Article: Iced tea and chai: plenty to choose from, little to like.(Nutrition Comparison)

A scorching heat wave during the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair led a tea plantation owner, who had been offering free hot tea, to add ice cubes to his samples. "Iced tea" became an instant crowd pleaser. These days, ready-to-drink iced tea accounts for about 80% of tea sales in the U.S.

New offerings sound trendy and healthful, such as variations on green tea, exotic tea-juice blends and flavored chai, a centuries-old spiced milky tea that is growing in popularity. But just how healthful are they? Most of the cloyingly sweet tea sold today in bottles or cans is unrecognizable as the naturally brewed tea poured over ice a century ago. In fact, you have to search to ...

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