"snapple" news and stories

While many people were tuned into last night's 'Lost' finale, we were with some of our editors were watching 'The Celebrity Apprentice' finale (awaiting Bret Michael's first appearance since his brain hemorrhage). To catch you up quickly, the two finalists, Bret Michaels and Holly Robinson Peete, had to formulate a new flavor of Snapple Iced Tea and come up with a 30-second commercial spot and brochure. While we won't reveal the winner here, Slashfood tried out the two new flavors, which are available in stores now.

We went desk to desk, asking co-workers what they thought -- it was more divided than we thought. Holly's Compassionberry Tea (passion fruit and strawberry combined with green and black tea) was "refreshing and had a delicate flavor." "It's what I would expect in an iced tea, it's crisp and clean," said Alicia Roda, an editor on Moviefone. While some people believed Bret's Trop-a-Rocka (pear, cinnamon and mango combined with green and black tea) was too sweet and had a "cough syrup taste," others found it to be a "perfect mixer for a refreshing summer cocktail" and tasted similar to "peach cobbler" with a "cinnamon-spicy aftertaste." Overall, our office preferred Compassionberry, but we want to hear what you think.

Slashfood is giving away free samples of both flavors to five lucky readers to do conduct your own taste test.

Find out how to enter after the jump.

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Snapple is launching a line of new white teas, due to hit shelves during the summer. White teas are made with young tea leaves and are high in antioxidants. They are known for their light, delicate flavor, which Snapple has blended with fruit flavors, including apple, nectarine and raspberry. The company plans to market the beverages, which will be sampled in stores nationwide, for its health benefits and all natural ingredients, as well as the facts that white teas are naturally decaffeinated and the drink has 30% fewer calories than other Snapple teas, though it is still sweetened with real sugar, not artificial sweeteners.

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The Chicago Sun Times managed to get ahold of some of the first samples of a new line of products from Snapple. After dominating the iced tea market with their teas flavored with real juices, Snapple is releasing a line of tea bags. The tea bags will be available in four flavors, Le-mmm-on, Wild 'Bout Berries, Orange-Inality and Strawberry, all of which are flavored with real fruits and natural juices. Le-mmm-on is, predictably, lemon flavored black tea, while the Orange-Inality is an herbal tea infused with orange and a hint of lychee. These teas may already be available in your area, but if you have not seen them yet, it is likely that they will be on shelves soon.

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