Sunday, June 5, 2011

Sparking Fruit Tea (& A Giveaway!)


A couple months ago I was contacted by the people at Lipton Iced Tea and asked if I'd be interested in sampling their new line of natural iced tea products. My interest was peaked because I find it hard to find iced tea products that are natural and don't contain high fructose corn syrup. This line of iced teas uses real sugar which is key for me and has no artificial colors or flavors. Win win!

The package contained six new iced tea flavors. After sampling them John and I were thrilled. And believe me, I'm not just saying that because Lipton sent them to me, I'd be honest with you if they were gross. Here's the rundown on what we tried and our opinions:

Iced Tea with Blueberry Pomegranate- by far our favorite. It smelt and tasted very fruity. It got better and better with each sip! (Also, this is the flavor I used for my sparking fruit tea above, the recipe is below!)
Green Tea with Passionfruit Mango- Light and summery, perfect for this season.
Iced Tea with Lemon- Classic, exactly what you'd expect of lemon iced tea.
Green Tea with Citrus- Surprisingly good! Neither of us are big green tea fans and we both liked this a lot.
Diet Green Tea with Citrus- Also good, slightly less sweet. I do not drink diet drinks due to the fact that "diet" usually means "chemicals" but this is all natural and really good, doesn't taste diet at all.
Diet Green Tea with Watermelon- This one had the strongest response from us. We were expecting it to be gross and kind of fake, but it was truly awesome and light tasting. We'll be buying this one again soon!

Lipton has paired up with Pandora.com to help people see "the natural side of music." One of the items I received from Lipton was a one year free subscription to Pandora One which offers unlimited listening, no advertising, and other great features. Since I love all of you so much, I'm passing the love on to you! I'm giving away the one year subscription to Pandora One plus two coupons for FREE bottles of Lipton Natural Iced Tea. I know you won't be disappointed, we certainly were not! To enter, leave a comment at the end of the post telling me what drink you enjoy most in the summer! One entry per person, contest ends Tuesday, June 7 at midnight. Be sure to leave your email address so I know how to contact you if you win.




And before we forget, the recipe for the sparking fruit tea! This was delicious, we both loved it and I can't wait to have some with dinner tonight.

Source: Stephanie Cooks Original

Ingredients:
20 ounces Lipton Natural Iced Tea with Blueberry Pomegranate
17 ounces sparking apple juice
1/2 lemon, sliced thin
1/2 lime, sliced thin

Directions:
Combine all of the ingredients listed above. Stir gently. Serve immediately.



Disclaimer: I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Gen-Yknot on behalf of Lipton and received Lipton product samples and a subscription to Pandora One to facilitate my candid review. Gen-Yknot also sent me a promotional item to thank me for my time.

34 comments:

  1. Sounds great! I'd love to win, but even if I don't I'll be trying some of those iced tea flavors. I'd like to try the watermelon one!
    christinebarry@comcast.net

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  2. My favorite summer drink is a simple glass of sun tea. Lovely & refreshing!

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  3. The watermelon one would work with my watermelon/lemonade mixture. I would like to try them all. Especially since it is so hot here in Arizona lol

    mjblahnik56@hotmail.com

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  4. I loooove having something cold to drink in the summer. My favorite would have to be a smoothie, but I also love having lemonade!

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  5. I grew up on sweet tea in Texas, like "put you in a diabetic coma" sweet lol! I drink it all year round though, not just in the summer ;).

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  6. My favorite drink in the summer is sweet tea. But that's also my favorite drink the rest of the year too.

    navybaby1113 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  7. My favorite summer drink is fresh lemonade.

    ljyoung85 at gmail.com

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  8. I love lemonade and iced tea! nettieplee@hotmail.com

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  9. kmlyniec@gmail.com

    i love mint lemonade with fresh blueberries floating in it too.

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  10. Oh wow! This sparkling fruit tea looks sooo refreshing! I enjoy all flavors of tea! Thanks for sharing all the other flavor combinations too! Lookin' forward to trying them and your recipe---for sure! Yummm!

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  11. My favorite dtink in the summertime (actually all year round) is iced tea. I love it!

    Kim
    sunkissed212[at]yahoo.com

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  12. I love to drink unsweetened iced tea with lemon all summer long-though all those Lipton flavors sound great!
    26summer at excite dot com

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  13. My favorite summer drink is a sun tea that I make with 1/2 of the Lipton Green tea and 1/2 of the original Lipton tea.
    When I want something a little sweeter I mix ice tea with lemonade and shake over ice. So good and so refreshing!

    maheard@gmail.com

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  14. in summer, i love a really really really cold glass of santa margherita pinot grigio!

    melaniezlot @ hotmail.com

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  15. My favorite summer beverage is Iced Tea Lemonade. So refreshing! I'll bet these Lipton Natural Iced Teas will be perfect to combine with lemonade!

    -Emily
    emily.hernandez444@gmail.com

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  16. I am stoked to try the green tea with watermelon!
    dmiller@galichia.com

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  17. Favorite thing about summer: watermelon!

    nicole at babyfoodscoops.com

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  18. Nothing better than lemonade in the summer!

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  19. I like Minute Maid Lemonade Light on lots of ice, on a hot summer day (or any time, really!)

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  20. I didn't know Lipton had other flavor teas, I like the Green Tea with Citrus so I'll have to try the others. My favorite summer time drink is sweet tea!

    beckyless at gmail

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  21. I've always been a lemonade kind of girl in the summer, but these teas sound awesome! ssaari@pierceatwood.com

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  22. I drink so much water that fun Lipton tea flavors would be a nice change!

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  23. One of my favorite summer drinks is sweet tea. I also love me some margaritas and ice cold beer.

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  24. Iced tea and strawberry lemonade are my favorites.

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  25. My favorite drink is an ice cold coke. But I also like to drink a lot of juice in the summer.
    rncstrong at gmail dot com

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  26. I love iced passion fruit tea in the summer! so refreshing and delicious. healthy with antioxidants

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  27. I love sour lemonade with a splash of honey bourbon!

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  28. Favorite summer drink is a tall glass of iced tea. Black tea, no sugar, no lemon, just regular tea with ice.

    dannigv616AThotmailDOTcom

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  29. I love iced tea and lemonade in the summer. Spiking them doesn't hurt either! :)

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  30. i love sweet tea in the summer!

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  31. I love Lipton Ice Tea, I put crushed mint leaves in it from my garden, with a cherry and lemon wedge on the side.

    Cindy

    cindyskitchen@yahoo.com

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  32. My favorite summer drink is iced tea so I'm looking forward to trying these new Lipton teas!

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  33. Being Texan, I grew up on iced tea, especially sweet tea. The past couple of years I've really enjoyed making half and half - half iced tea, half homemade lemonade.
    sbgooding@gmail.com

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  34. Bellini!!! And all other champagne cocktails; I'm a sucker for anything light and fizzy!

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