How does commercial bottled tea last without preservatives?

Just had some bottled tea, and noticed the bottle says man: 6/15/2006, exp: 12/14/2007 (...freshly 'expired' )

The label of course says: "pure black tea, unsweetened, with no preservatives or anything else to stand in the way of clean, fresh taste and numerous health benefits."

it does have vit C. but its not detectable (by me) in taste.

One time i made a couple bottles of tea (without getting my hands in the liquid), stuck them hot in the fridge and maybe about 2 weeks they started to smell like they were going towards expiration...

do they freeze them or is the little vit C so strong?

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SN
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I find that if I make a pot of iced tea, it tastes fine the first day but by the second day it is unpleasantly tannic. 2 weeks seems very optimistic.

--scott

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Scott Dorsey

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