A friend of mine named Steve Tanner heard a radio spot announcing “sweet tea” coming to McDonalds! He asked me to do a review of this new beverage for is website called Beverage Review.

You see, Steve knows that I am a “sweet tea” connoisseur given my birth and early years as a southern boy (South Carolina). My family adopted southern sweet tea as our family beverage and I grew up drinking it and making it. I have a secret sweet tea family recipe that I really like. We’ll have to see how the new McDonalds product stacks up to “Birkey Tea.”
Apparently McDonalds has already launched this product in the southeast states (including South Carolina). It is part of a new trend to offer more cold drink choices. See Article in Crain’s.

I visited the McDonalds on Lake Street in downtown Chicago today looking for the “sweet tea” – only to discover they don’t have it yet! Apparently it requires a new machine that has not been delivered yet… “Check back next week!”

So, as soon as I get my hands on this new product, I plan to consume it and write a review for Steve at Beverage Review.