JAS_OH1
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Except in the deep south. They had both for as long as I can remember, growing up in Florida and spending a lot of time across the Gulf of Mexico states (especially southeast Texas). I remember my mom having to specify she wanted unsweetened tea at certain restaurants back home because if you didn't, they generally assumed you wanted sweet!Yes.
Used to be, when I was a kid, restaurants carried only sweet tea. It wasn’t until more people starting caring about their weight/health, right around 1980 or so, that restaurants started selling both.