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McDonald's employees, reveal your secret!

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alchemize

Lifer
I'm trying to duplicate Mickie D's sweet tea in my own home. Lipton doesn't cut it. So, what's the recipe? You can "hear it from a friend" if you don't work at McDonald's 😉
 
When I worked there more than a decade ago we simply brewed it using the coffee makers.
So naturally it tasted like crap.
 
Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
When I worked there more than a decade ago we simply brewed it using the coffee makers.
So naturally it tasted like crap.
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Oh this stuff obviously came out of McDonald's University research lab. There's some serious quality control around it now, rarely do you find it out of form. I travel a lot, I'm becoming quite the expert.
 

Make 1 gallon of tea
Add 27 cups of sugar

Viola. you have a substance so sweet you cannot taste anything else a.k.a McDonalds Sweet tea. (using actual tea is optional, brown food coloring can be added as a substitute)

 
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
When I worked there more than a decade ago we simply brewed it using the coffee makers.
So naturally it tasted like crap.
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Oh this stuff obviously came out of McDonald's University research lab. There's some serious quality control around it now, rarely do you find it out of form. I travel a lot, I'm becoming quite the expert.
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They probably use syrups like they do for soda.
 
When I worked there we brewed it. Does it come out of the drink machine or is it separate? If it's separate, it's probably brewed.
 
McDonalds' stated operational goal was to always move closer to execution that required no training of the employee. Considering the steps taken if it were brewed from tea vs diluting a concentrate, I'm willing to bet that McDonalds ships a concentrate to its stores. I doubt any employee has any idea what's in it, except for the folks manufacturing it.
 
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: TruePaige
Hardee's makes the very best. It is similar but with a fuller bodied taste.
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I may have to try it, haven't been to Hardees in a while.
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The secret was to add about a bag of sugar to a 5 gallon bucket of tea while it was still hot, stir until it was all broken down, then chill.
 
Originally posted by: sjwaste
McDonalds' stated operational goal was to always move closer to execution that required no training of the employee. Considering the steps taken if it were brewed from tea vs diluting a concentrate, I'm willing to bet that McDonalds ships a concentrate to its stores. I doubt any employee has any idea what's in it, except for the folks manufacturing it.
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No, this clearly is brewed tea. You can tell because the tub is invariably different temperatures.

Plus I can tell the taste of fresh brewed tea. They even have a tag on them that says "use until x PM", they refresh it like every 8 hours.

 
that stuff is nasty. Why not just get soda? I actually don't mind there unsweetened tea, although its not the best.
 
Regional McDonald's brewed teas sourced through the franchise operator (usually off the shelf supermarket iced teas) *UNTIL* Mickey D's Southern Style Sweet Tea rolled out nation-wide. Other places in the South still do... Taco Bell, Hardee's, etc.
 
I don't know about McD's tea formulation, but PG Tips brewed and iced (or better yet, whole leaf tea) is really good. No corn syrup for me, just a touch of cane sugar or honey.
 
McDonalds uses the classic southern Sweet tea recipe. That is, brew it hot and strong, and add a cup of sugar per pitcher while still hot Stir, add water/ice till full, and pop it in the fridge

Luzianne is better for sweet tea than Lipton
 
its not lipton... its red rose...

lets go find the fucker who buys the tea and steal his billions of little glass animals.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
McDonalds uses the classic southern Sweet tea recipe. That is, brew it hot and strong, and add a cup of sugar per pitcher while still hot Stir, add water/ice till full, and pop it in the fridge

Luzianne is better for sweet tea than Lipton
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All of these things are true, especially the last one.
 
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