ICE TEA

ICE TEA IS A COLD DRINK, IN THIS CASE: TEA. YOU NORMALLY DRINK IT IN A LARGE GLASS WITH ICE. IT MAY BE SWEETENED. IT CAN BE BOUGHT ALREADY MADE IN SUPERMARKETS AND GROCERY STORES. IT COMES IN A LOT OF FLAVOURS LIKE:

LEMON, PEACH, RASPBERRY, LIME, PASSION FRUIT (???), STRAWBERRY, CHERRY...

SOMETIMES, ICE TEA IS MADE FROM A LONG STEEPING OF TEA LEAVES AT LOWER TEMPERATURE (ONE HOUR IN THE SUN, VERSUS FIVE MITUS AT 80-100 DEGREES CELSIUS)

IT IS OFTEN CALLED "SUN TEA" AS YOU DRINK IT IN SUNNY DAYS AND IT'S HOT LIKE HELL.

IT IS RECOMMENDED TO LEAVE IT IN THE REFRIGERATOR OVERNIGHT TO MAKE SURE IT IS """COLD"""

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

IT'S LIKE NOBODY DRINKS ICE TEA IN THE UK. IN THE REST OF EUROPE, THE DRINK GAINED POPULARITY IN THE PAST DECADE. RECENTLY, LIPTON WANTED TO ACQUIRE THE MONOPOLY ON ICE TEA IN UK, BUT NESTEA AND TWININGS ALSO STARTED TO SELL ICE TEA IN THE UK WITH THE SAME PURPOSE.

IN THE UNITED STATES

HERE ICE TEA REPRESENTS THE 85% OF ALL TEA CONSUMED, IT'S VERY POPULAR, AND A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO CARBONATED SOFT DRINKS, OVERALL IN THE SOUTHERN STATES WHERE THERE'S HOT LIKE HELL.
YOU CAN BUY THEM IN RESTAURANTS, VENDING MACHINES, CONVENIENCE STORES AND GROCERY STORES.
IT MAY BE FRESHLY MADE, OR YOU CAN BUY IT IN BOTTLES, CANS AND SELF-SERVE SODA FOUNTAINS. IN RESTAURANTS YOU CAN CHOOSE IT SWEETENED OR NOT.

IN SWITZERLAND

NESTEA, GREENICE AND LIPTON ARE POPULAR HERE (AND MASS PRODUCED).
THEY SELL ICED TISANES, DOMINATED BY PEPPERMINT, AND ALSO WHITE ICE TEA AND ICE FLAVORED BLAC TEAS.
SWITZERLAND IS CONSIDERED THE MOTHERLAND OF BOTTLED ICE TEA.
IN 1983, BISCHOFZELL FOOD LTD. BECAME THE FIRST PRODUCER IN THE WORLD OF BOTTLED ICE TEA ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE.

JOURNALIST : MIKE LERKOFF
NEWSPAPER : SANTIAGO DAILY NEWS