Instead of guessing and posting as if this was _very weird_ you could just have done a quick google search and found that yes, most likely they could? It's not

Instead of guessing and posting as if this was _very weird_ you could just have done a quick google search and found that yes, most likely they could? It's not needed but spread over a day, sure they could. Sweet tea is very different from an average tea drinker who might (as is common) use no sweetener at all.