Sweet Leaf Tea Company

Infobox Company

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company_type = Private
foundation = 1998
founder = Clayton Christopher David Smith
location_city = flagicon|USA Austin, Texas
location_country =
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industry = Beverage
products = See products section
revenue =
num_employees = 43
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homepage = [http://www.sweetleaftea.com http://www.sweetleaftea.com]

Sweet Leaf Tea Company is a producer of ready-to-drink organic teas and lemonades made with 100% pure cane sugar based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1998 by Clayton Christopher and David Smith. Sweet Leaf Tea is available in 16oz glass, 12oz PET and 20oz PET at specialty grocers across the United States.

On April 2,2008 Sweet Leaf Tea Company announced $18 million in private funding from Catterton Partners. [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS125914+02-Apr-2008+BW20080402 Sweet Leaf Tea Announces $18 Million in Private Equity Funding from Catterton Partners] ] On May 29, 2008 Sweet Leaf Tea Company filed suit against an Arizona-based company for the name of their sweetener, SweetLeaf Stevia. [ [http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/06/05/0605sweetleaf.html Sweet Leaf Tea sues an Arizona company to defend the use of name] ]

History

Sweet Leaf Tea started after founder, Clayton Christopher returned from a road trip throughout Alabama and Mississippi where he saw the abundance of homemade iced tea that all the local "mom and pop" restaurants served. Yet for all the homemade tea there was no bottled tea on the market that tasted like real homemade iced tea. Using his grandmothers old iced tea recipe, Clayton and his best friend and business partner, David Smith started brewing tea in pillow cases and crawfish pots in Clayton's kitchen; then using garden hoses to transport the tea to plastic bottles.

Products

Teas
* Organic Original Sweet Tea
* Diet Original Sweet Tea
* Organic Mint & Honey Green Tea
* Diet Mint & Honey Green Tea
* Organic Peach Sweet Tea
* Diet Peach Sweet Tea
* Raspberry Sweet Tea
* Lemon Lime Unsweet Tea
* Organic Mango Green Tea
* Organic Half & Half Lemonade Tea
* Organic Pomegranate Green TeaLemonades
* Organic Original Lemonade
* Organic Peach Lemonade
* Organic Cherry Limeade

Availability

Sweet Leaf Tea is available for purchase in convenience stores, restaurants, supermarkets and specialty grocers like Whole Foods Market, Albertsons, Piggly Wiggly, Costco, Kroger and The Fresh Market throughout the United States and online at the bottlers website.

References

External links

* [http://www.sweetleaftea.com/ Sweet Leaf Tea Company]