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In honor of Luzianne Tea's 100th anniversary, we're bringing you interesting facts and folklore on the history of iced tea in America. Below are just a few tidbits and highlights, but but be sure to read more to get the whole story.

Folklore says that iced tea was invented during a hot spell at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, but research shows that iced teas in various forms appeared in cookbooks as far back as the early 19th century.
Currant jelly, champagne, brandy and sweet cream were all ingredients in 19th century "tea punches," which were almost always alcoholic and made with green tea instead of black tea.
Recipes for iced tea as we know it today, complete with sugar and lemon, first appeared in the late 19th century.
One of the earliest recipes for "cold-brew" iced tea was published in the 1890s. The author noted at the time that even though it was a very popular method of brewing, it didn't produce as much flavor as traditional brewing with hot water.
The rise in popularity of iced tea parallels the development of refrigeration and the commercial manufacture of pure ice, both of which were in place by the middle of the 19th century.
By World War I, iced tea was so popular that Americans were buying special tall iced tea glasses, long spoons and lemon forks. By the 1930s, people were commonly referring to the tall goblet in crystal sets as an "iced tea" glass.
Prohibition helped boost the popularity of iced tea because average Americans were forced to find alternatives to beer and wine at the dinner table.
Iced tea is popular nationwide, but it's especially popular in the South, where it's sometimes jokingly referred to as the region's "house wine."
USDA figures estimate that today's Americans consume more than 2.2 billion gallons of tea each year. About 80 percent of that is iced tea.

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