mumbojumbo21
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 |  Subject: Some things you can go generic, sweeten tea you cannot.  Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:53 pm | |
| Earlier tonight, I went to the supermarket to pick up powder sweetened ice tea and there were the generic brand and Lipton. There were two other brands but I forgot what they were. I decided to pick up both and see what was the difference. Looking at the ingredients, they're not really different from each except that Lipton has silicon dioxide and the generic has calcium silicate.
In the end, Lipton won my taste buds as the generic brand tasted less sweet and more watery than Lipton. I paid $4 for the generic and $6.60 for the Lipton. Clearly the price reflected the quality this time around.
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CJSchmidt
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| | Subject: Re: Some things you can go generic, sweeten tea you cannot. Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:18 am | |
| Sweet tea... Ick! You must be a southerner! :-)
(My aunt lives in Georgia and I always get caught off guard ordering iced tea down there.) |
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| | Subject: Re: Some things you can go generic, sweeten tea you cannot. Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:11 pm | |
| Just buy a box of LIPTON tea bags, make a Pitcher as per directions, and sweeten it to taste!
Brought to you by LIPTON's TEA. Mmmmmm, Brisk! |
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mumbojumbo21
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| | Subject: Re: Some things you can go generic, sweeten tea you cannot. Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:02 am | |
| | CJSchmidt wrote: | Sweet tea... Ick! You must be a southerner! :-)
(My aunt lives in Georgia and I always get caught off guard ordering iced tea down there.) |
Hey, they sell this stuff up north too!
Seriously, the sugar content is much less than what I would get from a can of soda which is always a big plus for someone trying to lose weight while still drinking something sweet. 
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timlord
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| | Subject: Re: Some things you can go generic, sweeten tea you cannot. Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:45 am | |
| | I'M In buffalo and soak teabags to make cold tea. I add no sugar until I drink. I hear you ,I've been trying to lose weight and used to put 6 teaspoons of sugar per hot tea <which i drank all day> about a month ago I bought sugar subsitute packets. So one of those packets is equal to bein as sweet as 2 regular packets.I use two subsitutes and 1 regular packet to wean me off sugar!Took 3 days dont notice taste difference and lost 3 lbs!But now I crave chocolate!I'm in withdrawal still! |
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