Sweet Tea

I loved sweet tea until I moved to North Carolina for university. Mostly because it tasted more like dirty dish water than anything else (in the university cafeterias).

You should try making it with honey (sweeten it while it's still hot / before chilling it) or stevia instead of regular sugar. It obviously won't taste the same, but everything takes some getting used to and you'll be cutting your sugar in take.

I'm the same way, but I drink green tea (to help boost metabolism) and it's so bitter I have to have it sweet. I use Stevia in the Raw now.

1) Green tea won't have any real effect on 'boosting your metabolism'
2) If your green tea is bitter, try making it with off-the-boil water (or add some cold water to the cup first). It shouldn't be bitter when you make it, but often people use freshly boiled water and scorch the tea leaves.

^This. If you let your water cool for about 2-3 minutes once it's reached a boil and then pour it over the leaves, it shouldn't be bitter. Maybe a little "grassy" depending on the type of leaves, but not bitter.

What is sweet tea? for 250 calories it sounds like it's a specific recipe rather than just a cuppa with milk and two i'm guessing?

I personally love my herbal teas, twinings do a camomile and maple that is naturally sweet without needing any extra sugar, and only 2 calories for a mug so works well for me

It is a Southern US thing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_tea

I am so used to unsweetened tea that if I drink sweet tea it about puts me into a sugar coma. That stuff is powerful sweet!