To Diet with Love
By April on Mar 4 Filed In Austin, Texas, Sweet Consumers 3 Comments
We recently had a Diet Sweet Leaf Tea taste test at our office and we advertised it via Twitter, Facebook and through folks that work here. I received a cool note from a Diet SLT fan and thought you guys might dig it too!
From Dana Carpenter:
Hi Sweet Leaf!
I was introduced to Sweet Leaf a few years ago and haven’t looked back. I drink A LOT of Granny’s goodness… daily… like I go through a 64 oz bottle every two days… I love this stuff and really couldn’t imagine life without it. A few months ago, however, I was faced with that very reality.
I was having a lot of health problems last spring and out of the blue was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. It was a hard diagnosis for the obvious reasons, but the worst part was the sense of loss I felt. I was now limited in the things I could enjoy… one being my beloved Sweet Leaf.
I thought I had seen a Diet Original version at Whole Foods, (WFM does not carry any product sweetened artificially-including Diet SLT) but I absolutely hate diet drinks and figured it would have an artificial taste. One day, I was having a rough afternoon a work, and my boyfriend surprised me with lunch and a Diet Sweet Leaf.
I was really missing my Granny and decided to go with it… the first drink took a minute to register, but when it did, I thought, “that wasn’t so bad.” I took another and another and still no after taste. I figured there must a catch… this couldn’t be completely sugar free. I turned to the nutritional information and sure enough it was!
The realization that I could once again enjoy my dear Sweet Leaf elated me! I bought every one on the shelf and now keep a constant supply in the house. I know it sounds corny and I’ve written a lot to express my love for Sweet Leaf, but it really made me feel more whole again. Whatever life throws at me, I still get to enjoy the little pleasures in life like my Granny goodness!
I would love to participate in the blind taste test you announced on Facebook for lots of reasons but the top two are 1) I want to help Granny get the word out about how kick-ass her products are, and 2) I was a Psychology major and love this kind of stuff! If you could use my assistance, please let me know.
Much love,
Dana
I’ve got feelings for Granny…
By JamesDrinkard on Feb 8 Filed In Austin, Texas, Events, Guest Blogger 4 Comments
Hey there! You might be wondering who I am, so I’m gonna give you a brief run down.
The name is James. James Drinkard. I’m 18 years of age, and I’m fortunate enough to live in the heart of Sweet Leaf Tea, music festivals, amazing food, and the best summers ever. That’s right, beautiful Austin, TX!
And since you can tell a lot about someone by their favorite flavor, I’m all Original, hands down! (What’s yours? Be on the look out for the new Lemon Black and Citrus Green tea. They’re delicious!)
Throughout the past 5 years that I’ve been sippin’ this organic goodness, I’ve had some really incredible times with Granny that are definitely worth sharing. I’ve also become quite a Sweet Leaf fan/connoisseur. And that’s not just me saying that…
See, I told you! But I’m not all weird about it… don’t worry. (Though if you saw my room, you might think otherwise.)
Now if you don’t mind, I’d like to share with you a little story…In summer of 2008, a friend and I went around asking local businesses if they could help us raise funds to get to a summer camp. Some companies gave us much appreciated cash donations, but the good folks at Sweet Leaf gave us the coolest donation of them all – an opportunity to sling tea! Not only did this help us get to our camp, but it taught us many important lessons. Like how water is only good for brewing Sweet Leaf Tea, and that it’s called slinging tea, not selling. This easily takes the cake for one of the best SLT (and job) experiences ever!
Tea-Slingin' – 2008 Hanging at the Austin Ice Cream festival, doing what I might have been born to do.
Fund raising! The day we dropped by the office to play our smash hit “I want Sweet Leaf Tea”. (Tip: People are generally nice to you if you show up to play music.)
When it comes down to it, the reason why I am absolutely in love with Sweet Leaf Tea is because they have a personality that I’ve never before seen in a company. An unmatched amount of pure awesomeness, both in the bottle and in the people. Being around the Sweet Leaf Tea’m is an incredibly uplifting experience that is not only a source of a great product, but inspiration. Living proof that “If you work hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen”. A perfect mix between business and pleasure that provides you with your recommended daily value of positive vibes in every bottle.
I’ve got plenty more stories to come, and even a Sweet Leaf Tea spelling lesson. Until we meet again, keep on chuggin’!
Buzzfest XXIII Houston: Introducing Sweet Leaf Tea to some of our favorite bands
By Alexandra on Nov 13 Filed In Epiphone Guitar, Events, Food & Beverage, Live Music, Sweet Contests, Uncategorized 1 Comment
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- Lead singer of Alice in Chains with his favorite, Mint and Honey
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- The lead singer of Puddle of Mud poses with the guitar
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- Win this autographed Gibson Epiphone guitar
The Sweet Leaf Tea Winners Circle
By Charla on Nov 6 Filed In Activities, Events, Live Music, Sweet Consumers, Sweet Contests, Uncategorized 1 Comment
One of the best parts about my job, (yes there are several best parts) is giving away cool prizes. I love surprising our fans with a call to announce that he or she is the lucky winner of “X”. Sometimes it’s tickets to an event like Lollapalooza, ACL or this weekend’s Fun Fun Fun Fest. Sometimes it’s tickets to a Texas Stars Hockey game. And sometimes, yes sometimes, it’s a shiny new Gibson guitar.
If you were out at ACL last month, you might have noticed that Granny was running a text to win Gibson guitar campaign. We had several entries over the course of the weekend and we were able to award 3 lucky winners one of 3 super sweet guitars. We had 2 Gibson Les Paul guitars and one psychedelic SG Zoot Suit. (Winning that rainbow guitar would make me start lessons—I love it!)
The day after ACL, I sent out texts to the winners and called to solidify the deal. All three winners just happened to be guitar players and were super excited to win such beautiful guitars. (Who wouldn’t, right?) I was happy to play Santie, but sad to see the guitars go. Especially because I never got to take them out of the box and give them each a strum or two. I leave the “christening” to the winner.
I do ask only one thing of these lucky guitar owners and that is to send me a picture back of them with their winnings. Lately, the pictures coming from the winners circle have been quite impressive—creative even. And it looks like the competition is getting steeper thanks to ACL guitar winner Dave Z. Check him out! His photo looks like a CD cover!
Dave—Sweet Leaf Tea Guitar Winner from ACL Contest
So, if you happen to win one of our sweet guitars from one of the many festivals Sweet Leaf Tea sponsors, know that the picture competition is on. We like to see our fans rockin’ out!
Oh, and if you’re coming out to Fun Fun Fun Fest this weekend be sure to look for the Granny head. She’ll be announcing a contest that’s triple the fun.
Sweet Leaf Costume Contest!
By Guest on Oct 28 Filed In Activities, Sweet Contests, Uncategorized Add a Comment
Creepy post by Jackie Gilles. (Bad-ass Fall intern.)
Pumpkins are being carved, candy is being bought, and skeletons are appearing on desks at the Sweet Leaf offices. Yes it’s true–it’s finally that spooky time of the year again–Halloween is creeping around the corner! While I might be the worst person ever at thinking up good costume ideas, I know that many of you out there look forward to October 31st for months so that you can finally dress up as your favorite rock star, decade, or popular current event (last year’s favorite seemed to be foreclosed houses…).
This is why we are holding an official SWEET LEAF TEA COSTUME CONTEST this year just for you! We know our Sweet Leaf fans will show us the most creative, fun, crazy and scary costumes around, especially for some free sweet tea!
How to enter:
1. Take a picture of you lookin’ fly in your Halloween costume with a Sweet Leaf something visible in the picture. You can be drinking some Sweet Leaf or dressed as Granny herself, whatever you want–just get creative! Ex. If you’re going as your favorite Country Western singer Willie Nelson, don’t just wear a regular ol’ bandana–wear that awesome free bandana you got at ACL this year!
2. Upload your photo to our Facebook fan page as a wall photo by November 1st.
3. Start voting for your favorite costume on the poll on our fan page starting November 2nd ending November 5.
4. The winner of the poll will be announced November 6th and will win an awesome Sweet Leaf prize pack and a case of his or her favorite Sweet Leaf Tea!
There are, however, three rules:
1. Keep it clean, guys, or Granny will have to get out her peach switch!
2. Tell your friends to enter–everybody loves costume contests and a chance to win free Sweet Leaf!
3. Have fun. Duh.
We can’t wait to see your SWEET costumes and your creative ways to incorporate Sweet Leaf Tea and Granny into the picture.
Happy Halloween from everyone here at Sweet Leaf! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
