Success! Texas Teas now available at Central Market!

We discovered Texas Teas about seven months ago (on September 18, 2009) while having dinner at Whip In. Texas Teas are phenomenally good bottled teas which come in five flavors. Our favorites are Fredericksburg Peach Tea and Poteet Strawberry White Tea. These fruit flavors are especially good (particularly when compared against other fruit flavored teas) - they taste like fresh fruit. And no wonder - they use local fruits and no artificial flavors. These don't taste like Snapple - the sweetness and flavors are milder and well balanced (the flavor of the tea is not overwhelmed by the fruit or mint or honey). It's simply the best bottled sweetened tea beverage we've ever had.

If you've had us over to your place or been over to our house in the last six months, you've probably gotten a bottle or two of Texas Tea (we've been giving them out to everyone in hopes of building a fan base) from us. At first, we bought our Texas Teas from Whip In. Then, I discovered that 7-Eleven carried it, so we started to buy it there (often buying their entire stock during each visit). I talked to Whole Foods (the stocking clerks and the corporate buyer) and Central Market (three different employees in the tea and grocery section as well as leaving a voice mail message for their corporate buyer) about carrying Texas Teas, but always received either no response or a "sorry". I contacted Texas Tea where I got a list of where they were distributing their teas. It turns out Spec's (a local wine and spirits chain) carries Texas Tea and will sell at a slight discount if you ask for a case. We've been picking up from Spec's until now. Last night at Central Market, we discovered them selling Texas Tea!

This is a great milestone. We're always afraid that products we like will disappear or the companies that make them will go out of business due to lack of support. It would suck if the best bottled sweetened tea beverage we've had went away just because not enough people knew about it. I doubt I had helped in any way to bringing Texas Tea to a major supermarket, but I'm just glad it made it. If you haven't tried it yet, and live in the Central Texas region, go to your local Central Market and pick up a couple bottles to try the flavors. They're selling it for $1.25 for a 16 ounce bottle (a great deal since it's about $1.59 at Whip In, 7-Eleven, and Spec's although I've seen the prices 10-20 cents lower sometimes).