Iced tea

Iced tea is also a popular packaged drink, normally mixed with fruit-flavored syrup such as lemon, raspberry, lime, passion fruit, peach, orange, strawberry, blueberry, mango, and cherry.

The introduction of limited capitalism and free-market reforms starting in 1978 made refrigeration available to the general population for the first time.

[3] Iced tea has become increasingly popular in South Africa and is now widely available in cafes and retail outlets countrywide.

[7] Although iced tea is not as widely consumed in the United Kingdom as in other European countries, the drink became more popular in the 2000s.

In recent years, Lipton has returned to the general sale of non-carbonated tea, quickly followed by Nestea and Twinings.

Iced mate is especially popular in the states of Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio de Janeiro and the northern part of Paraná.

[15] Recipes appeared in print, iced tea was offered on hotel menus, and it was on sale at railroad stations.

The temperature of the tea brewed in this manner is never heated high enough to kill any bacteria, leaving the water potentially unsafe to drink.

This has the dual advantage of preventing the growth of harmful bacteria and the tea already being cold without the addition of ice.

[19] In 1996, the City of Cincinnati's Health Department discovered high levels of coliform bacteria (due to inadequate daily cleansing) in the spigots of dispensers filled by automatic fresh brewed iced tea machines in several area restaurants.

[20] Approximately the same time, the Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola companies began aggressive targeted marketing campaigns aimed at replacing fresh brewed iced tea in foodservice establishments with the cola companies' tea concentrate that is dispensed using the same method as fountain drinks, pumped from a bag-in-box.

There has been a growing popularity in the United States of a mixed drink called "half-and-half" since the late 1960s when golf great Arnold Palmer ordered one in Palm Beach, Florida.