Icetea

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Iced tea with lemon

Iced tea is a cold drink for which tea is prepared hot and cooled quickly to avoid a bitter taste. According to a traditional recipe, it is a tea made from black tea with lemon or peach juice and sugar .

variants

Further variations are prepared with green , fruit or herbal tea , combinations of these teas or combinations with fruit juice . Iced tea is often served with a slice of lemon or peppermint and a few ice cubes to keep it cool. The American Iced Tea , which is popular in the southern states , is traditionally served either heavily ( sweetened ) or not at all ( unsweetened ).

history

The idea of ​​drinking chilled tea or preparing and serving tea with ice cubes emerged in the middle of the 19th century, parallel to the development of cooling technology. In 1748 the first artificial cooling was shown by William Cullen at the University of Glasgow , followed by the invention of the first ice box, patented by David Meade Randolph in 1803 .

The iced tea was popularized in 1904 by the Englishman Richard Blechynden. He was responsible for tea at the World Exhibition in St. Louis and was supposed to convince Americans of black tea, who until then had only known green tea. Blechynden was confronted with the problem that hot tea would not be popular in the record summer of 1904, so he came up with the idea of ​​cooling the tea using chilled lead pipes. After the First World War , iced tea was drunk in special tall glasses in the USA. During the Second World War , the United States was supplied almost exclusively with black tea from the British-controlled areas in India .

Around 6.6 million hectoliters of iced tea are sold in Germany every year . Well-known brands on the German market are Nestea , Lipton and Pfanner . The market leader in Austria is Rauch with a market share of more than 50%. With around 28 liters per capita, Switzerland drinks the most iced tea in Europe. The leading brands here are Migros ' own brand , produced by Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel , Coop's own brand, Lipton and Nestea.

Health hazard

Iced tea is also offered as an industrially manufactured drink or as an instant product. Large amounts of sugar and citric acid (E330) are often added to these products . Eating foods that contain a large amount of citric acid can greatly reduce the pH of saliva. At the Center for Dentistry at the University of Zurich, scientists also found that excessive consumption without rinsing can lead to minerals being washed out of the teeth, which can lead to tooth damage, especially in combination with large amounts of sugar. This is more dangerous for small children, as their milk teeth are even more sensitive.

Web links

Commons : Iced Tea  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Iced tea  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c http://pflanzenkunde.net/heilpflanze/teepflanzen/eistee.html
  2. ^ Andreas Güntert: Nestea: Krombacher wants the divorce. In: handelszeitung.ch . April 6, 2019, accessed April 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Toxicological evaluation of some food additives including anticaking agents, antimicrobials, antioxidants, emulsifiers and thickening agents , WHO food additives series no.5 , prepared by the Joint FAO / WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, Geneva, June 25 - July 4, 1973
  4. ↑ High levels of citric acid in sweets and beverages increase the risk of tooth damage (PDF; 60 kB), updated (February 24, 2005) BfR opinion No. 006/2005 of January 9, 2004