The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Offers A Winter Wonderland of Themed Drinks And Gifts This Season
Specialty Coffee and Tea Merchandise and Limited-Time Holiday Drinks Available November 4; Holiday Gift Boxes and Gift Baskets Available November 18
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - November 4, 2005 - The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®, Los Angeles based specialty coffee and tea retailer, announces its limited-time holiday drink menu beginning November 4 and retail gifts available November 18 at all U.S. retail locations and online. This year, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® lets the customer choose their own version of holiday cheer this season by offering the Holiday Peppermint Ice Blended® and latte in three of the company's core flavors: mocha, vanilla, and white chocolate. Customers can also spice up their favorite hot drink with delicious peppermint sauce so they can enjoy drinks such as a Peppermint hot chocolate or a Peppermint Mocha for an extra 40 cents. White Chocolate Peppermint flavored Coffee, Winter Dream™ Tea, and Holiday Blend coffee complete its limited time holiday menu. In addition, the holiday gift assortment offers customers a wide selection of the company's exclusive high quality coffee, full leaf teas, and beverage mixes, packaged in cheerfully decorated holiday gift boxes and gift baskets, ranging in retail price from $10.95 to $64.95.
"We're thrilled to provide the perfect gifts for everyone on your list this year - be it neighbor, uncle, best friend or office mate," said Tami Clark, vice president of marketing & strategic alliances for The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®. "We are also excited to offer customers a holiday twists on our most popular drinks."
A Winter Wonderland of Holiday-Themed Drinks
The limited-time holiday beverage line-up consists of three drinks that'll be sure to get holiday revelers in the mood for the season. New this year, the Peppermint Ice Blended® is a refreshing beverage made with The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® exclusive coffee extract, non-fat milk, and your choice of the company's proprietary- French Deluxe Vanilla™, Special Dutch Chocolate™, or White Chocolate™. The ingredients are then blended together with delicious peppermint sauce and topped with a peppermint drizzle to create a sweet and minty holiday delight.
And to spice up the season the specialty coffee and tea retailer introduces the Peppermint Latte that will leave customers with a warm feeling all over during the holiday season. And back by popular demand, the Winter Dream™ Tea Latte combines The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®'s hand blended Winter Dream Tea™ with French Deluxe™ vanilla. It is then topped with non-fat steamed milk that is sure to keep customers in a winter wonderland state of mind.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® holiday menu of packaged teas and coffees includes time-tested seasonal favorites. The exclusive Winter Dream™ Tea delights tea drinkers with a full-bodied blend of rooitea, black tea and spices. It retails in 20-count whole leaf tea bags for $7.95. The White Chocolate Peppermint Flavored Coffee is available for $10.45 in 12-oz ground bags, and Holiday Blend Coffee, available for $13.95 in 16-oz whole bean bags. White Chocolate Peppermint Coffee is a wonderfully rich, aromatic coffee; so tasty and sweet you'll want to skip dessert. The Holiday Blend Coffee is a dark roast with a well balanced, sweet, slightly smoky aroma and flavor with hints of dark chocolate and spices.
Gifts That Are Always The Perfect Fit
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® is offering more than 20 gifts for everyone on your list this holiday season, packaged in gift boxes. Themed packages such as Warm Winter
Cocoas, Tea Quartet, 12 Days of Coffee, Grand Gourmet, and Holiday Peppermint offer ideas for everyone on your list - from work colleagues, to family, to that special someone. Gifts feature a wide assortment of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®'s traditional coffees including the limited edition varieties, served in 8 oz. ground bags and ranging in retail price from $10.95 to $64.95.
In Addition, full leaf teas will be offered in the company's pyramid-shaped teabagsand, proprietary beverage mixes offered in Special Dutch™ chocolate, French Deluxe™ vanilla, and White Chocolate are additional highlights. Always a crowd pleaser, the Coffee Bean Card, an electronic debit card, makes a perfect gift for anyone on your list and is available in values from $10 to $250.
All of the holiday merchandise from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® is available at all of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® company-owned locations in California and Arizona. These gifts are also available online at www.coffeebean.com and by calling 1-800-TEA-LEAF.
About The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®
Founded in 1963, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is the oldest and largest privately held chain of specialty coffee and tea stores in the United States. With a reputation for excellence, the company is a leader in product innovations, having developed the original Ice Blended®. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf serves more than 100 million coffee and tea beverages annually worldwide. Providing the highest quality coffees and teas for forty years, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf currently has more than 315 stores in California, Arizona, Nevada, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Brunei, Indonesia, UAE, Israel, Australia, China, Kuwait, Egypt, Qatar, and the Philippines and continues to expand both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit www.coffeebean.com.
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