She Wore Lemon
By Megan on Feb 10 Filed In Food & Beverage, Uncategorized 1 Comment
Let’s talk Lemon Iced Tea, friends. A great man once said,
“American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot, sunny day. It’s never really caught on in the UK, probably because the last time we had a hot, sunny day was back in 1957.”
The progenitor of that great quote? British author Tom Holt. Which leads to the question, who the heck is that guy? Well, good thing you asked. According to Wikipedia, he is the author of quite a few novels, including
- “Nothing But Blue Skies (2001), which features Chinese dragons which cause rain, and the problems caused when one of them falls in love with a human,” and
- “Barking (2007), based on the mythology of vampires and werewolves transposed into modern day legal firms.”
Visionary, that one. Where was I? Oh yes, Lemon Iced Tea. So the point here is that iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot, sunny day, especially with a squeeze of lemon. Our lemon iced tea not only tickles your parched taste buds, but also fans you and feeds you grapes at the same time. You have to drink it to believe it.
Next week, tune in for a preview of Diet Citrus Green!
Tasty Up Trailer Tour Recap
By April on Feb 9 Filed In Activities, Austin, Texas, Events, Food & Beverage 6 Comments
It’s not hard to get me out of the house to do stuff around town, because that’s how I roll. But if you want to make it really exciting, mix my 2 favorite things on THE PLANET together into one, FOOD and BIKES! When I heard about the Tasty Up Trailer Tour on Twitter (& on Facebook) I got all excited and sent a mass email out to all of my pedaling, foodie friends. We are lucky to live in a city that has a lot going for it on the culinary side of things, and that rings true for the plethora of food trailers in Austin too! We have so many trailers in this town that there were places on the list that I had never heard of. I felt a little embarrassed as I pride myself on this knowledge, but it’s better to eventually be in the-know than never, right?
Tong & other cyclists enjoying some Vitamin D
JD (@CitizenTaco) & Jodi Bart (@TastyTouring)
The bike ride began at my house over off of East Riverside with my buddy April (no, I’m not speaking in third person, silly monkeys!) and we rolled on over to S. Lamar to meet up with our friend Whitney. We cruised uphill to La Boite to grab some extremely tantalizing croissants and our name tags. Upon arrival I found Tong (joined our MS 150 Tea’m this year) ready for some biking-trailer action and grabbed some bites. I indulged on 2 mini-chocolate croissants as did April, and Whitney had the almond croissant. If you’re reading this Victoria, ask your pastry chef to combine the 2 because that would be about as close as you can get to heaven while you’re alive. Seriously.
Owner of La Boite, Victoria serving it up! @La_BoiteATXB
Next stop, the trio of trailers on S. Lamar that include Gourdoughs, Brevita and Odd Duck. I had the sampler basket at Gourdough’s (naughty & nice, slow burn, ODB, strawberry shortcake, flying pig), an iced vanilla latte at Brevita and then enjoyed a mini ham and cheese sammich, coffee-braised pork sammich (sloppy Joe, slop-sloppy Joe) and the most AMAZING soup I’ve ever eaten in my life. It was carrot with paprika and a swirl of creme fraiche on top. (It had a goaty-taste which I am normally not a fan of, but it mixed well with the other flavors.) That soup needs to be added to the menu as a permanent fixture STAT!
The most amazing carrot soup EVER! (Odd Duck)
(L-R) Me, April, Tong and Whitney
Ryan frying up tasty treats!
The next stop was at G’Raj Mahal where I had the tamatar, (spicy and tasty tomato soup) and a potato samosa. Tong indulged on some incredible tasting cardamom ice cream. YUM! We met some cool peeps over during the Gourdough’s stop, Annie and Fitz and found them again here! We hung with them and then all went over to East Side Kings (behind the Liberty Bar). What did I love over at ESK besides the great conversation and seeing Addie, Jackie Huba, Jaye Joseph and Adam Holzband? Fried beets!! Yes, I am known at my old job as the, Beet Queen. I LOVE THEM and this dish was good enough for me to ride over again and again for.
East Side Kings gearing up for a busy night!
@JackieHuba resting after a long day of eating!
Fitz & Annie at G'Raj Mahal. Yay for new friends!!
A huge THANK YOU to Jodi Bart of Tasty Touring fame and Addie Broyles (Austin 360 food blogging rock-star) for putting together such an incredible, community event this past Saturday! I can’t wait for the next one!!
We had Triplets!
By Megan on Feb 3 Filed In Food & Beverage, Organic, Sweet Leaf Tea Company News 4 Comments
Yes, that’s right! Sweet Leaf Tea has just had triplets! No, Granny’s not having babies—she’s just too old for that. (No offense, Granny.)
What I mean is, we’ve just welcomed three new family members to our flavor line-up! Introducing “Lemon Iced Tea,” “Citrus Green Tea,” and “Diet Citrus Green Tea.” Aren’t they cute???
Sweet Leaf Tea's New Flavors: Citrus Green Tea, Lemon Iced Tea and Diet Citrus Green Tea!
Let me back up. I’m Megan, the Innovation Manager here at Sweet Leaf Tea. And to be honest, I’m usually too buried in spreadsheets to do anything else. (What? We have a blog??) But as it turns out, those spreadsheets told me that we were missing some of the most popular flavors on the market! Thus the birth of Lemon, Citrus, and Diet Citrus.
Citrus Green Tea is already a major hit around here. We brought it into the office on Friday for the first time, and all the cans were immediately drunk, taken home, or stashed in a secret hiding place. (Don’t worry guys—we’ll get more.)
Citrus Green and Lemon Iced Tea come in our new cans too!
More on Citrus Green’s siblings, Lemon and Diet Citrus, next week!
Wanna win a Sweet Guitar while Rockin’ out with Gibson?
By Charla on Jan 27 Filed In Activities, Epiphone Guitar, Sweet Contests, Uncategorized 5 Comments
We all know that Epiphone has some pretty sweet guitars. And we’ve been known to giveaway a few fancy-smancy ones in our time. But, when we opened up the boxes to reveal these beauties, a cat fight almost ensued to see who would hold it first. (FYI…I won.)
Sweet Epiphone Guitars
As much as we wanted to hide them away here, we know that these beauties are destined for greatness in someone’s hands who knows how to bring a crowd to its knees. Hence, why we’re offering up these guitars in a little contest to attendees of Gibson and Epiphone’s monthly Global Gibson Days Events this Saturday, January 30.
Yep, by attending one of the event locations below you’ll get to test drive guitars of all kinds, sip on some Sweet Leaf Tea, and find out how to enter to win great prizes including one of these SWEET EPIPHONE guitars.
So come out on Saturday to rock out and gulp down some sweet iced tea!
Fuller’s Vintage Guitar
116 North Loop
Houston, TX.
713-880-2188
Gear Trader
18051 Beach Blvd.
Huntington Beach, CA.
714-375-1978
Guitar Showcase
3090S. Bascom
San Jose, CA.
408-377-5864
Instrumental Music
1501 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd
Thousand Oaks, CA.
805-654-9388
Jim’s Music
14061 Newport Blvd.
Tustin, CA.
714-669-3600
Skip’s Music
2740 Auburn Blvd.
Sacramento, CA.
916-484-7575
Southpaw Guitar
5813 Bellaire
Houston, TX.
713-667-5791
Total Entertainment
501 W. Intl. Speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL.
386-254-8727
New Sweet Leaf Tea Cans Chilling at 7-Eleven Stores
By Charla on Jan 20 Filed In Food & Beverage, Sweet Leaf Tea Company News, Sweet Leaf Tea Sightings, Uncategorized 1 Comment
Yes, you might have heard us chatting up the fact that our new cans are available at 7-Eleven stores in Austin and Phoenix. We even had a Twitter contest to see who could find the new cans first. (@sugarrob, you are super quick on the draw!) As the news of these fancy new cans spread, we had several Tweeps and FB fans asking, “Where can I find those cans?”
Sweet Leaf Peach Iced Tea 16 oz. Can
Well, I finally have an answer. At least for some of you…
As of last week, we found out that our cans will now be available in 935 7-Eleven stores in Texas, Utah, Colorado, Las Vegas and Arizona. That’s a whole lot of sweet goodness spreading across the states and a whole lot of opportunities for y’all to get your hands on those cans. Think of all the road trips you’ll now be able to go on knowing that Sweet Leaf Tea will be available along the route to keep you fueled for your journey. Oh, yes. Indeed, thank heaven for 7-Eleven.
Now for the rest of you who are still looking to find Sweet Leaf Tea cans at your local convenience store, I have a pretty good solution. Just click on the request form here and remember cans come in four delicious flavors (Original, Mint & Honey, Peach and Raspberry)…as of right now.
New 16oz. Sweet Leaf Tea Cans Now Chilling at 7-Eleven
