Are you sweet or unsweet?

I only sweetened and add milk to black teas. On rare occasions I may sweeten another type of tea, such as a green or oolong. I can’t imagine adding milk to anything other than a black tea though, yuck.

On occasion I will sweeten a really strong black tea. I like local honey as a sweetner. Local honey is a great way to deal with allergies and tea is good for the body an soul making it a sweet win, win!

…unsweet iced and hot teas unless it’s masala chai with milk. Then I add just a little sugar.

I sweeten almost everything, at least a little bit. It just tastes better to me that way. This may have something to do with the fact that I like my tea strong — I don’t overbrew it, but I sometimes use more than the recommended amount per cup. I usually use one packet of stevia, and maybe a splenda or two if the tea is strong/astringent/bitter. I often add steamed milk to black tea to make a “tea latte.” (With tea that is not black or herbal, I prefer to use Truvia, since it is the only brand of stevia I’ve found that doesn’t make tea cloudy. I like my green and oolong teas clear).

Right now I am drinking TeaGschwendner Orange Blossom Oolong sweetened with one packet of Truvia. That was all it needed to bring out the flavor.

I can tolerate unsweetened tea better if it is iced.

I sweeten everything, normally with stevia. I occasionally use flavored stevia in cheap, unflavored black teas (vanilla and english toffee are both very good). I also add almond milk to some blacks and mates, chais, as well as teas that are bitter.

Just trying Stater Bros’ Sucralose sugar substitute in my black tea. Shame that, just like Splenda, it creates this foamy part atop my cup. While I have found these substitutes to be great on cereal and other items, sometimes it misses when I try and use it as the sweetener in my tea.

I never put sugar in my tea, or my coffee. I don’t know why, but in coffee it tends to give me a funny aftertaste and in tea… Why bother? I take milk in black teas usually, mostly because I’m too impatient to wait for them to cool, but I like it black every once in a while. Or when I’m out of milk, which, as a student, is pretty often.

90% of the time i go for unsweetened tea. occasionally, i’ll have a desert tea or chai and i will put a little brown crystal sugar in it. for chai tea, i also add rice milk. overall i try to limit sugar in my diet.

I think tea is meant to be consumed straight up. I prefer to taste of just the tea without the sweeteners or dairy addition. Although i did get a matcha last week at a coffee shop that was sweetened. And it blew my mind. Aside from that i love it simple. And i’m confident it’s better for the body that way.

Whether or not I sweeten my tea, and what I sweeten it with depends on the type of tea. For herbal, some green, and flavored black teas, I usually use honey, varying from a tiny amount to a teaspoon, depending on how strong the tea is. For unflavored black, oolong, and jasmine teas, I use sugar (usually 1/2 teaspoon per 8oz, but it can vary based on the strength of the tea).

I go through unsweetened tea periods, and there are a few varieties I prefer unsweetened, but I always come back around to sweetening most of my tea. I find that adding a touch of honey really brings out flavors and adds a soothing note to the tea for me, so I’m especially prone to adding it to an evening cup.