It's Southern Thing!

It's rough. It's been rough on that food. It's different eating here than it is at the house. Ain't got no sweet tea, and ain't got no fried chicken."
—Boo Weekley, PGA golfer from Milton, Fla., interviewed by the BBC on Day 2 of the British Open, 7/20/2007

Jeffrey Klineman has an excellent article on Slate discussing the fine points of sweet tea. Like Dolly Parton said in Steel Magnolias, it's the "house wine of the South".