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Smashburger adds organic tea line

October 28, 2013

Smashburger today announced it is the first national restaurant chain to roll out HONEST Tea's options at all restaurants nationwide. HONEST Tea is an organic bottled tea company, and each Smashburger location will now be able to brew a selection of options, all made from organic ingredients.

Flavors include Classic Green Tea, Just Iced Tea, Lemon Herbal Tea and Naturally Flavored Raspberry Tea.

"Smashburger and HONEST Tea share a passion for providing guests with fresh-tasting, high caliber products, so the partnership was a natural fit for us. We are excited for the opportunity to be the first national restaurant to serve their fresh brewed teas to guests in all of our restaurants across the country," said Tom Ryan, founder and chief concept officer of Smashburger. "The trend toward non-carbonated beverages in particular is continuing to grow, and has been the strongest area of growth in our beverage business recently. The addition of HONEST Tea's freshly brewed iced tea platform fits in well with this growing consumer demand."

According to a news release, each of the new HONEST Tea Freshly Brewed iced tea offerings at Smashburger are certified organic, kosher, gluten-free, do not contain any genetically modified organisms, use Fair Trade Certified tea leaves and contain 50 calories or less per 8 fl oz. serving. Smashburger locations nationwide will serve a selection of the following four varieties based on regional consumer preferences:

Classic Green Tea – Organic , Fair Trade Certified green tea that includes real organic cane sugar.
Just Iced Tea – Unsweetened, organic, Fair Trade Certified black tea sourced from tea gardens in the Assam region of India.
Lemon Herbal Tea – Caffeine-free tea blend of organic Indian tulsi (also known as Holy Basil), lemongrass, lemon peel and lemon myrtle combined to create a mildly spicy taste.
Raspberry Tea (Naturally Flavored) – Organic, Fair Trade Certified black tea sourced from the Korakundah tea gardens in southern India combined with natural raspberry flavors and organic cane sugar.