Iced Tea

0:03 Calarugus Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison, and today's theme is National Iced Tea Day, Summer Drinks, Refreshing beverages and American food traditions. Question one. Often credited with popularizing iced tea nationwide, a tea merchant began serving it cold to sweltering fairgoers in nineteen oh four. At which major US exposition did this happen? Question two? One, US state, home to the Charleston Tea Garden, made tea its official state hospitality beverage, a nod to sweet tea culture. Which state is it? Question three? What refreshing blend half iced tea half lemonade is named for a legendary golfer who often requested it after rounds. Question four. Food safety experts advise against a once popular method of steeping tea leaves in a jar placed outdoors for hours to make a summer drink.

1:09 What is this method called? Question five? The earliest known American printed recipe for sweet iced tea, published in eighteen seventy nine's Housekeeping in Old Virginia, surprisingly called for which type of tea? We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one. Which nineteen oh four exposition popularized ice tea? Answer the Saint Louis World's Fair Louisiana Purchase Exposition. At the nineteen oh four Saint Louis World's Fair, vendor Richard Bleckenden reportedly poured his hot black tea over ice to appeal to overheated crowds, helping iced tea catch on. While iced tea existed before, the fair gave it a massive boost in visibility. Question two, Which state name ta its hospitality beverage? Answer? South Carolina?

2:08 South Carolina, home to the Charleston Tea Garden on Wadmallaw Island, designated tea as its official hospitality beverage. The honour reflects the state's deep ties to sweet tea and its unique domestic tea growing heritage in the US. Question three, name the iced tea lemonade drink named for a golfer? Answer and Arnold Palmer. Golf Great Arnold Palmer frequently mixed iced tea with lemonade, and fans began ordering that Palmer drink. The Arnold Palmer has since become a summer staple on menus across America. Question four, what's the name of the unsafe outdoor steeping method answer sun tea. Sun tea sits at temperatures that can allow bacteria to grow. A safer approach is to cold brew in the refrigerator or hot brew and then chill the tea promptly. Question five. In eighteen seventy nine, sweet iced tea was made with what tea?

2:55 Answer green tea. Marion Cabal Tyrese eighteen seventy nine recipe use green tea, reflecting nineteen the century import patterns when green tea was common in America. Only later did black tea become the standard base for sweet iced tea. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.