Sweet Leaf Tea Company
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Sweet Leaf Tea Company is a producer of
Beaumont, TX
in 1998 by Clayton Christopher and David Smith.
On April 2, 2008, Sweet Leaf Tea Company announced $18 million in private funding from
Catterton Partners.[1] On May 29, 2008, Sweet Leaf Tea Company filed suit against an Arizona-based company for the name of their sweetener, SweetLeaf Stevia.[2]
History
Sweet Leaf Tea was founded in 1998 in
In March 2009,
In April 2010, Sweet Leaf acquired Cincinnati-based Tradewinds Beverage Co.
In 2012, Sweet Leaf replaced the organic brewed tea used in the original recipes with organic tea concentrate.
Products
- Organic Original Sweet Tea
- Diet Original Sweet Tea
- Organic Mint & Honey Green Tea
- Organic Citrus Green Tea
- Diet Citrus Green Tea
- Organic Peach Sweet Tea
- Organic Lemon Sweet Tea
- Raspberry Sweet Tea
- Lemon Lime Unsweet Tea
- Organic Half & Half Lemonade Tea
- Diet Mint & Honey Green Tea (discontinued)
- Diet Peach Sweet Tea (discontinued)
- Organic Mango Green Tea (discontinued)
- Organic Pomegranate Green Tea (discontinued)
- Organic Original Lemonade
- Organic Peach Lemonade (discontinued)
- Organic Cherry Limeade (discontinued)
Headquarters
Sweet Leaf is headquartered in the Penn Field Business Park in the South Congress area of Austin, Texas.[10][11]
Sweet Leaf originally had its headquarters in
LEED certified building during that month.[16] In December 2009, the company moved its headquarters to the Penn Field Business Park in South Congress.[11]
See also
References
- ^ Sweet Leaf Tea Announces $18 Million in Private Equity Funding from Catterton Partners
- ^ Sweet Leaf Tea sues an Arizona company to defend the use of name
- ^ HOOVER, BRITTANY. "Rawls College of Business hosts founder of Sweet Leaf tea". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ a b "Sweet Leaf Tea founder to step down as CEO". Retrieved 7 Oct 2013.
- ^ "Sweet Leaf Tea History". Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Sweet Leaf Tea History". Retrieved 7 Oct 2013.
- ^ Harrell, Barry. "Sweet Leaf Tea founder to step down as CEO". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ Valdez, Andrea. "How to Brew Sweet Tea." Texas Monthly. Aug. 2009
- ^ "Sweet Leaf Tea Brews a Recipe for Success." NSIDE ATX. July 2010
- ^ "Contact Us." Sweet Leaf Tea Company." Retrieved on January 10, 2010.
- ^ Austin Business Journal. Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Retrieved on January 10, 2010.
- ^ "Contact Us." Sweet Leaf Tea Company. June 7, 2001. Retrieved on January 10, 2010.
- ^ "History." Sweet Leaf Tea Company. Retrieved on January 10, 2010.
- ^ "Contact Us." Sweet Leaf Tea Company. May 7, 2006. Retrieved on January 10, 2010.
- ^ "Sweet Leaf Tea.(relocates headquarters)(Brief article)." Beverage Industry. April 1, 2007. Retrieved on January 10, 2010.
- ^ "Sweet Leaf Tea Purchases "Green Power" for Corporate Headquarters from Green Mountain Energy Company." PRWeb. October 1, 2009. Retrieved on January 10, 2010.