ICE TEA - the perfect pleasure!

Most historians agree, Richard Blechyden can be credited with making iced tea a favourite beverage around the world. It all began at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.

Mr. Blechyden, a tea plantation owner, had hoped to offer free samples of his fine tea to the patrons of the fair, but didn’t anticipate how hot that summer would be. Although tea is the second most popular beverage in the world after water, people just weren’t interested in a hot drink on a sweltering day.

Unperturbed, he decided to serve his brewed tea over ice. His invention was a hit. Word spread quickly and he soon had eager park visitors lining up for a taste of his cool treat.

To celebrate Mr. Blechyden’s ingenuity, we present a few new twists on this 100 year old favourite.

COOL WAYS TO ENJOY TEA

	You can enjoy a variety of home-made iced teas all summer with these unique Tetley recipes. Mix up a refreshing pitcher of our spirit-free drinks to have on-hand at all times – or serve at an afternoon gathering. You’ll find our spirit-based drinks are ideal when company comes as well.
	Iced tea recipes with alcohol. Non-alcoholic iced tea recipes Tips and general rules to help you create perfect iced tea.

Did you know?

• Tetley buys more than 2 million pounds of tea each week from up to 35 countries and 10,000 estates
• Up to 1,000 teas are tasted and graded by Tetley each day
• Tetley produces 24 tea blends inspired by countries around the world
• Tetley tea tasters can detect minute differences and can easily tell you the area a particular crop was grown, and usually which estate
• Tetley began in the 1800's when Joseph and Edward Tetley added tea to their traveling market as an experiment