What is Sweet Tea?

[DogSoSmall]

I've just seen this thread and find it hilarious (and wonderful) that four pages have been devoted to the subject of tea - sweet or otherwise. I too have found the force-feeding of "sweet tea" to poor old Ruth in all the fanfics quite funny. Ruth has never actually expressed a preference for it at all, and as some others have said, it was just Harry's idea of treatment for shock. Mind you, I've come to the conclusion that most fanfics are written by Americans, judging by some of the phrases (which would never be uttered by either Ruth or Harry) and by the spelling of whisky (yes, I'm still on that one!!). I am personally of the opinion that Ruth would wince away from sugar in her tea. I'm sure she didn't add any once Harry had left!