There's a certain segment of McDonald's customers who keep coming back for the restaurant chain's signature sweet tea. Interestingly, you can mix it at home.

Orange pekoe tea tends to mean it’s black tea from India, Sri Lanka, and other parts of Asia. Pekoe generally just means a high quality of black tea made form young leaves.

All tea is made from the processed leaves and buds of the evergreen ‘Camellia sinensis’ bush. There are a huge variety of teas, however, generally classified by the size of the leaves and the ...

For the black tea, Kaimal suggests using Darjeeling or orange pekoe tea; Darjeeling has blends intense tannins with a floral, almost grape-y subtly and Orange Pekoe brews to with a more orange ...

But orange pekoe doesn't describe the flavor or color of the tea, it's actually a grade designation for the quality of black tea leaves.