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A tea bag for ice tea beverages. The tea bag contains a tea mixture made up of about 30% to about 95% by weight of tea leaves, and about 5% to about 70% by weight of dried soluble tea solids. The tea bag may be immersed in cold water to provide a tea beverage of acceptable color and flavor in less t

A tea bag for ice tea beverages. The tea bag contains a tea mixture made up of about 30% to about 95% by weight of tea leaves, and about 5% to about 70% by weight of dried soluble tea solids. The tea bag may be immersed in cold water to provide a tea beverage of acceptable color and flavor in less than about 10 minutes.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A tea bag for making ice tea beverages by steeping the bag and extracting the tea in cold water, the tea bag containing a tea mixture comprising both: about 30% to about 95% by weight of black tea leaves and about 5% to about 70% by weight of dried, cold water soluble t

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A tea bag for making ice tea beverages by steeping the bag and extracting the tea in cold water, the tea bag containing a tea mixture comprising both: about 30% to about 95% by weight of black tea leaves and about 5% to about 70% by weight of dried, cold water soluble tea solids, the black tea leaves being selected from the group consisting of Malabar Indonesian tea leaves, Papua New Guinca tea leaves, and combinations of these tea leaves; the tea bag providing a beverage having a color of at least about 0.7 absorbance at 420 nm when using a cuvet path length of 1 cm when immersed in 250 ml of water at 22.degree. C. for about 90 seconds at a tea mixture concentration of about 10 g/l. [7.]7. A tea bag for making ice tea beverages by steeping the bag and extracting the tea cold water, the tea bag containing a tea mixture comprising black Papua New Guinea tea leaves and dried, cold water soluble tea solids, the tea bag providing a beverage having a color of at least about 0.7 absorbance at 420 nm when using a cuvet pathlength of 1 cm when immersed in 250 ml of water at 22.degree. C. for about 90 seconds at a tea mixture concentration of about 10 g/l.