Tea drinker, but I love Publix’s Diet Green Tea!! Maybe I have gotten use to the taste of diet drinks, but I don’t really think I could tell on this one.

[@flamingpieherman9822]

All of Publix tea is good! I love the green tea, the sweet tea, the unsweet tea the diet green, and they're expensive brand lemongrass and Sage!

[@gildedliberty6090]

My mom buys Publix tea for Thanksgiving dinner now. She's getting up in age and says I just better be thankful that she buys the one with sugar, cuz she rather get the unsweet and add the Sweet n Low, per doctor's orders. I say Oh, lawd, gimme tha sugar. lol

[@eg1197]

@Tumbleweed what about Stevia or Spendra or Monkfruit?

[@Teirless]

@@eg1197 believe he was talking about the products flooded with Aspartame, Erythritol, or Xylithol.

[@HollywoodZach]

I used to make my own sweet tea, but ever since moving to Florida (where the tap water tastes like it came from a quarry and probably did), I haven't been able to make my own anymore. Thanks to this video, I learned about Milo's and now it's basically all I drink. Hell, we stock up on 4-6 jugs every 3 weeks or so. I go through a jug of Milo's in roughly a day and a half.

[@Mushroomsrock573]

I don’t know whether to be impressed or concerned…and I’m from Alabama, so I see some weird sh*t going on down here

[@kilngoddess424]

Try Publix sweet tea in the gallon jug that is near the deli.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

@@Mushroomsrock573 bro is probably dead from diabetes by now XD

[@IWjake]

Florida water is the best water. Straight from the tap with its sulfur smell and little flakes of hardness in it 😂🤦‍♂️

[@john-wx7gr]

what part of Florida do you live in? I live in the panhandle and I can drink tap water just fine. I also have been conditioning myself for the past few years to enjoy the taste of tap water regardless of temperature so i may just be built different

[@oHSiNWHo]

I'm from Texas and I've never heard of "Peace" sweet tea. Now I know why. How dare they!

[@gooneegoogoo123]

I think only the Austin trash drinks it LOL

[@6WaysFromNextWed]

They contain sucralose. They have some half-and-half varieties that I think are decent if you're going to be out in the hot sun all day and want something that has a little bit of real sugar but not too much. It lives in some strange intermediate space between "soft drink" and "sports beverage." I wouldn't compare it to a regular bottled tea.

[@firefoxjb]

I live near Amarillo and that stuff is sold everywhere over here

[@t.thompson8985]

As a Texan, I'm seriously offended.

[@t.thompson8985]

@@gooneegoogoo123 no.

[@hankb27]

Milo’s is all that matters. We even have it in Oregon

[@blindbandit930]

It's sold at my wonderful southern, alabama school

[@andrewjohnson7645]

@willow84 and north Carolina we have it

[@LP-mz8rc]

The tea at Milo's restaurants is M U C H better than the bottled version. Milo's folks sold off the bottling part of the company and it tastes like mud! Look at the ick in the bottom of a gallon jug at the grocery store. If y'all can ever go to a Publix grocery store, buy a gallon of their regular sweet tea. It is absolutely awesome! I used to be a die-hard Milo's fan but now only drink it from the restaurant itself.

[@ezmoney79]

Wow milos is available in Oregon that's cool, it's made here in Alabama, it's good, I thought it was probably regional south east

[@srs1518]

@@LP-mz8rc Blesphemy! There is no other drinkable bottled sweet T besisdes Milos

[@canoslo6126]

How about a bless your rank potluck style where you have people bring in their favorite potluck dish and Matt has to rank them? You could do it as one of your live feed events.

[@rivka954]

This would have to be done regionally. There are way too many standard potluck dishes. In Van Zandt county Texas it's chicken spaghetti but it's different in other places. It would be hard to compare chicken spaghetti against, say, fried chicken salad or something like that.

[@canoslo6126]

Rivka I see your point, but I doubt that would stop Matt from having a good time with it! 😆

[@rivka954]

@@canoslo6126 true. I'm already laughing at that one dish somebody always brings to a potluck whose main ingredient is past idenitfying and is covered in some type of " cream of ____" soup and a bunch of cheese to hide it. Id like to hear his take on it.

[@canoslo6126]

Rivka I married a Midwesterner. I did not grow up with Jello salads, but Jello salads are HUGE in the Midwest. Every potluck has a selection of miscellaneous sometimes unidentifiable substances covered in goo - just like those casseroles you mentioned only without the cheese sauce. Lol

[@beautybard]

I 100% agree with this ranking. Milo's and Red Diamond are pretty interchangeable. If one is out, I'll get the other. RD is my personal number one, but Milo's is pretty dang solid.

[@willdaniels9420]

RD used to be terrible

[@willdaniels9420]

They’ve stepped their game up the past few years

[@kaitlyne1870]

This taste test should be illegal under the Geneva Convention! This is just plain torture! 😂😂😂

[@BullockAndCompany]

Katie Rosa 🤣🤣🤣

[@sweetnsourchick1761]

Bad sweet tea could be considered biochemical warfare! It might even start another Civil War! 😄

[@USER-cn6uo]

Katie Rosa Yes!

[@bcamp6088]

Red Diamond is the king of all bottled sweet tea, I'll fight you in the Walmart parking lot next time I see you

[@joydrake9965]

Him: "You can't carry around a gallon of sweet tea" Me: *Remembers Si Robertson*

[@tarrarecolabro1994]

About the Pure Leaf, I have no idea why they put citric acid in there, but I've gotten used to the taste at this point. Honestly, though, the extra sweet flavor is more like normal sweet tea, because it masks the citric acid, though you can still kind of taste it, but it isn't as bad.

[@cdressel53191]

Citric acid is used as a stabilizer in drinks and sauces so they can be mass produced and sit on shelves for years without going bad. If you want good tea, look at their ingredient lists, same goes for tomato sauce.

[@c.j.4014]

“I give us until June” *laughs nervously in June*

[@AidanChen7]

Lol

[@mattcamp6052]

As a Floridian, I'm disappointed that Publix sweet tea was not included

[@Travthememer]

SO TRUE

[@amber_2047]

“Brisk sweet tea...” me- OH GOD NO! Hanwkejdjfng *gagging sounds* it’s so bad but as a southern in the north if I’m desperate I’m desperate.

[@greyfiveys]

If you have to risk that much, just make tea yourself..

[@amber_2047]

@@greyfiveys I’ve tried it’s not the same. Southern tea hits different when you’re actually not in the south

[@Ufphen]

brisk makes some good lemonade though

[@karikasumi888]

I love his humor!! It's so funny! Every Bless your rank episode I end up laughing out loud and clapping too much. So many good one liners. 🤣🤣🤣🤣😖🖤

[@AlashiaTuol]

This is my favorite episode of Bless Your Rank, both because of Matt's hilarious reactions to the bad tea and the great set up on that jab about Alabama drivers.

[@user-re7po]

Southerners aren’t fat they’re just carrying around liters of sweet tea with a full body suit.

[@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen]

Wait a Minute

[@Duckoverlord23]

Matt: "I have been hurt. Physically and emotionally." Me: I am hut watching you be hurt.

[@NotSoCrazyNinja]

I had pretty much given up on all bottled sweet tea until one day I saw this little red bottle of sweet tea for a dollar at Walmart and I was real thirsty so I got it. Milo's sweet tea is like the only bottled sweet tea I have ever had that is anywhere close to being a proper sweet tea. The only better tea is tea you make yourself.

[@joshuawells835]

Bless your heart. GET THIS MAN AS MUCH MILO'S SWEET TEA AS HE CAN DRINK!

[@carsandquads7253]

Joshua Wells milos is the best I’m on a diet for a weight loss surgery because I have lived so southern my whole life and I’m kind of big lol and milos even makes a diet sweet tea that is amazing

[@heathercutler5114]

@@carsandquads7253 I actually prefer yellow cap to red cap. 🤭

[@carsandquads7253]

Heather Cutler idk about prefer but it definitely fulfills my sweet tea craving

[@gailborden837]

Joshua Wells .....Lmao !!

[@asarwar111]

I only gonna drink bottled sweet tea if Jesus christ himself is serving it to me or it's Milo's

[@walterwoerner3287]

asarwar111 amen brother

[@roji556]

Honestly, if you're ever down here in Texas, Find a Bush's Chicken and get some of their Sweet Tea (and Chicken). It's actually the best.

[@BamaShinesDistillery]

Nothing about Milos is good.....The tea is horrible and the burgers are just blah.....The fries are OK I guess....the only people who like Milos are those who grew up with it and dont know no better.

[@BamaShinesDistillery]

@Soviet who Cuts no, the South does everything better. From food to footbalk

[@TheRabidWolverine]

Amen. I had my first bottle of Milo's last week. And I'll tell you what, it reminded me so much of my Aunt's tea from summers past it brought a smile on my face from those memories.

[@youtubeuser1758]

We all know Milo’s is the best

[@mchowe01]

I’ve been wanting to try Milos but always afraid it’s bad. But now, I’m going to definitely try.

[@davidlevins7646]

FrontLineTexan 21 exactly.

[@NamelessKing1597]

Red Diamond, Milo's is (I know this is sacrilege here in the south but) too sweet and Gold peak is too weak.

[@Starlightskipper]

There is no competition

[@tamarajohnson5771]

Love Milo! I don't drink soft drinks and can't stand a lot of sugar, too sweet. Right amount of sweetness. Can only find at the pig. Stopped and got a couple for the road

[@DanCooper404]

I live in the cold, frozen North, but ventured down to Southern Ohio, near the Kentucky border this weekend. Not really "The South", but everyone had a Southern accent, so I'm rolling with it. I stopped into a Dollar General to get some lemonade, and spied gallin after gallon of Milo's sweet tea. I vaguely remembered this video, so got one. Let me tell you, even my wife, who doesn't drink much sweet tea, loves it. I shoulda bought two. Or six.

[@magesentron]

"Don't mess with Texas" was a slogan for an anti-littering campaign.

[@naomi9449]

Now it’s just a threat. Why? I’m not sure.

[@heathriley3692]

:) That aftertaste of Arizona "Southern Style" sweet tea, to me, tastes like antifreeze. The polypropylene-glycol kind.

[@andrealmoseley6575]

Hmmmm. We are pretty picky and like Arizona. But I think we do not do that flavor.

[@MissNumbledore]

Why’d you taste antifreeze though...

[@heathriley3692]

@@MissNumbledore :) My first car, back in the early 80s was a 76 Chevy Impala that overheated often. It was all I could afford, and every now and then, when it was really bad, you'd turn the heater on because the old cars ran a second radiator off of the engine coolant, and one of those connections would "pop" and spray coolant through the vents, or you'd be on the highway, and the coolant mist would come from under the hood and through the open windows. :) I have no idea how my generation survived to see the internet.

[@nurseness86]

"I'm the best driver even though I'm driving backward, because I'm in Alabama!" Truer words never spoken! Lord help those who teach driver's ed in Alabama because one day I'm coming for you!!!!!!

[@flboy85]

6:10 as a Floridian we mess with Texas and we don't have to say don't mess with Florida! Just ask yourself... Do you want to go to war with Florida Man? 😂😂😂

[@itsshai3447]

Matt: “I give us til June” Clovid-19: “Hold my Lysol...” March/April 2020: world meltdown, Pandemic

[@loving_lioness3518]

This is by far the funniest bless your rank. Lmfao! I felt your pain dude.

[@rachel_sj]

Matt, your pleasant Southern charm and mannerisms remind me of my friend and former roommate who moved to Virginia a few years ago. He comes up to Minneapolis (in warmer weather) for work a few times in the year for work but I have to binge watch Bless Your Rank in between to refill my psychological glass of Sweet Tea Personality

[@jenniferjump7865]

Milo's tastes exactly like the tea my grandma always made, it takes me right back to my childhood visiting their farm

[@idofps9709]

I've always hated bottled sweet tea, but recently bought Milo's and was a life changer

[@justisbartling5325]

I can only find it at one place in my Midwestern city and my absolute favorite, hands down. I enjoy sweet tea but all these sweet teas are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too sweet and milos is perfext

[@Junior-ly3gt]

@@justisbartling5325 fr!!!

[@idofps9709]

@@justisbartling5325 just got too many sweet teas with lemon. Like no... Tea and sugar and water. Milos got that shit down pat

[@trailshark2]

@@idofps9709 Right. If I wanted lemonade I would have got lemonade. I want Tea.

[@stephenulmer3781]

Milos is the best!

[@vinauttv7167]

Next to homemade, I think Turkey Hill has the best iced tea. Milo’s rocks the house as well!

[@LarryTheBassplayer]

I agree!

[@myork8560]

Yeah...Turkey Hill. That's some good sweet tea. I love it, Red Diamond, and in a pinch, I will take some Gold Peak or Milo. I don't care too much for Milo because it tends to leave this film in your mouth. But we all have our faves. But nothing beats my own homemade tea in my opinion. I try to always take a good bit with me when I have to be out and about.

[@lukasray3495]

Turkey Hill is nasty, tastes like pure plastic. Milos is the best though

[@sarkaztik3228]

@@lukasray3495 It's all gross. Just make your own and don't waste your money.

[@Natty10272]

Turkey hill is awesome. There's a tea called icy tea, they make real good tea, especially sweet tea with lemon flavor

[@GrimKeeper9011]

OMG I can't stop laughing. Bless your rank is my favorite with Matt.

[@TrafficCamWatch]

The brisk failure shocked me. I always loved it. Guess I need a reality check.

[@ladennayoung2939]

It's not bad to me either. But I always get the one with the blue label. I make sure it's straight tea. I don't want anything else in it.

[@meleagraham3084]

The pure leaf brought out his raging disappointment and I love that he takes this so seriously

[@rivka954]

Tea in the South IS a very serious thing.

[@truecrimereader8346]

“we won’t last till june” if only you knew, Matt...

[@michael1326]

It’s like Christmas in July when I find a bless your rank that I haven’t seen. You’re great Matt (& team)!

[@dustinp161]

I started drinking Arizona in high school when I could get a tall can for an affordable 99 cents. The lemon aftertaste grew on me and now I prefer it.

[@andrewzenon8537]

Of all the Bless Your Rank's, this is the one that made me laugh the most 😂😂😂

[@SarahLizDoan]

“Don’t get cocky, you will get moved” rotfl...thank you for this funny and informative video!

[@itsjennarae_yup1362]

Can’t carry pitcher of sweet tea everywhere....Si Roberson hold my tea

[@m.hreels9822]

God bless you ❤ this is the information I've been looking for my whole life! 🙏

[@julescar74]

Thank you for taking the time and enduring the torture of such a troubling taste test. I know you do these taste tests, so others, like myself, don't have to be tortured or shocked by such things as terrible bottled tea, especially on those hot days when you just want a drink without thinking too hard. I'm usually one of those people who send in front of the cooler in the store trying to figure out which tea to buy, while the fear of picking one of the nasty supposedly sweet teas hovers in the background of my mind. Leaving its taste remnants on my tongue for far too long. I usually give up and go for either a soda or water instead of taking the dangerous chance looming over me behind the cooler door. Thanks to Matt I know I'm gonna be safe with either Milo's or Blue Diamond, and if those two are MIA, then I'll just settle for water or soda so that I don't have to wait hours for my tastebuds to recover from such a catastrophe if I choose one of the other ones. Once again, Thank you very very much, Matt, for taking yet another one for the southern tastebuds team. We all appreciate it more than you'll ever know.

[@joeydalton4115]

I love how when he shakes the “drinks “ they play that twerk song

[@adriengriffon]

"Peace tea" and "Texas style", two phrases I never thought I'd see on the same can. Texas is known for many things but peace and love ain't it.

[@madiemadthebookworm]

Amen as a true Texan I believe that you are right

[@christopherbenner7516]

The only place people think that peace and Texas fit together is Austin, which is just weird anyways.

[@madiemadthebookworm]

@@christopherbenner7516 true that

[@jennifercearley2721]

Well, actually, peace Texas style. Leave me and mine in peace or we'll leave you in pieces.

[@munchkingod]

Woah there, Texas is still the south and yes people in Texas tend to be polite and friendly. It's usually the folks not brought up in the south but are currently living there that tend to be rude and often stir up a ruckus. It's not that Texans arnt known for peace, it's just that we don't put up with your bullshit.

[@skiedev]

Now THIS is the content I've been looking for!!

[@helikon06]

Milo's not only makes a amazing tea, but the lemonade is by far and away the best I've ever had.

[@morrius0757]

As a diabetic, even their zero sugar sweet tea is better than all the rest. Milo's made dropping sugar just a bit less painful. Lol

[@brianfuller757]

Yes it's awesome

[@pullinslack5600]

He struggled to hard to decide between Milo’s and red diamond, like red diamond is okay but Milo’s is on a whole nother level

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

Red Diamond is more than okay.

[@kastearman]

“That is the sauce that is actually my blood type” 😂 Milo’s sauce is LIFE! If only I could buy it in Florida.

[@stay60feetawayfromme33]

“I can do all things through christ who strengthens me” *sips northern tea* OK EXCEPT FOR THAT 🤣🤣🤣

[@OwwThatSmarts]

"The 4 horsemen of disappointment!" So good!

[@nonas2856]

I love that line

[@moniquewrites9046]

Legend has it he’s still getting the gold peak wrapper off.

[@shaemusdirtymoccasins6564]

"Say that to my face" --Arkansas

[@77ujgehey12]

Yeah down fuck with us

[@LOLZHAHANOTFUNNY]

*Nods approvingly in Razorback*

[@diamondstuddedpunchingbag4718]

"can't carry around a jug of sweet tea with you".... Uncle Sy from Duck Dynasty has left the chat!! 😂

[@michaelbcohen]

I've been to the Arizona plant, and they use a strong brew black tea for this and then add in sugar. What he is tasting is strong black tea, that is a style that is not for everyone.

[@jackwood8307]

Milos from Bessemer Al is pretty good as is Red Diamond which is from B’ham also. Grew up drinking red diamond tea at my granny and Pawpaws in Bessemer! Thanks for bringing that memory back!❤️

[@candacematthews1987]

Unless it's homemade, Milo's and Red Diamond is the way to go... The other "teas" are 👎🏽

[@candacematthews1987]

@LuKisha 👋🏿.. where are you from? I'm from Marengo County

[@avaisabelle971]

“You can’t just carry around a pitcher of sweet tea all the time” Uncle si disagrees. and thats a fact jack