You Can Get A Free Sweet Tea From McAlister’s Deli On July 18—Here’s How

When it comes to

sweet tea

, Southerners are an opinionated bunch. From the amount of sugar to the length of steep time to the temperature of the water, each home cook has a recipe they swear by—and they’ll raise a ruckus if you challenge their method. (Even still, we’ll continue recommending

baking soda to make your tea shine

.) We can all agree, however, that sweet tea should be plentiful.

One chain-made sweet tea that gets a frequent thumbs-up from Southerners is the signature brew from McAlister’s Deli, headquartered in

Atlanta, Georgia

. They keep it simple: fresh, specially filtered Orange Pekoe black tea sweetened and poured over ice. And lucky for us, that famous sweet tea—known as Big Tea—is totally free on

July 18.

The beloved Free Tea Day event at McAlister’s, celebrating its sixteenth year, gives guests a free tea of their choice. You can customize it, too: Choose from sweet tea, unsweet tea, tea/lemonade, sweet tea/unsweet tea, flavored teas, or tea with one flavor shot, like peach, strawberry, or black cherry real fruit puree.

According to

the fine print

, the Free Tea Day deal is limited to one tea per person in-store and four teas per McAlister’s Deli location through online or in-app orders. The offer is automatically applied at checkout, so all you’ll need to do is choose which

refreshing tea

suits your mood.

We’ll cheers to that!