"Some McDonald's food items are so popular that they've become a core part of fast food culture. But, the chain's menu also includes some duds, and the item that's reportedly ordered the least of all is hot tea. If you didn't even know that was on the menu, you're not the only one - even Stephen Patula, whose family owns several McDonald's franchises, said in a now-deleted TikTok that he didn't know that McDonalds offered hot tea until a customer asked for it."
"It's not just the hot tea - Tasting Table's taste tester crowned the hot coffee as the actual worst item on McDonald's menu. In a viral thread on Reddit, it was also reported that the milkshakes are another drink that are avoided by the employees like the plague due to the sketchy cleaning protocol of the machine. According to the responses, the poor cleaning practices apply to the teas - and anything else that comes out of the McCafe machine."
Hot tea is reportedly the least-ordered item on McDonald's menu, and many employees are unaware it is offered or how to prepare it. Some staff admitted to struggling with tea orders and requiring managerial assistance to make it. The hot tea is made with water, orange pekoe, and pekoe cut black tea; orange pekoe denotes a grading system rather than a citrus flavor. The proprietary blend is curated exclusively for McDonald's stores. In-house beverage issues extend beyond tea: hot coffee has been rated poorly, milkshakes are avoided by employees due to sketchy machine cleaning, and iced tea may be brewed in large, uncovered batches at shift start.
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