Health and Wellness

Iced Tea Bringing Health And Wellness

Tea is known for its health benefits and free radical fighting antioxidants. When you place these health benefits in a cool, refreshing drink, you have the beverage that is taking over soft drinks popularity by storm. People of all ages and backgrounds are enjoying the great taste of  ice tea and are learning quickly what it has to offer. When ice tea is well stocked in shops and in fridges for easy access the consumers are being given what they want. The choice of great tasting refreshment without all the extra sugar and additives that comes with soft drink.

Why is tea so good for us?
Tea contains catechins, flavonoids and polyphenols, these are antioxidants that protect cells that are healthy from free radical damage. These antioxidants provide prevention of disease against many common ailments. The fluoride content in tea is also helpful with your teeth, killing bacteria that can cause bad breath and plaque. Drinking iced tea can help lower your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and provide protection against heart disease. According to an article in 2001 found in The Journal of the American Heart Association, heart disease patients can be helped by consuming tea. There are studies into showing how green tea can help fight esophageal cancer as well as slowing the spread of prostate cancer. White tea along with green tea are known to fight cancer of the colon and hypertension risk can be reduced with green tea too.

Ready to consume and enjoy.
Since learning some of the good factors about tea, you will be able to see why ice tea is not only good for you, but great for your taste refreshment. Available in 325ml and 330ml for those looking for a quick refreshment fix or 500ml PET bottles, perfect for when you’re on the go. For take home packs to keep in the fridge or a really big thirst you can also find your favourite ice tea in a 1.5l. This fantastic range of fruit flavoured black and green teas have started to take the beverage market by storm and will keep on growing in popularity. For the really health conscious ice tea consumers there is the lighter options available with less sugar but still all the goodness.

Ice tea is certainly a drink for the smart savvy and health conscious consumer. Making this great drink available to consumers is a big step in the right direction for sales and health benefits alike.

The History Of Iced Tea

Tea has remained a favourite beverage of millions around the world. Introduced some five thousand years ago, it has retained its popularity though some variations have been seen in the original tea flavour. The antioxidant properties of tea have made its usage even more essential. A new concept of iced tea was introduced in the eighteenth century when on a hot summer day people were not interested the hot beverage. Ever since a famous brand, Lipton Ice Tea, has been serving millions of customers worldwide. New flavours have also been added from time to time to the original drink.

Many believe that iced tea was first introduced in the 1904 Richard Blechynden, representative of Indian tea growers. It was at a fair where the fairgoers were attracted to stalls by offering different beverages. A reasonably hot day in Mississippi made people repulsive towards the hot tea that was offered by Richard. In order to get people’s attention he had an idea to serve the tea chilled with crushed ice. The refreshing drink was an instant hit. It didn't happen instantly, but later on this was a commercial break through for iced tea on a commercial level. The invention dates back to the eighteenth century as confirmed many cookbooks with recipes. This was also the era when refrigeration began in the form of ice houses to ice boxes to refrigerators as we know them today.

The traditional iced tea was prepared with green tea leaves and was served in the original form, sweetened as well as in punches heavily spiked with liquor. Tea drinking has long been associated with reducing the risk of many chronic health problems including lowering of blood pressure. This is why many tea companies commercialized iced tea to increase their profits. When Lipton, the famous tea manufacturer, launched the iced tea, the company was not aware of how much popularity the new product was going to have. More people favour the cold beverage rather than the hot tea now. The commercialization of iced tea by Lipton has earned the company high revenue over the decades. The benefits to personal health are not outweighed in hot tea instead of iced, and iced tea has been found to be far more refreshing in warmer weather.

Iced tea was introduced to the world as an experiment, and has now secured its place in the beverage industry. There are many variations of the original product. Lipton Iced Tea now comes in many flavours including peach, mango and lemon. The product comes in different sized plastic bottles and tin cans. All Lipton Iced Tea products have been very popular around the world.