Foreign Grocery Friday: The Exotic Lipton Iced Teas of Australia

October 5, 2012 at 1:32 PM | by jetflyboy | Comment (1)

When we travel, one of our favorite things to do is to pop into a local grocery store and check out the food products and candies we'd never find anywhere else. So we're trying out this new feature, Foreign Grocery Friday, where each week we'll feature some of our (and your) favorite overseas treats. Got a recommendation? Let us know!

This grocery find may look like a product found in the good ol' US of A, but looks can be deceiving. On our travels, we routinely find some American-branded products with a local twist or an interesting flavor and Lipton has come to the rescue with their line of flavored iced teas. Each of the three drinks emulates the flavor of our favorite cocktails without possibility of a hangover.

The tea purveyor has created limited edition non-alcoholic green and black tea drinks flavored like a tangy mojito, a sweet pina colada and a tropical daiquiri, though all without alcohol.

The taste: The teas surely taste like their alcoholic cousins with a natural earthiness of tea. Pina colada and daiquiri have black tea as the base and are bit on the sweet side, whereas mojito's green tea flavor is milder. One exotic flavor of the daiquiri is that of dragonfruit, a flavor we don't come across often.

The price: We got these on special for $2 AUD ($2.05 US) each, but they can cost as much as $3 for an 11-oz bottle and $4.50 for larger bottles.

Where to find them: Grocery stores and convenience stores all over will have these. We have noticed both single-serve bottles as well as 34-oz, family-sized bottles. Most independently owned fast food outlets also sell them.

If you'd like to share some of your foreign grocery finds, we'd love love love to see them. Send 'em on over via email here and snack on, my friends.

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