GOOD TASTES.LAVENDER MINT TEA DRINKS: With the popularity and interest in teas and lavender these days, the Coffee Bean coffee bean see sesbania. & Tea Leaf has added lavender mint tea to two of its drinks. The Lavender Mint Tea Ice Blended ($3.95 and $4.95), with its vanilla base, has rich flavor but only a subtle hint of mint. The Lavender Mint Tea Latte ($2.95 to $3.75), combining lavender mint tea powder, vanilla powder and nonfat non·fat adj. Lacking fat solids or having the fat content removed. mint, has a stronger but not overwhelming mint flavor that is refreshing and pleasant. Both drinks are interesting and offer a change of pace. You can also purchase a 3-ounce limited edition tin of loose leaf The term loose leaf is used in the United States and some other countries to describe a piece of notebook paper which is not actually fixed in a spiral notebook. In some places, like the United Kingdom, the phrase loose leaf lavender mint green tea for $7.50. The lavender mint tea drinks and tea will be available at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf stores through May 2. - Natalie Haughton EASTER CANDY: See's continues to add Easter goodies to its spring collection. New in this year's lineup is a 1-pound aqua-colored Easter tin with a bunny and flowers that is filled with assorted milk, dark and white chocolates white chocolate n. Cocoa butter combined with milk and a sweetener, often flavored with vanilla. Noun 1. white chocolate ($16.50); a mini-bunny window box with miniature foil- wrapped solid milk chocolate bunnies (6 ounces for $4.35); and an 8-ounce package of dark chocolate foil-wrapped eggs ($4.50). Of course there are all the usual favorite chocolate decorated eggs, bunnies and other novelties to choose from, including the hollow chocolate eggs with a yellow chick in the center (six in a 5.4-ounce package for $4.90). Pick up items at See's Candies See's Candies is a manufacturer and distributor of high quality candy, particularly chocolate, in the western United States. It was founded by Charles See and his mother Mary See in Los Angeles, California in 1921. The company is now headquartered in South San Francisco, California. stores, call (800) 347-7337, or order Online at www.sees.com. - N.H. GIRL SCOUTS Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during ICE CREAMS, CONTEST: Dreyer's Girl Scouts Cookie Ice Cream is available for a limited time in grocery freezer aisles. Look for five flavors five flavors, n in the dietary component of Chinese medicine, the five basic tastes into which foods are divided, each of which has different physiologic actions. - Girl Scouts Thin Mint Cookie Ice Cream, Grand Light Girl Scouts Thin Mint Cookie Ice Cream, Girl Scouts Samoas Cookie Ice Cream, Grand Light Girl Scouts Samoas Cookie Ice Cream and Girl Scouts Tagalong tag·a·long also tag-a·long n. One that persistently follows another: "Technological change separates the innovators from the tag-alongs" Thomas G. Exter. Cookie Ice Cream - through April. Available in 1.75-quart (56 ounces) cartons, suggested retail is $5.50 each. To salute these flavors, children ages 8 to 12 are invited to create a favorite dessert or after-school snack recipe using one of them and enter the Dreyer's Junior Chef Recipe Quest. Recipe entries, which should be fun to make, have interesting ingredients and taste good, should be sent to Dreyer's Junior Chef Recipe Quest, 5929 College Ave., Oakland, CA 94618. They must be received by April 4. Four finalists will be selected, and the grand-prize recipe will be featured on the carton of a Girl Scouts cookie ice cream flavor in 2006. The winner will receive a $500 U.S. Savings Bond Savings bond A government bond issued in face value denominations from $50 to $10,000, with local and state tax-free interest and semiannually adjusted interest rates. savings bond A nonmarketable security issued by the U.S. . For contest details, go to www.Dreyers.com. - N.H. BRITISH TEA TOUR: Calling all tea fans. Spend 11 days sampling fine teas in England on an A&E Travel British Tea Tour, departing from London on April 4. Besides London, stops include Stratford-Upon-Avon, Lake District and Stoke on Kent. Prices start at $2,589 per person (based on double occupancy; airfare not included). For more information, call (877) 238-6877 or go to www.aetvtravel.com. - N.H. PASSOVER WINE TASTING Noun 1. wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place wine tasting n → degustación f de vinos : A Passover Wine Tasting, presented by Royal Wine Corp. and Woodland Hills Wine Company, will be offered 7 p.m. March 30 at Temple Kol Tikvah, 20400 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills. Cost is $25 per person - and the tasting will be followed by desserts. Reserve by March 25 by calling (818) 348-0670. - Daily News CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf lavender mint tea) (2 -- color) no caption (Easter See's candy) (3 -- color) no caption (Dreyer's Girl Scouts Cookie Ice Cream) |
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