The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Offers A Winter Wonderland of Themed Drinks And Gifts This Season
Special Holiday Coffee and Tea Merchandise and Limited-Time Drinks Available November 1
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - October 18, 2006 - The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®, Los Angeles based specialty coffee and tea retailer, announces its limited-time holiday drink menu and retail gifts available November 1 at all U.S. retail locations and online. This year, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® lets the customer choose his own version of holiday cheer by offering the Peppermint Ice Blended® and Peppermint Latte in three of the company's core flavors: mocha, vanilla, and white chocolate. Customers can also get in the holiday spirit with the new EggNog Ice Blended® and EggNog Latte drinks. Cinnamon Swirl Ground Coffee, Winter Dream™ Whole Leaf Tea, and Holiday Blend Whole Bean Coffee complete its limited time holiday menu. In addition, the holiday gift assortment offers a wide selection of the 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 $7.95 to $59.95.
"We' offer 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're bringing back old holiday favorites loved by our customers as well as putting a holiday twist on our most popular drinks."
A Winter Wonderland of Holiday-Themed Drinks
The limited-time holiday beverage line-up consists of customer holiday favorites sure to get revelers in the mood for the season. Back by popular demand, 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 powders - French Deluxe Vanilla™, Special Dutch Chocolate™, or White Chocolate™. The ingredients are then blended together with delicious peppermint sauce and topped with whipped cream to create a sweet and minty holiday delight. A twist on an old holiday favorite, the EggNog Ice Blended® consists of signature ingredients French Deluxe™ vanilla, ice, and milk, then blended with real eggnog for a rich creamy finish. Both the Peppermint Ice Blended® and EggNog Ice Blended® come in 16-ounce and 24-ounce servings and cost $4.25 and $5.25, respectively.
To spice up the season even more, the specialty coffee and tea retailer introduces the Peppermint Latte and EggNog Latte that will leave customers with a warm feeling all over during the holiday season. Back by popular demand, the Winter Dream™ Tea Latte combines The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® hand-blended Winter Dream Tea™ with French Deluxe™ vanilla. It is then topped with non-fat steamed milk.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® holiday menu of packaged teas and coffees includes 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 a $7.95 tin. The Cinnamon Swirl Ground Coffee is available for $10.45 in 12-oz ground bags, and Holiday Blend Whole Bean Coffee, available for $13.95 in 16-oz whole bean bags. Cinnamon Swirl Coffee is a medium roast with a full-bodied, creamy cinnamon flavor that is complemented by a scrumptious sweet cinnamon smell. The medium-dark roast Holiday Blend Coffee is an exclusive mix of Guatemalan and Viennese beans that has a rich flavor with dark notes and a hint of spice; this is a perfect after-dinner coffee that makes dessert even better.
Gifts That Are Always The Perfect Fit
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® is offering 16 gifts for everyone on your list this holiday season, packaged in gift boxes. Themed packages such as Warm Winter Cocoas, Tea
Quartet, 8 Days of Coffee, Grand Gourmet, and Holiday Merriment 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® traditional coffees including the limited edition varieties, served in 8 oz. ground bags and ranging in retail price from $7.95 to $59.95.
Full leaf teas will be offered in the company's pyramid-shaped teabags and, 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, is perfect 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 more than forty years, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf currently has more than 400 stores in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Brunei, Indonesia, UAE, Israel, Australia, China, Kuwait, Egypt, Qatar, and the Philippines and continues to expand both domestically and internationally. 243 of the stores are company owned; 190 are domestic. For more information, visit www.coffeebean.com.
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