In the South East, they bring you sweetened (usually far too sweetened for my tastes) iced tea. This is amazingly universal.
I live in NC and have been probing the border for years.
For “nicer” restaurants, the universal sweet tea boundary seems to be precisely at the NC/VA border.
Calling dropping a tea bag in a cup of hot water “preparing a drink” is a bit of a stretch
well you also have to take it out
That is true