Matt takes the best fast food sweet teas (as decided by our Facebook supporters) and ranks them best to worst. These include Chick-Fil-A, Bojangles', Whataburger, Sonic, McDonald's, Zaxby's, and Popeyes. #itsasouthernthing
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@breasmi90844 жыл бұрын
As a former Chick Fila employee, I can say you can come through the drive thru and order a gallon of sweet tea, unsweet tea, half and half tea, and an arnold palmer. And yes, we will go and make a fresh gallon for you with a cute little sticker on the side. ❤️🐓
@caiden78513 жыл бұрын
As someone who currently works at CFA, I second this.
@ahhdaboss42173 жыл бұрын
As someone from Louisiana Canes sweet tea jugs are amazing
@jettkearney46113 жыл бұрын
Haha front of house noobs
@caiden78513 жыл бұрын
@@jettkearney4611 Ouch😂
@thepaintedprofile3 жыл бұрын
I second this
@robidou225 жыл бұрын
If you think you can’t get a gallon of sweet tea at Chick-fil-A you haven’t been to enough church potlucks
@snl47425 жыл бұрын
They're right you can get gallon sweet tea and lemonade from Chick-fil-A now. I'm just throwing this out there but maybe someone has labeled their sweet tea as theirs when it's actually Chick-fil-A tea. I'm not saying that they should do it but it could happen. I know they do cuz I remember the moment well when I saw the sign. And then I confirm by asking them. I'm from the south tease a big thing. Correction sweet tea I remember the moment well when I saw the sign. And then I confirmed by asking I remember the moment well when I saw the sign. And then I confirmed by asking them. I'm I remember the moment well when I saw the sign. And then I confirmed by asking them. I'm from the I remember the moment well when I saw the sign. And then I confirmed by asking them. I'm from the south P is a big think I remember the moment well when I saw the sign. And then I confirmed by asking them. I'm from the south and tea is a big thing. Correction sweet tea is a big thing is a big thing. I mean seriously when someone ask you the question do you drink a lot of water I'm think to myself does tea count? In my head tea counts.
@autumnlindseyart5 жыл бұрын
@@snl4742 are you having a stroke? Or am I? I am so confused 😂
@jackinblack195 жыл бұрын
Jeff Robidou I’ve been to zero so
@dallashughes78395 жыл бұрын
Yep so true
@Rooksaho5 жыл бұрын
No
@justme18922 жыл бұрын
I went to boarding school at 13 and a girl in my dorm offered me some tea. As a Southerner, I was thrilled but mystified when she handed it to me in a tea cup with no ice. I tasted it and it was essentially boiled grass and sadness. I tried so hard to cover my disappointment but I could not drink it. Luckily, I learned my lesson and when I was an adult traveling up North, I learned to never order tea unless I was home. I did try once and they brought me unsweetened tea and sugar packets. Heathens!
@SweetPunky2 жыл бұрын
Come on back home and I’ll make you some sweet tea 🤣
@Monkeydluffythepirateking2 жыл бұрын
I think we can agree no one can beat a southern grandmas sweet tea
@anndeecosita3586 Жыл бұрын
Boiled grass and sadness is spot on 😂
@dragonstryk7280 Жыл бұрын
Oh, it gets worse up north. If you ask for "Sweet Tea" anywhere but McDonald's, they will look at like you said words that don't go together, and then say, "Oh, uh, I don't think we have that, but I can bring you some unsweetened iced tea, and some sugar packets." I was at Bob Evan's up north one time, and asked for sweet tea, since it was on the menu. I got my tea, and SWEET CHRIST, you could FEEL the sugar in it. Yeah, so then, I call the waitress over to ask how there's so much sugar in it, and she goes, "Oh dear, I'm sorry. I don't know how this happen. We made up the tea, and once it was ready to go, we added the sugar in." I then spent the next couple of minutes explaining that you have to put the sugar in while the tea is hot, so the sugar dissolves. When you don't do that, the sugar all goes to the bottom, and sits there till you get to the bottom of the tank, and then all of it starts going out into the drink.
@AJscorner007 Жыл бұрын
EW WTF- THAT IS UNLAWFUL
@ggwo5492 Жыл бұрын
Years later, but my mother was literally called the tea lady at several Chick Fil A’s because she picked up a gallon 2-3 times a week. Granted, it wasn’t straight sweet, but a mix of sweet and unsweetened, but she was so consistent that certain employees knew when she’d be coming and pre make it for her.
@coopergoss3505 жыл бұрын
Southern man has mental breakdown following betrayal via sweet tea of beloved fast food chain
@tobeaMD5 жыл бұрын
Low budget productions He’s definitely triggered. . . just kidding.
@tnwomantanyaneill7034 жыл бұрын
Entirely plausible. I have felt that same betrayal. It's heartbreaking😢
@misseli14 жыл бұрын
The worst thing is when the ice melts and your drink tastes more like water than the actual drink
@bluemoon704 жыл бұрын
This is why I never ask for ice.
@helenlibby7514 жыл бұрын
ヶ英けSundayAesthetics exactly!!!
@josecontreras29974 жыл бұрын
No ice in my tea or soda do to that issue.
@isabella084 жыл бұрын
So true y’all
@michelleevans55313 жыл бұрын
Ohhh yes! I tell them to fill the glass all the way with ice and then fill it with tea.
@au_barb2 жыл бұрын
Finally someone acknowledges that iced tea can go bad. Spoiled/sour tea is SO NASTY. And up here in Illinois it's way too common that they're serving it that way. 😭💔
@P_RO_2 жыл бұрын
Brewed fresh and immediately refrigerated, sweet tea is great for for 24 hours, good for 48 hours, and sometimes is OK for 24 more but you'll know it's old. Some say each of those is 12 hours too much.
@au_barb2 жыл бұрын
@@P_RO_ I completely agree. I don't really care for it after 24 hours, and I think it always tastes best when it's poured over ice when it's still warm.
@anndeecosita3586 Жыл бұрын
I moved to Kansas and the few times I got tea at McDonald’s here it tasted “old”. My taste buds know freshly brewed tea vs old tea. Why didn’t they throw it out? I never had that issue in the McDonalds in the South.
@charlesbrown4483 Жыл бұрын
@@P_RO_ It’s not spoiling or anything like that, it’s still perfectly fine to drink, but yes after about 48 hours it starts to lose flavor, after 3-4 days it’s just not good. But that’s a problem I never have because I drink it before then lol.
@divinecomedian2 Жыл бұрын
@@P_RO_ lol I'll drink week old tea. It takes quite a while longer to go bad
@kirstenc93832 жыл бұрын
My mama taught me if you are worried your tea might go sour, add just a pinch of baking soda when making it and it won’t turn. Doesn’t effect the flavor and makes it last longer in the fridge. Also, I used to work at chick Fil a and we had a special measuring cup to know just how much sugar to put in, but I was always told people wouldn’t complain if you add a little more, only if you add less.😂 we also used plastic liners in the tea canisters so you don’t get the taste of bad tea if someone doesn’t wash it right.
@PlayerJay425 Жыл бұрын
If your tea last in your fridge long enough to go bad you’re making it wrong.
@charlesbrown4483 Жыл бұрын
CFA sweet tea is almost as consistently good as McDonald’s, which is crazy impressive. Imo CFA and Cane’s have the best sweet tea of any fast food place when their tea is right, which it usually is. Also thank you for working at CFA. You deserve a Medal of Honor for those morning and evening rushes.
@nightangel35785 жыл бұрын
Ice is NOT ice. Crushed ice can be found in heaven. I strongly believe that. All other forms are mediocre.
@ItsaSouthernThing5 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@bluejedi7235 жыл бұрын
Cold sweet tea is NASTY unless poured over ice. Crushed ice preferably.
@DanaWebster15 жыл бұрын
Unless you're making homemade ice cream on the porch then you want the big chunks.
@explosionsandstuff77875 жыл бұрын
I disagree. Because of the size, crushed ice leaves less space between the pieces which leaves less space for tea. I'd rather have the big chunky ice and more tea.
@nightangel35785 жыл бұрын
@@explosionsandstuff7787 No ☹
@vesantos264 жыл бұрын
“This is the lord’s tea, it was anointed” 😂😂
@Heathharris5083 жыл бұрын
Well It was Sunday
@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen3 жыл бұрын
Well it's certainly not Satan's
@Arp4772 жыл бұрын
THE LORD God rules. Amen.
@pigeonstew2 жыл бұрын
That's why it tastes good 😂
@vtgurlie2005 Жыл бұрын
As a southerner and former Hardee's employee who spent HOURS making fresh brewed iced tea, I'm very disappointed that they weren't included in this video.
@killerseddie8295 Жыл бұрын
Hardee's tea is too bitter.
@melindalatta6675Ай бұрын
@@killerseddie8295 You must have gone to a bad hardees
@killerseddie8295Ай бұрын
@@melindalatta6675 They all are around me.
@sespider2 жыл бұрын
I grew up on sweet tea. So I would often sneak sips from my grandfather's cup, because he made the sweetest tea ever. And as a kid, sugar was my drug. That all stopped the day I thought I was being sneaky and accidently drunk from his chewing tobacco spit cup. 🤢 🤮🤮 That is also one of the reasons I never took up smoking or chewing.
@townsendandmmcneely59122 жыл бұрын
I'm going to vomit just thinking about this... I did this, too, but ended up accidentally drinking Wild Turkey on occasion.
@masuganut20822 жыл бұрын
Oh my sweet Lord! That is traumatizing! 🤢
@lisagd22 Жыл бұрын
When I worked in a grocery store, we would get a can of soda from the machine outside and set it in the office while we were out at the registers. One boss used to drop his cigarette butts into a can he thought looked like it had been abandoned so he wouldn't set the trash can on fire, but he wouldn't throw the can away so he could put all of his butts in it. I can't tell you how many times one of ran into the office to get a quick drink and got a mouthful of cigarette ash-flavored soda. It was so disgusting! 🤮😡😭 We yelled at him about it, but he wouldn't stop. We ended up hiding our soda.
@davidmengelkamp4378 Жыл бұрын
Back in the early 1970's my mom ran a little store/gas station in a eyeblink town near Ft Hood, TX. All of the locals would come in and sit around and talk, tell lies and have a cold drink. One little boy had the habit of just running up to the table and grabbing someone's drink and chugging about half of it. Well, one day my oldest brother was working the store and he was pretty good at spitting his tobacco into a soda can and not leaving evidence of it. On a hot afternoon one time that boy grabbed brother's spit can and got about 3 good swallows down before he realized it wasn't Dr Pepper in there. It was a terrible, funny site seeing all of his reactions. It did break that boy of grabbing people's drinks without asking.
@Spingerex Жыл бұрын
Lol
@rebecca35945 жыл бұрын
"Definite made with love, but maybe not prayed over" lmao
@ParasiteQueen15 жыл бұрын
LOL!!!!
@chrischalkley85714 жыл бұрын
Dang you beat me to it
@lynntide94865 жыл бұрын
“People say ice is ice those people are idiots.”- a true southerner
@dallashughes78395 жыл бұрын
Yep if you go to a fast food place in the south and you ask if they have the good ice they'll understand
@lynntide94865 жыл бұрын
Rebecca Songstorm yeah
@JohnnyYK5 жыл бұрын
I noticed that because when my family visits from New Jersey (my home state) they always ask why are southerners so obsessed with the “quality of ice” and even after living in the south for over a decade I still can’t understand why it’s important other than the crunch factor and texture of the ice.
@lynntide94865 жыл бұрын
Johnny YK I think it’s all those reasons for why we like the certain “types” of ice, but also I find that the thin squares of ice are hard to get to the sweet tea or whatever your drinking (which is probably sweet tea) without it all coming on your face (like it does to me...maybe that is only me maybe I’m bad at drinking stuff with ice...)
@ryansimasek54805 жыл бұрын
Sarah Tide I'm from Pennsylvania and it must be a Southern thing because I don't even chew ice. I care too much about my teeth's well-being and I find no joy in biting solid water when I can drink it anyway. I never would have given ice quality a thought in my life until he mentioned it in this video.
@matthewgrumbling4993 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Arizona. (I know, not the South, but be patient with me-I’ve also lived in South Carolina.) I made my own sun tea and drank so much of Wendy’s iced tea that I probably should have bought stock in the company. Imagine my disappointment when I moved to Maryland (not the South, except for parts of Saint Mary’s County) and ordered Wendy’s iced tea. It was never, not once, fresh. It always had that taste like it had been brewed ten days ago and stored under some dorm room bed. Worse yet, I found the same thing in swanky restaurants in Baltimore and DC. I eventually gave up on buying iced tea anywhere north of Richmond, VA. Even church pot luck iced tea wasn’t right there.
@bearium91 Жыл бұрын
I love how people flip over going to Sonic and getting a drink that is literally 9/10s ice. 😂 It's even worse than Lay's chip ratio.
@AmberKateD19955 жыл бұрын
“McDonald’s is just kind of there, and sometimes they get your order right.”🤣 perfect explanation.
@Walter-wo5sz5 жыл бұрын
Sometimes.
@magicawesomemukbangasmr16155 жыл бұрын
MehDonald's
@sarasmith194 жыл бұрын
They dont know what extra ice means . The tea is the best .
@ryanspencerlauderdale6873 жыл бұрын
Like the Dallas Cowboys......too soon?
@IbrahimK2009 Жыл бұрын
@@ryanspencerlauderdale687 I don’t get it and I’m a cowboys super fan so…
@colasantevenezia86824 жыл бұрын
"definitely made with love, but maybe not prayed over" my new catch phrase
@mannfan122 жыл бұрын
Matt is right that tea can go sour. It can happen to unsweet too. Whats happening is that a petri dish of mold and bacteria are growing in the tea (i.e. it's spoiling) It happens faster with sweet tea and if you don't keep your tea COLD, it will happen even faster. Restaurants that consistently have sour tea means they are are not cleaning the tea brewing machine properly and/or they are holding tea over a day or more and not throwing out the unsold the day it was made. We tend to have this problem ALOT here in San Antonio. Alot of ignorant restaurant managers. I rate local restaurants according to whether they have good tea or not. If they have good tea, most likely they will have good food. As for fast food tea - McDonalds gets my vote. They are more *consistent* with the taste AND they put expiration labels on the tea vats - a matter of hours after the tea was made. I almost always never get sour tea from McDonalds. If I do, its because of a seriously lame manager not following company rules.
@Highvibes777 Жыл бұрын
Whataburger's FRESH is sour!
@Loganm0213 Жыл бұрын
Just about every single time I get tea from Bojangles, it tastes old and sour. I don't think any of the locations clean the machine properly.
@randallwelch463 Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that sweet tea is the only thing keeping McDonald's afloat at this point. If they don't change their menu, they will very soon be on the same level as Hardee's. Awesome idea for a video man. I can tell you are a true souther brother to give sweet tea it's own video.
@seanstravelsandvlogs623311 ай бұрын
What's wrong with Hardees?
@randallwelch46311 ай бұрын
@@seanstravelsandvlogs6233 in the area I live they have for a long time now been only busy at breakfast and a ghost town the rest of the day. I'm assuming it's actually a good place to eat where your from
@MrRocco_4 жыл бұрын
New employee : how much sugar should I use? Manager : *YES*
@abbymarievlogs3 жыл бұрын
200th like, you’re welcome!
@beckystaton63153 жыл бұрын
🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣
@rach29093 жыл бұрын
You kiddin?! That's my mother in law's recipe😏
@sarahirt46583 жыл бұрын
As someone who trained people to make sweet tea i can confirm this is a real convo
@MelB8682 жыл бұрын
Lol
@naomihubbardarts5 жыл бұрын
*ˢⁿᶦᶠᶠˢ ˢʷᵉᵉᵗ ᵗᵉᵃ* "So I'm picking up strong hints of tea."
@janedoe61445 жыл бұрын
😂🤣
@CC-hx8gj5 жыл бұрын
This deserves more likes lmao
@wyattwilliams24573 жыл бұрын
How do you get that font
@paradox8253 Жыл бұрын
well duh. you are sniffing from a cup of tea, what do you want to smell? biscuits and gravy?
@jellygirl38212 жыл бұрын
The Sonic tea always, has a strong after taste of raspberry. I don’t think it’s actually tea but just a bunch of flavoring. You don’t know how much I miss Whataburger, I loved when my family would go there for chicken biscuits in the morning to treat ourselves. (And don’t forget the kids meal cookies. Can’t go wrong with chocolate chip or just a classic sugar cookie). Thank y’all so much for making this video , I miss Texas but not the heat and mosquitoes!
@nostalgiatrip73312 жыл бұрын
that last sentence! i relate
@shybzrk Жыл бұрын
I've never had the after taste of raspberry from Sonic Sweet tea
@Sunset_girly Жыл бұрын
“you can press that little red button and watch it light up and hope it’s Happy Hour so your drinks half off” the most accurate depiction of the sonic experience
@GamerChefGirlie5 жыл бұрын
Not sure if someone mentioned it but you can ask for CFA ice tea by the gallon. The lemonade too.
@KWheel_5 жыл бұрын
was about to comment this lol
@pinkwormholes55545 жыл бұрын
You can get Zaxby's too.
@victoriakilgore52095 жыл бұрын
And sonic
@sadburntcookies82085 жыл бұрын
yes but don’t order it while we’re busy or it won’t be fun for anyone 😂😂😂
@carennorthcutt77245 жыл бұрын
I truthfully bought a gallon of chick-fil-a sweet tea this afternoon. In my refrigerator now. Minus a few glasses.
@shelbyjean24595 жыл бұрын
when he said,”that is church potluck sweet tea.” I felt that
@shelbyjean24595 жыл бұрын
Lucky Bone haha yes ima pastors daughter so I know it all too well
@shelbyjean24595 жыл бұрын
Lucky Bone 😂😂😂
@gripitl68785 жыл бұрын
Shelby Jean 💯
@fluteloopsyd5 жыл бұрын
My mawmaw's tea tastes really similar to our church's potluck tea and both are AMAZING.😁😊
@fluteloopsyd5 жыл бұрын
@Cynthia Baker When I was in middle school they had tea everyday for a while, and this was only a few years ago. But they stopped after about a year or so, I think.
@Thehumblehousehusband9496 Жыл бұрын
As an executive In the mcdonalds sweet tea following, I've got to say this: mcdonalds sweet tea probably has to rank the highest!! The sweaty cups I could easily forgive, because it's the perfect balance of sweetness and tea!! And I just, it's just tea perfection. It reminds me of the sweet tea I would drink when I was a kid. I don't like mcdonalds but their tea easily is in the number 1 spot for me!!
@ritadyer9295 Жыл бұрын
Tea is the only thing they do right. Lol!
@almostmuddy45812 жыл бұрын
Ever so often I can picture little Matt sitting in his high chair waiting for his mama to give him his food. Usually when he gets real excited 😁. That would be a good picture to see.
@woltersworld3 жыл бұрын
I respect that you didn't let your anti-McDonald's feelings skew your rankings. I will give it to McDonald's. They do have tasty tea.
@averygrayce38103 жыл бұрын
Their tea is just 9000 pounds of sugar poured into their tea. Sometimes it’s good but most of the time it’s bad
@robinkuhl66833 жыл бұрын
It might just be here in PA but I think it has a nasty aftertaste.
@samdupre17313 жыл бұрын
It may be a sin, but the half/half tea at McDonald's is good. It kinda evens out to normal levels of sweet.
@HungryHijinks3 жыл бұрын
I agree! I do love their tea, but I definitely can't drink it often.
@jeremyfisher85123 жыл бұрын
I think the mcdonalds locations around me keep messing up the sweet tea because its always just syrup water.
@airjordansoncloud95 жыл бұрын
**Reads the 28th Amendment of the south** Seems legit Edit: Oh crap, *THIS IS THE ATTENTION I NEED!*
@roseyfirequeen3145 жыл бұрын
Do u know where these people live
@airjordansoncloud95 жыл бұрын
@@roseyfirequeen314 .... No....
@roseyfirequeen3145 жыл бұрын
@@airjordansoncloud9 not like where their house is BTW just the city I've never had any OT those places besides McDonald's
@airjordansoncloud95 жыл бұрын
@@roseyfirequeen314 I know but i dont know the town
@mememom26165 жыл бұрын
@Jennifer Landaverde, they live in Birmingham Alabama which they mentioned in a Q&A a while back.
@biglane5658 Жыл бұрын
2:55 as an ex worker of sonic, tea is one of the only things that doesn’t come out of the big drink machine. It’s very hit or miss because it’s all done by hand, for better or for worse😂
@thomasfrench20123 күн бұрын
Along with four of her brothers, my aunt served in the military during WWII, where she met her future husband, a southerner. As a result, we made numerous trips down south where they brewed their own sweet tea. It was delicious and refreshing and no national chain can come close, let alone duplicate it. It requires the right equipment, exact measurements, the correct amount of brewing time, including having sunlight hit it. And it must be drank fresh. No national chain could ever adhere to those requirements, even if they wanted to. I long ago gave up any notion that I could get really good sweet tea at any place other than in someone's home in the south.
@supermike08223 жыл бұрын
Love how he sniffs the tea like some of these whiskey channels and says "I'm picking up hints of... tea..." 🤣
@theTeslaFalcon2 жыл бұрын
That's important. A LOT of teas are watered down or flavored. I LOVE flavored teas, but he doesn't seem to be a fan. Smell is a part of the drinking experience. Notice he drank directly vs using a straw as more typical of fast food beverages.
@slanted72752 жыл бұрын
@@theTeslaFalcon True, but it's still funny regardless
@dreamtween14952 жыл бұрын
And it’s cold
@theeclecticcollective82792 жыл бұрын
I’ve had “sweet tea” from Wendy’s before that looked like dingy water and had zero tea flavor whatsoever...
@theTeslaFalcon2 жыл бұрын
@@theeclecticcollective8279 I've had sweet tea @ home that was salty becausr someone confused the salt & sugar. All reataurants are staffed by people who make mistakes. It's not a question of the mistake but the norm. When McD ALWAYS messes up your order in the drive-thru, maybe it's by design to get you to come inside.
@maleekaalbarran76714 жыл бұрын
"You'd probably be breaking whatever oath you made to your vegan God.". 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I died at this part.
@normalperson6593 жыл бұрын
*god
@catherinegarmon30273 жыл бұрын
I was cracking up when he was so distracted thinking about fried chicken haha
@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen3 жыл бұрын
As did I
@kombik71892 жыл бұрын
vegan god. 😂🤣😂🤣
@dizzylizzy68392 жыл бұрын
A raspberry tree?!? Lol... Love these Bless Your Ranks... Always makes me smile.
@ShelbyLynnPin2 жыл бұрын
Matt has a great point with the styrofoam cups. That’s why I always order a medium sweet tea from Zaxby’s because it’s still a really big cup but it’s styrofoam.
@tnwomantanyaneill7034 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the ice descriptions. It's vitally important when it's 1000 degrees with 200% humidity.
@nickbeshears64083 жыл бұрын
Shoulda tried Canes tea. They also make a whole gallon tea
@tanyagarcia37213 жыл бұрын
That stuff is good, too. I went to do an errand recently and had went to go get some from the raising cane close by me for on the way back home after that
@tanyagarcia37213 жыл бұрын
@RJ Least of These Farm I know that they wouldn't be the same only as far as I know burger king has cheap fried tacos two for something that would probably be just as good in a different sense
@johnatkinson51033 жыл бұрын
I prefer Canes over all of these
@vimto30713 жыл бұрын
Must be a preference thing but after trying Canes' and Chick Fil A's Sweet Tea back-to-back, the Cane's tea was just wayyyyy too sweet to me, almost tasted syrupy. Chic Fil A was sweet but I can also taste the tea fairly prominently. Again, probably just differences in taste /shrug
@zingerbear273 жыл бұрын
They have the best sweet tea.
@freestonew2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Matt. I thank you all, the commentators too. *now* I have learned of so many places to buy tea from, here in Tallahassee, and places to stay away from. too bad about Whataburger. Usually, when bought out, the place goes downhill.
@jillgoodman43442 жыл бұрын
i’m so glad that there’s such a fantastic youtube channel representing the south
@gypsybelle47573 жыл бұрын
McDonald’s sweet tea “Made with love, but not prayed over.” Omg! 😂🤣🤣 Matt cracks me up.
@abadminecraftplayer Жыл бұрын
Made with love, but it ain't God's
@CanIgetBeforeEnds3 жыл бұрын
Alternate title: Rating fast food ice
@kaldo_kaldo3 жыл бұрын
1. Sonic Last: everyone else
@lilleezy51073 жыл бұрын
@@kaldo_kaldo actually chik-fil-a uses the same type of ice, and i believe cane's does too.
@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen3 жыл бұрын
Ice is Nice
@JerryDLTN3 жыл бұрын
Sonic puts too much ice
@kaldo_kaldo3 жыл бұрын
@@JerryDLTN You can ask for less
@Standing4him20042 жыл бұрын
“And sometimes they get your order right💛" My life story!!
@jerome6202 жыл бұрын
The only problem with this test is that the quality of restaurant tea can vary greatly depending on who's working that day.
@coffeeandcraftinmama60545 жыл бұрын
You can buy gallons of sweet tea AND lemonade at our Chick-fil-A!
@gabrielle65835 жыл бұрын
And McDonald's!
@koala72585 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielle6583 NO YOU CAN'T ONLY CHICK-FIL-A
@craftsbyconnie20574 жыл бұрын
"Some people say ice is ice. Those people are idiots." 1000%!!!
@NinjaTerd473 Жыл бұрын
I got that family box from Bojangles once. Came with a half gallon of tea. It's a different caliber than what you described here. It was the best tea I've ever had that weren't homemade. I'm shocked to see them rank so low. But maybe that tea is different from the most likely soda fountain sweet tea.
@rumpocalypse Жыл бұрын
Tastes like it's got a little honey in it. Absolutely top-tier
@blacnite7253 Жыл бұрын
Bojangles is brewed tea. Or steeped as it is. It’s not dispenser tea.
@allicat1402 ай бұрын
Jangles sweet tea is my favorite. I think he got a bad batch.
@D_R_W8 ай бұрын
I know this series is geared towards the entire south, but Alabama having the cheat code fast food sweet teas with Jack’s and Milo’s puts all of these under the table.
@daphneg645 жыл бұрын
Buy a bag of ice from Sonic and then a gallon of sweet tea from CFA! Badda bing, badda boom!
@andie3615 жыл бұрын
So glad to see I’m not the only one who judges ice, lol
@thecaptainchristiantoons76183 жыл бұрын
The truth is that even if you stick with one chain you will still find a lot of inconsistencies when it comes to ice teas. They're made according to how the shift manager likes it.
@mannfan122 жыл бұрын
This is true. McDonalds is my favorite overall because they just have great tea most of the time. But it can be inconsistent depending on which McDonalds you go to.
@vixienesmith85902 жыл бұрын
Actually now MOST fast food places make their sweet tea with a tea machine this comes from fast food employee (currently at McDonald's)
@blacnite7253 Жыл бұрын
McDonald’s has gotten more consistent since they’ve started expanding their sweet tea territory. I know it’s in NY and CT for at least 9 yrs now.
@jeremylu7858 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you didn't try Captains D's... Type 2 in a cup! I saw them put a whole 5 lb bag of sugar in their tea dispenser and stir it with a boat paddle! It was like strong tea syrup! I had two glasses...
@JuanitaBocchino-mx1uv2 ай бұрын
First place I ever tried sweet tea Love at first sip
@karikasumi8882 жыл бұрын
8:39 'If you are a vegan I suggest you not drink this. You will probably be breaking whatever oath you made to your vegan God.' 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I busted out laughing! 🤣🤣🤣👻 I'm dead 🤣🤣😖
@jenncox26425 жыл бұрын
My husband once accused restaurant of serving him "dish water" when he was served "sour" ice tea. You would have thought that the world had come to an end.
@light_and_sound4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes it does taste like dishwater.
@happytoad36034 жыл бұрын
Good man. Good man...
@erinb42374 жыл бұрын
@@happytoad3603 but that's really rude
@happytoad36034 жыл бұрын
@@erinb4237 If I go into anywhere that sells tea and I have to pay for it I expect it to taste like tea. I hear ya though and I get where your comin from. I worked in in the food business before and I've had people tell me all kinds of stuff about the tea. Sometimes they were rite n it did taste terrible. From personally experience ide rather hear that it's bad rathers than see someone force a fake smile and say Ohhhh its just lovely! Then go be sick in the bathroom because they didnt want to be "rude". I get it but sometimes it's better to be honest cause if there really was somthing wrong with that mans teal then he could have possibly saved a lot of people from getting sick by saying somthing. Yeah he could have said it differently but an honest opinion really is better when it comes to food. Better safe than sorry.
@erinb42374 жыл бұрын
@@happytoad3603 you can be polite but assertive. I'm sorry, this tea just doesn't taste right. Could you check the date on it? Vs Did you serve me dishwater?
@KimberlyGreen5 жыл бұрын
So ... swing thru Sonic & get a cup of ice, then through CFA for a tea w/o ice.
@americanbybirthtexanbytheg62775 жыл бұрын
Thats the plan. However, depending on how far the nearest CFA is from sonics you may want to get the tea first. ☺
@CexyCow5 жыл бұрын
Good thing mines are next to one another
@letsgotomarsman5 жыл бұрын
He did that at the end
@gdiup92412 жыл бұрын
I like to see the tea before committing to a cup of tea, checking for clarity. Would be nice to know how old the tea is, if they mix it with yesterday's tea etc
@carlosmontclair3808 Жыл бұрын
“And this word bacon on the side, excites me. For no reason at all” 😂😂😂
@jzylew3 жыл бұрын
I always get chic fil a's lemonade, but when he said, "This is church potluck tea" I knew exactly what it tasted like.
@iliketoeatcereal5 жыл бұрын
You can buy a gallon of tea from Popeyes. It’s just in a bag
@lyrxst105 жыл бұрын
Same with canes
@dankkrabz22385 жыл бұрын
Ben Van Buren canes is in jug literally called the jug
@savannah64975 жыл бұрын
You can buy a gallon of tea at chick fil a, it's a part of our catering menu but you can still ask for it if you aren't placing a catering order.
@HennessyHendrix5 жыл бұрын
in the midwest we get it in a gallon jug from popeyes, just like a milk jug
@marmac27685 жыл бұрын
@@HennessyHendrix Great tea!
@annpachini2155 Жыл бұрын
I remember when I was a little girl of about 6 (65 years ago) my family went to visit my Aunt in Maine. (long trip from Kentucky) We stopped at a restaurant and my Dad ordered Ice Tea. The waitress asked him what that was and how you make it. He replied make tea add lots of sugar then add ice. That was a family joke for years.
@vcthedank2 жыл бұрын
Former whataburger employee responding to a year old employee, we usually have it sit for about 6 to 7 hours before we throw and it’s kinda trash by the 4th hour
@SamuelTrevino3 жыл бұрын
I hope Whataburger is watching and ups their quality control. This has been an issue for awhile with them and it's not just their iced tea.
@pc-yx9uh3 жыл бұрын
Remember, Whataburger is now owned by a Chicago company. coincidence?
@Unlitedsoul3 жыл бұрын
If they did watch, they are impressed. Why? He was able to lift it to his mouth without vomiting. That's way above Whataburger's quality standards. The single-worst restaraunt chain on the planet.
@Unlitedsoul3 жыл бұрын
@@pc-yx9uh They were bad before being bought out.
@Angelwolfs93 жыл бұрын
@@Unlitedsoul coming in with the Straight FACTS!!! Whatacrapburger is the TRUE definition of overhyped & overrated!
@nerdgeekcosplay9092 жыл бұрын
And the tea is always hot and melts all the ice
@djjimenez3215 жыл бұрын
You can buy a gallon of sweet tea from chick-fill-A.
@rachel_justine91015 жыл бұрын
Destiney Reborns yes and lemonade too
@nahpkn5 жыл бұрын
And raising canes
@persephone64105 жыл бұрын
I only go to Captain D’s to get a gallon of sweet tea
@alyssaramirez18475 жыл бұрын
And at chicken express and Bush’s chicken
@Aldawg35 Жыл бұрын
Last two lines were top tier “Here we’ll use this garbage can” and “Tastes like my hand”
@Sassyhorsegirl2 жыл бұрын
Most important lesson my dad has taught me: always taste the sweet tea before you commit. If you dispense it yourself, try a little before you fill your cup to make sure it hasn’t turned sour.
@lexi69485 жыл бұрын
You should of done it blind folded and put them in order .
@insidethebind12015 жыл бұрын
That’s what I thought they were going to do when I saw the title, but I guess this works too
@kaldo_kaldo3 жыл бұрын
At McDonalds, the key to good tea is to mix some unsweet tea into the sweet tea to even it out. Almost everyone does it.
@92celizabeth3 жыл бұрын
I seriously can't drink McDonalds tea unless there is unsweet mixed in. I am a loyal Sonic tea drinker!!
@bonnieblue2182 жыл бұрын
They call it “half-cut”. It’s a whole thing.
@havenbastion2 жыл бұрын
Just add extra water and you get two teas for a buck.
@alyxmac22 Жыл бұрын
I started adding 2 creamers, I like it better, taste like Thai iced tea
@anndeecosita3586 Жыл бұрын
I used to order tea half and half everywhere until I moved out of the South.
@HelloAnxietyMyOldFriend2 жыл бұрын
The first and final time I got sweet tea from Wendys, it tasted like they decided to just dump a bag of sugar into cold tea, and when I drank it, I could feel the grains in my mouth. It tasted more like sugar syrup than tea.
@terrytysinger6022 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for recognizing the FACT that great ice makes sweet tea so awesome!
@iluvcuteshoes8420023 жыл бұрын
I wish Raising Cane’s tea had been part of this video.... their tea is super refreshing, and they got that good ice!
@JL-sm6cg Жыл бұрын
I love Raising Rane's sweet tea!
@charlesbrown4483 Жыл бұрын
Yeah that was a major disappointment it wasn’t part of the video. Imo Cane’s has the best sweet tea of any fast food place.
@thesavagecaveman Жыл бұрын
Yeah Cane's tea is one of the best
@HalleluYahuah Жыл бұрын
I don't see many Raising Canes down south, I see them a lot more up north.
@charlesbrown4483 Жыл бұрын
@@HalleluYahuah Canes are everywhere in the south.
@shyloevans92415 жыл бұрын
The key to McDonald’s is to do 3/4 sweet 1/4 unsweet
@icyblocks78475 жыл бұрын
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@matthewviramontes31314 жыл бұрын
I usually do 50/50 at most places. Or 60/40 if I'm feeling rambunctious
@angelalane86604 жыл бұрын
Some McDonald's make their so sweet, you can ask for half cut sweet tea, and it's still really sweet!
@canitdo27174 жыл бұрын
id be happy if they could even get my order right
@OorahMommy4 жыл бұрын
I worked there for a bit; yes tea is made fresh. But basically, sweet tea is just like the unsweet but they already include sweetener in the swwet teabag
@burlyman1645 Жыл бұрын
Best sweet tea I ever had was outside of Decatur, Alabama. I was working a construction project there and this little BBQ joint called Sonny's was out on a rural highway by the job. When you ordered tea, they pointed at two plastic pitchers, like the kind your best friend's mom put KoolAid in back in the 80s. One was sweet, one was not sweet. If you wanted ice, they pointed at this old ice machine that was built from WW2 bomber parts and probably had been running continuously since 1947. Matt would have approved of the ice this thing pebbled out. The tea was sweet and tasted like a backyard BBQ. I'd stop over for lunch, fill up a huge Styrofoam cup, yes they used Styrofoam, and caffeinate myself through the rest of the day. Amazing.
@mae14127 ай бұрын
I'm from the Pacific Northwest originally. We made plain sun tea and added sugar or honey afterwards. When I first moved to Alabama years ago, I i was in the Taco Bell drive thru and asked what sweet tea was 😂 she said in a deep southern drawl "its tea.... thats sweet..." 🤣 I was oh ok, I'll have that. It was like syrup, i couldn't even finish it 😂 i learned how to make it properly though working at a bbq place in Texas years later and its a favorite now.
@danktankgank5 жыл бұрын
No raising Cane's tea? That's my favorite without a doubt.
@Cale135 жыл бұрын
Tony Bamboni raisin canes would of won that’s why they didn’t put it in.😂
@palibakufun5 жыл бұрын
Cane's is 100% the best fast food tea for sure.
@Dandylion5675 жыл бұрын
They're from Alabama, and we don't have those here. I've never even seen one.
@barryand6015 жыл бұрын
Dandylion567 Really? They have them in Mississippi so I would assume that they were in bama,but then again Mississippi doesn’t have Bojangles.🤷♂️🤷♂️
@jaylarae94255 жыл бұрын
There isn’t a lot cane’s in the south.
@jon-michaelharris58404 жыл бұрын
“Church fellowship hall ice”. Haha, perfect description
@pamelah12203 жыл бұрын
Oh my Lord that sent me. I had to pause the video I was laughing so hard.
@Bearclaw27 Жыл бұрын
I can definitely agree with these rankings! I did want to throw this out there, though: I know Wendy's doesn't make the Southern™ list, but they actually have pretty good tea. My favorite of the burger chains for sure.
@brodyg48242 жыл бұрын
Top 5 in no particular order: Raising Cane's McDonald's Wendy's Cook Out Chick-Fil-A Side note: If McAlister's Deli counts as fast food they are definitely top tier as well!
@Arp4772 жыл бұрын
McAlister's - Yes!
@magicawesomemukbangasmr16155 жыл бұрын
Whenever I've gotten sweet tea at McDonald's it was basically a cup of sugar with a few drops of tea.
@zacharyyoung34055 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I feel represented
@CMR705 жыл бұрын
MagicAwesome MukbangAsmr that’s not a bad thing tbh
@meramec5 жыл бұрын
Sonic too. Its half sugar water and half sugar. I mean SUGAR.
@dawnmichelle44034 жыл бұрын
I order unsweetened tea with a splash of sweet tea and it's just right.
@meramec4 жыл бұрын
@@dawnmichelle4403 Half and half if you want it a little more sweet.
@bethshadid20875 жыл бұрын
House Wine of the South 🤭
@choirkitty5 жыл бұрын
Yay Steel Magnolias!!!!!
@bcaye5 жыл бұрын
Yay for you, you can parrot a line from a movie.
@bethshadid20875 жыл бұрын
I can, use many lines from movies, didn't know it was a restriction
@dakota3047 Жыл бұрын
I worked at Sonic once, and someone had ordered a chocolate Dr Pepper. It looked disgusting... But I was also curious as to how it tasted. Sadly, I didn't make one for myself. It was very busy that day and I had forgotten about it later on. Well now that I don't have the job, ill remember that forever. Lol
@matthewsmith14762 жыл бұрын
Alright my friend- I am late to this video viewing, but have lived in the south all my life- yet recently moved to Johnson City, TN. We have a small Chain here called Pals Sudden Service drive thru. Their Tea is the absolute standard for our small southern region
@Anna-vx4qi5 жыл бұрын
He's like a southern Binging with Babish
@krajacic19965 жыл бұрын
No
@yummehcheezman5 жыл бұрын
No (v2)
@Breadhead215 жыл бұрын
A chubby sexier southern version of binging with babish
@drakevandiver3404 жыл бұрын
No (v3)
@Retardedpp4 жыл бұрын
Anna rude
@delbirky41635 жыл бұрын
I'm thirsty for sweet tea now.
@jettahammond29165 жыл бұрын
Me too
@lettyguerra3715 жыл бұрын
I know what I'm having for lunch!
@Left4Cake2 күн бұрын
"Raspberry doesn't belong in tea" Meanwhile me: Well I'll take that off your hands then.
@BSmall-yr4qx Жыл бұрын
I'm from up North and was raised on unsweetened iced tea. I've lived in TX now for 25 years and still have to ask for 1/2 sweet and 1/2 unsweet mixed together. You all make really sweet tea!
@lacey68003 жыл бұрын
“This giant word bacon makes me excited too for no reason” I say that all the time. All the time.
@cdsnider94965 жыл бұрын
Raspberry in my tea.... no thanks Peach in my tea... now your talking!
@s_rofbear5 жыл бұрын
CD Snider - haha, what about how raspberries can’t be in tea, but chicken flavouring is totally fine?! 😅
@TYFYS-715 жыл бұрын
I love adding vanilla to sweet tea
@gialopez16995 жыл бұрын
* you're
@dwarevids5 жыл бұрын
Get out!👉
@margaretwilson87365 жыл бұрын
What about a crisp lemony tea? 😍 So good!
@williefranklin7865 Жыл бұрын
In the DFW area, it's Chicken Express for the #1 spot for sweet tea! They are also one of the few, if not the only place that has chicken gizzards on the menu.
@jonnaosborne1832 Жыл бұрын
Yessssssss! #1 sweet tea, and gizzards and livers - boy howdy!
@TheLady_Lynn2 жыл бұрын
"Chick-fil-A's best drink is Lemonade" preach Matt!
@sebariino5 жыл бұрын
came in expecting a generic food review channel, left laughing my ass off this guy has a great personality you did good recommended, you did good
@matthewsteinert10024 жыл бұрын
"Is it weird I taste cajun flavoring in my tea"😂
@amythompson25743 жыл бұрын
I feel like that happens with everything at Popeyes
@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen3 жыл бұрын
Taste like chicken
@scottsnyder6998 Жыл бұрын
Hey Matt, love the channel. How about ranking the best snack-sized pecan pies! As a displaced southern boy I keep my home memories alive with the occasional mini pecan pie.
@childrenoftolkien Жыл бұрын
When my wife first moved in with me it took her quite a while to understand that ordering "tea" in the south always means sweet. I do miss Bo Jangles.
@seanstravelsandvlogs623311 ай бұрын
What happened to Bojangles?
@haleighgeiger36535 жыл бұрын
I'm from Texas and honestly I hate it when Northerners think that iced tea means that its unsweet. It's not the same!
@bobbyswanson34985 жыл бұрын
I hate going to my family in ohio bc they expect you to put Splenda in to make sweet at restaurants
@margaretwilson87365 жыл бұрын
Most of the time they do it because some people cant have the real sugar and it'd be a PITA to have tea with normal sugar, splenda, sweet and low, and Stevia. ... Also, heathens like me like tea without anything in it. Lady grey tea makes a lovely herb water. 😊
@bffswagshow5 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyswanson3498 that is the sin of all sins... You gotta mix that sugar in when its still hot.
@LoLo1k2k3k5 жыл бұрын
It’s a west coast thing too lol sweet tea is just too sweet for me
@liams.45295 жыл бұрын
That would be unsweetened iced tea ps im from the north and that’s just the idiots
@texasbeast2395 жыл бұрын
The Texas State Constitution has had nearly 700 proposed amendments and nearly 500 ratified, so I wouldn't doubt it at all if there really was a "sweet tea" clause in there somewhere!
@Carolinasky774 жыл бұрын
Was in Dallas this year and no Restaurant had sweet tea, so by default I can no longer call it the south
@ChrisFontenot4 жыл бұрын
Shawn Carr Dallas is basically the north nowadays
@clairelambert904 жыл бұрын
Shawn Carr i live in dallas there is sweet tea everywhere
@lh8804 жыл бұрын
Shawn Carr obliviously you haven’t been to Texas enough because trust me there is tea in every single restaurant I haven’t been to restaurant where there isn’t tea and I’ve been all over Texas
@elizabethtruitt74162 жыл бұрын
Former Sonic employee here. Most drinks do go through the "machine" but it also depends on the Sonic. We actually brew our tea at Sonic I worked at.
@ludokerfluffle62322 жыл бұрын
Milos. Literally a burger joint that sells its tea in grocery stores.
@user-wq6bf4sv2t5 жыл бұрын
Yes! CFA lemonade is SO GOOD And yes, the sonic experience is classic 😂
@andrewstofila75865 жыл бұрын
“But this has got chicken flavor”. I died when he said that
@justinlancaster79302 жыл бұрын
As a Texas resident, I feel that Taco Casa and Chicken Express also have some really good tea; but I like mine more on the sweet side.
@TheDanielsrose Жыл бұрын
In TX, you can buy gallons of tea from Rosa's and Chicken Express 😋 both thirst quenching sweetness and perfect pebble ice