In last week's Roadfood.com poll, sweet tea came out the big winner, with 33% of the vote.  Some folks were unfamilar with a few of the choices, so here's a roundup:

Egg Cream: Seltzer, milk, and chocolate syrup (mostly seltzer), a big NYC favorite.  No eggs, no cream.  A beverage trompe l'oeil that tastes far richer than it is.

Loganberry: A Kool-Aid-type drink popular in the Buffalo area.  Loganberries are one of the many raspberry/blackberry hybrids (like boysenberries and olallieberries).  Made popular in the 19th century at a nearby Canadian resort area once known as Crystal Beach.  Loganberry came in last with 2% of the vote, but some of that may be because we had a brain freeze when we wrote up the poll and originally called it lingonberry.  Hmmm, a lingonberry drink... there's an idea...

Coffee Milk: A Rhode Island specialty.  Like chocolate milk, but made with the locally produced coffee syrup.

Chicory Coffee: A New Orleans specialty, perhaps most famously served at Cafe du Monde.  Usually served heavily cut with hot milk.

Date Shake: An ice cream shake made with dates, found in the desert areas of California, where dates are grown.

Horchata: A milky (but dairy-free), refreshing Mexican rice beverage touched with Mexican cinnamon, found in the American Southwest.

Smoothie: A California hippie shake made with fruit and ice, now found across the country.

Limeade: Found everywhere, but an especially popular Midwest beverage.  Could be like lemonade, but often served carbonated; often a lime-doctored Sprite.

Fresh Fruit Shake: Ice cream shake made with the local in-season fresh fruit, often found in the Pacific Northwest, but can be found anywhere great shakes are made.

Arnold Palmer: A half-and-half mixture of lemonade and iced tea.  Arnold Palmer's favorite drink.