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November 4 - 11, 1999

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AriZona Iced Tea

The big can

by Stephen Heuser

NOSHING & SIPPING
No, this stuff isn't made in Arizona. The parent company is on Long Island, and a publicist we spoke to wasn't even sure where the Boston tea is bottled. But there's one thing on the Southwestern-style can that you can believe: the price. The company's giant 23.5-ounce cans are newly emblazoned "99cents." Whoa: that's 67 cents a pound, around half as much as some teas, and less than a lot of bottled water. Think of it as the Big Gulp of yuppie beverages. You can get cheaper iced tea -- I mean, make it yourself, bozo! -- but there's still something neat about getting this much of anything for a buck.


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