Desk note — Sweet Tea (Medium) sits in Cold Drinks with a clearly marked sample price. Listed sample: $2.85 (USD estimate) · about 296 calories (estimate). Local McDonald's boards vary by store, tax, and date.
Catalog cue for this card: Sweet Tea (Medium) — Medium; likely components: fountain beverage. Sample $2.85 / ~296 cal. MDD educational midpoint. MDD restates that as literacy — not a live quote.
Sweet Tea (Medium): educational specification sheet
- Listed name: Sweet Tea (Medium)
- Category lane: Cold Drinks
- Size / serve class: Medium
- Sample price: $2.85 USD (estimate)
- Sample energy: ~296 kcal (estimate, standard build)
- Protein/style guess: beverage
- Publisher: Menu Desk Daily (MDD) — unaffiliated
Ingredient literacy for Sweet Tea (Medium)
Reading the name and category, a typical Sweet Tea (Medium) build is discussed with: fountain beverage. Exact recipes are store-controlled; ask staff for official ingredients and allergens.
Rough educational density ≈ 103 cal per currency unit at the listed midpoint.
Sits in a low price-band sample — often a snack, side, or value add-on.
Paying for Sweet Tea (Medium): literacy, not a receipt
Franchise restaurants set many figures. Treat $2.85 as a planning anchor for Sweet Tea (Medium), then verify on the board or trusted app for your area. Menu Desk Daily does not sync to POS.
If a social post quotes a different number for Sweet Tea (Medium), that can still be valid somewhere else. Geography explains more than “the internet is wrong.”
Alternatives mindset for Sweet Tea (Medium)
If you are deciding between value menus and classics, keep Sweet Tea (Medium) in the same table so the tradeoffs stay visible.
Ask before you assume on Sweet Tea (Medium)
Sauce on the side is a calorie control tactic; it may not change price.
How MDD presents photos
We host category-matched free-stock WebP images — not official McDonald's product photography. Branding is the MDD letter-mark only.
MDD review window: 2026 · voice=desk · slug=iced-tea-sweet-large-medium. Confirm every figure locally.