Floral flavors are making their way into the booming ready-to-drink iced tea market. Ito En North America Inc., New York, is introducing Teas’ Tea Rose Green, which is green tea enhanced with natural rose petals. Another new offering is Teas’ Tea Green Jasmine, which is green tea enhanced with natural jasmine, a flower often associated with bagged tea leaves. And lemongrass, which is not a flower, rather a perennial grass that is sometimes considered an herb, is also being combined with green tea in the new Teas’ Tea Lemongrass Green variety. All of these teas are unsweetened and are touted for their high concentration of antioxidants.
