The Internet Is Divided On What To Call This Classic Drink
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Spring is just around the corner, and it finally feels appropriate to start sipping on cold beverages again. It’s out with the cozy and comforting, and in with the bright and refreshing. And few drinks signal warm weather quite like an Arnold Palmer.
Or do you call it a Half and Half? Or an Uptown?
As it turns out, the combo of iced tea and lemonade goes by many different names. A viral post on X by user @RajiTheDon posed the question: "What do you call this in your city/state?”
The original poster says that in her hometown in New Jersey, the drink is referred to as an Uptown. A few X users cosigned the term in the comments, but most other users came up with entirely different names.
Half and Half is the name of choice for people in cities all over the country. Several Miami-based X users claimed that it’s called a Flop in the 305. Other commenters chimed in to say that it's called Swamp Water or Muddy Water in the South. Chick-fil-A customers may also know it as SunJoy. But the most common moniker for iced tea and lemonade is Arnold Palmer.
Even actress Keke Palmer chimed in to argue for the Arnold Palmer—and she clarified that if you spike it with tequila, it's called a Keke Palmer. Other spiked Arnold Palmer recipes (including our own) use vodka, which many people cheekily call the John Daly.
The combination of iced tea and lemonade may have existed for a while, but the late golf legend Arnold Palmer is largely credited with popularizing the beverage in the 1960s. And since his eponymous business partnered with AriZona to release a canned version of the beverage in 2001, the Arnold Palmer is also a trademarked name.
And Arnold Palmer Enterprises isn’t afraid to go to court over it. Just last year, the company sued beverage brand Liquid Death for selling their own version titled “Armless Palmer” (they since renamed the product “Dead Billionaire”).
To avoid litigation, many brands and establishments choose to sell iced tea and lemonade under a different name—but you can order an Arnold Palmer at virtually any restaurant and your server will understand what you mean.
What do you call this drink? Let us know in the comments.
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