Beverages

After the food roundup here is the one for beverages. First of all you should know that in the US people drink beverages (except coffee) with loads of ice in it. So if you should feel the desire to be recognized as a foreigner order your drink without ice ;-)

The most important beverage in the South is Sweet Tea! It is kind of the national drink down there. Sweet Tea is an ice tea like beverage. It's prepared with a mix of black teas (Orange Pekoe). Southerners pour a lot of sugar in it. I like sweet tea so much that I brought a family size pack of tea bags for sweet tea back to Germany with me!

Other beverages you should try are A&W root beer (it's no real beer. It's a soft drink. Either you love it or you loathe it), Dr Pepper (the American version tastes way better than the stuff you get to buy in Germany. Over here it doesn't taste as strong. Once again the taste is kind of special. Either you'll like it or you won't) and Mountain Dew (can someone explain to me why they won't sell it in Germany on a big scale? People would love it! It's a lemonade that tastes better than 7up and Sprite and has caffeine in it).

And then there are the big three coffee places you should check out. Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts (delicious, delicious donuts -  and breakfast!) and Caribou Coffee.