/24-7PressRelease/ - SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 21, 2007 — As a tea renaissance hits California, more and more consumers will be adding teas to their holiday celebrations as new rituals are formed around the enjoyment, appreciation and gifting of tea.
Spearheading this trend is leading specialty tea retailer, Lupicia Fresh Tea, who introduces limited edition holiday teas, packaged in festive, re-usable tins featuring charming holiday scenes.
Available in Lupicia tea stores in Northern and Southern California and online, at http://www.lupiciausa.com, the gourmet holiday teas are offered in individual tins and gift sets perfect for gift giving and enjoying as holiday beverages. Store purchases are gift-wrapped Japanese style resembling a piece of beautiful origami artwork.
Lupicia offers one of the largest selections of fresh holiday teas available, with classic holiday flavors like champagne, chocolate, mint, chestnut, cinnamon and more, to the latest beverage flavor trends such as pomegranate, blood orange and ginger.
The fastest way to infuse your home and taste buds with holiday aroma and flavor is to steep a pot of fresh holiday tea. Lupicia 'Fresh' holiday teas also make a great base for any holiday drink or cocktail recipe.
"Tea is making its way into the hottest (and coldest) holiday beverages—from punches to cocktails, floats, lattes and more," says Loreen Toji, Lupicia Tea Education Director. "Our teas are bursting with flavor because they are full of pieces of fruits, herbs, flowers and spices combined with prime, in-season tea leaves, from top tea producing plantations in Africa and Asia. You won't find fresh flavor and bouquet like this in a typical grocery store tea."
In addition to the limited edition holiday teas, Lupicia offers more than 400 teas including green, black, white, herbal, blends, flavored, oolong, darjeeling and plantation specified teas. With the largest variety of the highest quality teas available in the U.S., Lupicia is bringing new tea drinking culture to California, introducing consumers to teas from the traditional to the exotic to flavor combinations never imagined in a tea.
Lupicia offers the following beverage ideas for enjoying tea this holiday season:
•Instead of a latte, try a green tea latte, made with Lupicia Sencha or Matcha.
•Instead of hot cocoa, try Lupicia The au Chocolat, blended with cocoa nibs and cocoa powder. Its rich cocoa aroma can be enjoyed alone, with milk or with liqueur.
•Instead of a white mocha, try Lupicia's White Christmas, black tea flavored with white chocolate and apricot.
•To toast the New Year with a non-alcoholic libation, offer Lupicia's Champagne Rose, black tea flavored with sour sweet strawberries and champagne.
•Instead of a Madeira or dessert wine, try Lupicia Muscat tea for the full flavor of grapes without the alcohol.
•For holiday punches, add Lupicia Christmas Wreath, black tea blended with apple and cranberry fruits, with several spices including cinnamon.
•To add a touch of holiday green to a drink, try one of Lupicia's many Green Teas or Matcha.
Lupicia Limited Edition Holiday Teas and Tea Gift Sets
Hundreds more holiday and specialty teas available at Lupicia stores and at http://www.Lupiciausa.com
Pierrot ($8.50) (1.7oz) with tin
Flower petals with sweet and sour fruits, captures the entertaining sprit of Pierrot the clown. The tin features dancing Pierrot with a background of playing cards.
White Christmas Limited Label ($9.00) (1.7oz) with tin
Black tea flavored with white chocolate and apricot evoking images of baked Christmas sweets in a tin featuring scenes of family and friends gathering on the night of a "White Christmas."
Carol Limited Label ($7.50) (1.7oz) with tin (Also available in Decaf)
This black tea is flavored with strawberry and vanilla, elegantly decorated with rose petals. Its gentle sweet aroma goes well with milk. The tin features a little girl in a delightful holiday scene.
Petit Tin Set (Small or Large) ($16.50/$32.00) (.70 oz ea.)
3 or 6 kinds of holiday tea in charming round tins packaged together in a gift box.
Holiday Limited Tins ($6.00-$7.00)
Select from Pierrot, Carol or White Christmas. Each colorful holiday-themed canister contains 8 tetra triangle shaped tea bags.
About Lupicia
Lupicia is a leading world-wide retailer of specialty teas, tea wares and tea confections. Lupicia offers the largest variety of fresh teas available in the U.S., with more than 400 teas ranging from seasonal teas to original blends and flavored teas. Lupicia owns and operates stores in the U.S. with stores in No. California (Stonestown, SF Centre, Valley Fair); So. California (Century City, Topanga-Canoga Park); Honolulu (Ala Moana) and more than 90 stores throughout Asia and Australia. Lupicia's mission is to spread new tea drinking culture throughout the world by educating the public on the traditions, tastes and varieties of teas. Lupicia tea products are offered in stores and online at: http://www.lupiciausa.com.
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