On Jun 6, 7:49*pm, PolicySpy > wrote:
> > I don't understand the popularity of canned ice tea. Sure it's
> > convenient if you are out somewhere, but if the stuff is being consumed
> > at home I would think it would be *much cheaper to make it at home and
> > keep it in a pitcher in the fridge. Flavour and sweeten as desired.
> > Personally, I can't stand the canned stuff.
>
> Yeah, I have had a refrigerated tea as a regional brand in a gallon
> milk jug. And it was very good even if it didn't meet my standard of
> zero-preservatives and 3% fruit juice.
>
> The trick is to offer refrigerated tea in 16 ounce milk cartons at
> convenience stores and then everyone will know from the packaging that
> it requires refrigeration.
>
> Also, soda can or soda bottle machines are fundamentally refrigerated.
>
> Also, there is refrigerated de-caf coffee and even with a little milk.


But to the casual reader:

Refrigerated tea is tea that requires refrigeration and therefor
doesn't require extreme preservatives or doesn't require large amounts
of sugar.