(Edited 05. Jun 2020). Even though USA is a coffee dominating market, Tea is slowly gaining her momentum thanks to health and wellness trend specially among younger generation. USA Tea lovers prefer to enjoy their tea in cold form. By the way, on 10th of June USA tea enthusiasts are going to celebrate National Iced Tea Day with their loving ones amid this critical time period when The US is still battling against COVID 19 pandemic.

As National Iced Tea Day had reported, Approximately 85% of the tea consumed in the US is iced Tea. Ready-to-Drink iced tea has spiked in the recent past. During First World War, USA citizens were purchasing tall borosilicate glasses, that eventually became well known as iced-tea glasses, long spoons ideal for stirring sugar into iced tea glasses and lemon forks. Prohibition of beer, wine and hard liquor which ran from 1920 to 1933, helped boost the popularity of iced tea as Americans looked at alternatives to those during this period. Sometimes iced tea is prepared by a particularly long steeping of tea leaves at a lower temperature (one hour in the sun versus five minutes at 80-100 °C). Some people call this sun tea. In addition, sometimes it is also left to stand overnight in the refrigerator.

Also I would like to suggest you a nice, refreshing and healthy iced tea recipe from Sri Lanka Tea Board Promotion Website: https://www.pureceylontea.com/recipe/iced-tea-lemonade/

Ingredients

• 1 liter of water
• 6 tbsp of Ceylon black tea leaves
• 3 cups of cold water
• ¾ cup of sugar made into a syrup with ¾ of cup water (I would prefer if you can add natural honey instead of sugar)
• 1 cup of fresh lemon juice

Preparation:

Bring the liter of water to a boil, remove from heat and add tea leaves. Keep for 3-5 minutes. Stir and strain into a container, add the cold water and the cooled sugar syrup. Pour in the lemon juice and mix well. To serve, pour over ice cubes.

USA Tea market is full of Ready to Drink Iced Tea made with tea concentrates. But “Tea with Nipun” always encourages tea drinkers to enjoy freshly brewed tea. No matter whether it’s hot or cold. Cheers ! It’s Tea Time !

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References

1.Original Post: http://www.nationalicedteaday.com/

2.Recipe: https://www.pureceylontea.com/recipe/iced-tea-lemonade/