History
Sweet Leaf Tea was created after founder Clayton Christopher returned from a road trip throughout Alabama and Mississippi where he saw the abundance of homemade iced tea that all the local "mom and pop" restaurants served. They did not find bottled tea on the market that tasted like homemade iced tea. Using his grandmother's iced tea recipe, Clayton Christopher and his best friend and business partner, David Smith started brewing tea in pillow cases and crawfish pots in Hen's kitchen; then using garden hoses to transport the tea to plastic bottles.
After already having a 35% stake with Sweet Leaf, Nestle Waters North America fully acquired Sweet Leaf on May 5, 2011.
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