Tea does not need sugar, whether hot or iced (at least I don’t know anyone irl that puts sugar in tea (actually I just thought of one person but I don’t like them or talk to them much)).
Sweetened drinks are extremely unhealthy and there’s probably a reason most places in the US serve unsweetened ice tea.
On hot summer days I sometimes drink 3l of ice tea. That would be extremely bad if it was sweetened.
In my head (as a German), ice tea is almost always store bought like lipton ice tea. You very rarely get anything else anywhere. Restaurants don’t usually serve home made ice tea. It’s a soft drink. When I make myself tea at home, it’s almost always hot. Unsweetened black tea just tastes awful when it’s cold. The hot tea sometimes gets sugar, like when I make myself lemon tea (black tea + lemon juice + sugar), although I do like to use stevia instead of sugar for the same health reasons because I sometimes drink 2-3 pots (1.5l each) a day in winter and that would indeed be a lot of sugar.
When I have ice tea it’s usually a fruity black tea, still no sugar though.
If my (hot) black tea gets too strong (I have a tendency to forget about the strainer) I just add (extra) milk, though that doesn’t sound like it would work for ice tea.
Tea does not need sugar, whether hot or iced (at least I don’t know anyone irl that puts sugar in tea (actually I just thought of one person but I don’t like them or talk to them much)). Sweetened drinks are extremely unhealthy and there’s probably a reason most places in the US serve unsweetened ice tea.
On hot summer days I sometimes drink 3l of ice tea. That would be extremely bad if it was sweetened.
In my head (as a German), ice tea is almost always store bought like lipton ice tea. You very rarely get anything else anywhere. Restaurants don’t usually serve home made ice tea. It’s a soft drink. When I make myself tea at home, it’s almost always hot. Unsweetened black tea just tastes awful when it’s cold. The hot tea sometimes gets sugar, like when I make myself lemon tea (black tea + lemon juice + sugar), although I do like to use stevia instead of sugar for the same health reasons because I sometimes drink 2-3 pots (1.5l each) a day in winter and that would indeed be a lot of sugar.
When I have ice tea it’s usually a fruity black tea, still no sugar though.
If my (hot) black tea gets too strong (I have a tendency to forget about the strainer) I just add (extra) milk, though that doesn’t sound like it would work for ice tea.