Iced Green Tea: The New Coke?

Pile on the sugar! That's what makes us Americans!

It goes without saying that food products coming from large corporations are almost always going to be crap. Making your own iced green tea has 0 calories and all the antioxidant benefits of green tea. Or, maybe, just drink water?

I can't undertand this iced tea .Tea should be drunk hot.So should green tea.I drink green tea without sugar.

There are 39 grams of sugar in a can of coke and 41 grams in a can of pepsi. That amounts to about 7 teaspoons or 13 lumps of sugar in each can. Way too much sugar!

Throw a few green tea bags in a jar in the sun for a few hours. Place in fridge till cold. Drink copious quantities of tea without a hint of high fructose corn syrup or caramel color (not to mention sodium hexametaphosphate).

And before I come off like some kind of uber dirt hippie who makes my own granola and enjoys sun tea, I will note here that I couldn't make it through life without the holy nectar of Diet Coke. Sometimes you just gotta love a glass full of chemical yumminess. But it perplexes me that they create all these chemical filled substitutes for products that at their core are just natural, normal foods.

I think we should lesson cola consumption for our bones not for losing weight.

"Is it not possible to drink anything without copious quantities of sweeteners?"

Apparently not! And it's really sad. I don't believe the "100% Natural" label on anything unless it's coming from a health-food store (and definitely not from one of the major food manufacturers). High fructose corn syrup isn't healthy, and neither is aspartame or any of the other artificial sweeteners.

Being Japanese and having moved to the US in October last year, I was surprised that they had green tea available at a Dunkin Donuts. I was even more surprised and horrified to find that my green tea came back with cream and sugar in it. Ugh! I took one look at it and shuddered. I asked the lady if I could get another one just plain. She looked at me like I was nuts.

As for the argument of drinking it hot or cold. Even in Japan it's pretty common for plastic bottles of green tea to be sold out of vending machines and grocery stores cold...Especially during the summer. However, those would never, EVER have any additives to it though. Just the product of leaves boiled in spring water...I miss it...

jj,

when i was young, like 8, my parents made tea like that. They called it 'Sun Tea' They also grew their own mint and put it in to brew with the tea. It was so good.

I cant stand teas, especially green, with sweeteners It just kills the flavors.

I only like tea that I brew myself. I dunno, the bottled stuff just doesn't do it for me. I drink green tea just about every day...hot in the winter and iced in the summer. I usually drink it with a bit of lemon or mint in it, but that's about all. I try to avoid high fructose corn syrup whenever possible. That stuff is diabetes waiting to happen.

I don't drink tea. Well I drink herbal tea.
A lot of things claimed as healhy aren't.
I'd rather the diet soda.

oh noooooo, dont tell me that, I have become addicted to the diet green tea. Yeah I know its not that healthy with all the stuff in it, but I thought it was better than diet coke, with the extra health benefits and flavonoids. I guess I just need to stick with plain old water....

And to think, I thought I was expanding my horizions....

Americans want their sugar and at the same time to think they are doing something healthy.

I have a question about that. Does diet pop really hurt losing weight if it has no calories and why? Please help me with this question as it has been on my mind for a long time.

"Is it not possible to drink anything without copious quantities of sweeteners?" Certainly; just make your own. I like herbal tea, made with next to no effort. I throw a few bags in a container of cold water and place in the refrigerator overnight. Great stuff!

That is an eye opening comparison. Thank you for that.
I used to crave a bottle of coke once in a while but since being on the Shaingrala diet (I started May/06)that craving is gone and also my craving of chocolate bars has disappeared. My weight loss has been slow but steady. I am on blood pressure pills, I think those are slowing the weight loss but at least the weight is going in the right direction.

Just another unfortunate attempt to "package" something to look healthy. It seems that the "herd mentality" strikes again. But, the question remains... who's leading the herd?

I have tried the Lipton diet green tea and it's just plain nasty. The only thing you taste is something artificial. In my opinion the best green tea in a bottle is Teas' Tea .

It makes me sad when I see something playing off of popular perception of it as "healthy," I feel like, at least when someone eats McDonald's, they now they are doing something stupid like, say, eating at McDonald's.
Still, the nutrition label is there.
That's a consolation. So it's not quite as bad as the "healthy" meals at some of the bigger restaurants.

Derin:
I'm going to take a wild guess and say you are not from Georgia.
"Tea should be drunk hot" is a sacreligious statement in these parts. ;)

One word: I would drink homemade green tea and sweeten it with Stevia. These "diet green tea" drinks contain aspartame and ace-K, which is worse than sugar. Sucralose is not much better, either.

Of course iced tea is consumed in our country.But most people here drink it warm/hot.

I just came back from nine months in Japan, which was really an eye-opening experience. I miss the homemade Oolong tea I got to drink every day like nothing else, and to my disappointment I haven't yet had a chance to really scour the Asian food stores here.
The real note I meant to submit: my dad sweetens coffee and tea by adding a spoonfull or two of honey (preferrably local and unprocessed, which also helps alleviate pollen allergies to some extent). I hope this helps people who just can't drink tea without sweeteners.

I used to think that lipton green tea was awesome, but after a while, I noticed that it didn't taste all that swell due to all of the artificial sweeteners in it.

I stick to my expensive ito-en green teas now. Nothing in them except for tea.

One caveat on making your own sun iced tea. I read this over at the Urban Legends site recently, and it's worth noting here:

www.snopes.com/food/prepare/suntea.asp

Excerpt:

"Yet therein lies the rub. Tea made by placing loose or bagged tea leaves in glass jars of water which are then left in direct sunlight can harbor bacteria that can make you ill."

But it is very possible to do, you just have to be careful. Read the page for more.

My AB-FAB Iced Tea! No Calories no anything. Trader Joes Green and White Tea with Mint. It comes in a gallon Jug and never lasts long in my house. Drink all you want and never worry. It does have caff.

www.momsugar.blogspot.com

My AB-FAB Iced Tea! No Calories no anything. Trader Joes Green and White Tea with Mint. It comes in a gallon Jug and never lasts long in my house. Drink all you want and never worry. It does have caff.

www.momsugar.blogspot.com

I think tea is best when you brew it yourself and don't add any sugar. It's all-natural (or at least as close to it as you can get) that way.

Does anyone know makes the healthiest bottled green tea... I mean easy to get, super market type green tea?

Oh my, that is disgusting beyond belief!!! I love green tea, I make it myself with a teabag and boiling water, add a slice of lemon, and enjoy the taste for what it is, rather than trying to turn it into a soft-drink alternative. Why must everything in America be sweet, even things that aren't supposed to be.

im wondering if its ok to drink green tea cold without brewing it in hot water? eg: does it lose health benefits if not brewed hot? i use a water bottle, put a tea bag in and it steeps through as i drink it. want to know if im getting the benefits of this, as it takes too long to brew it hot and wait for it to cool down!! thanks...

Regarding Liptons Diet Green Tea I thought I'd try it, because some of my co-workers love it. I thought it was ok, but wasn't impressed with it. I don't like the fact it has asparte in it though. I had my recently had my cholesterol checked as I had been on VAC and was eating a lot of fatty foods and I know my cholesterol was probably up so my doctor order a test. Too my very surprise my cholesterol scores decreased tremendously: total 190; HDL 70, LDl 104; Triglicerides 82. Although I take lipitor 20 & zetia 10 daily, those figures were never that low. I don't know if the diet green tea had anything to do with it but I drank about 2 per day after I came back from Vacation. Drinking that tea was the only thing I had taken in my diet that I can think I took prior to the test. I'm baffeled. My scores have never been that low in 25 years. HDL 70!!!! what can I say. Maybe the lab messed up or something.

Regarding Liptons Diet Green Tea I thought I'd try it, because some of my co-workers love it.And I must say that its a Awful drink!!!I don't like it!

I noticed that most of the postings are about the bottled Lipton green tea. Does anyone know if the quality of the Lipton green tea bags are worth drinking? I love green tea with honey. I usually buy the Lipton brand, but reading about the health benefits makes me wonder if I've been drinking the Lipton ("giant corporation" factor) without the health benefits. Does anyone have any information regarding the Lipton green tea bags?

All of you should be purchasing organic green tea or unsweetened bottled green tea; however, if the funds are tight you can suffice with any green tea without any sweetener (or use stevia or honey). Like all things we consume, moderation should remain in the back of your mind.

As for moderation, I cannot control myself when it comes to my green tea. I love it! I have been drinking it for about 4 years every day. I make a gallon at a time, usually 2-3 gallons a week. I brew 4 Lipton green tea bags, 4 decaf Lipton tea bags and 2 regular Lipton tea bags to a gallon of water with less than 1/2 cup of sugar. Do you think I drink too much?

WELL ACTUALLY THE DIET GREEN TEA HAS 0CALORIES, 3%SODIUM, 0CARBS, AND 0SUGARS AND IT TASTES GREAT

Green tea is an acquired taste, just like coffee and beer.

I just brew a couple bags in a coffe mug and pour it over a bigger mug with ice. Instant iced tea. No need for sugar. Just get used to the taste.

Someone asked this question earlier but it does not seem to have been answered.

Is it ok to just soak green tea with cold water instead of brewing it in hot water? Does it lose the health benefits of brewed green tea?

Anyone's help would be greatly appreciated.

what is the healthiest big named brand Green Tea that i can get in the supermarkets????

i thought Arizona was but it contains "high fructose corn syrup"......