Teas' Tea "Let The Good Times Roll" Contest

Teas' Tea Kicks Off the Summer With "Let The Good Times Roll" Promotion
(from a press release)

ITO EN (North America), INC., the world's leading purveyor of green tea leaves and tea beverages, announces the launch of their TEAS' TEA "Let The Good Times Roll" Summer Promotion. In the spirit of summer fun, thousands of instant win prizes will be given away over the summer months via Facebook. The Grand Prize will be an eco-friendly 2012 Toyota Prius v2, along with additional prizes to include TREK Cruiser Bikes, Otterbox iPhone/iPad covers, TEAS' TEA beach towels & totes and Arctic Zone Coolers.

In keeping with the company's long history of being eco-friendly with their recycling of green tea leaves, the summer promotion will help make the world a greener place by offering consumers the opportunity to letting the good times roll in a Prius, while enjoying the green tea health benefits of TEAS' TEA, an award-winning line of bottled teas.

The promotion launched on Memorial Day and will run through Labor Day, September 3, 2012. Participants can enter all summer long, entering up to once a day on-line at Facebook.com/itoen.TeasTea.

Entrants can have a chance to win the following by entering via Facebook at Facebook.com/itoen/teastea

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Scones & Bones Tea Mystery Giveaway

Update: We have a winner. Congratulations to Donna, of the My Cup of Tea blog.

Agony of the Leaves, the thirteenth volume of the popular tea shop mysteries by Laura Childs, is due in bookstores in a few months and we're planning to give away a copy of the book around that time. In the meantime we're giving away a hardcover copy of the previous book in the series - Scones & Bones. Find out more about the books at the author's Web site. To enter, send an email by 6:00 PM MST, on January 15, or retweet the appropriate message at our Twitter feed by the same deadline. One entry per person, per method, please.

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Win Bigelow Tea and Wooden Tea Chest

(from a press release)

10 lucky Bigelow Tea winners will receive a personalized engraved wooden tea chest filled with assorted Bigelow Teas (Lemon Lift, Earl Grey, Constant Comment, English Teatime, Green Tea, Sweet Dreams Herb, Mint Medley Herb, and Orange & Spice Herb) – 64 tea bags in all and just in time for holiday gift-giving! “Like” us on Facebook and enter on our sweepstakes tab from December 1-16.

Enter today, and happy holidays from Bigelow Tea!

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Mighty Leaf Photo Contest

They're having a photo contest over at Mighty Leaf right now. Here's what they have to say about it:

To celebrate our new all-natural, fresh-brew iced tea line, Mighty Leaf Tea invites you to take it easy…and take a picture! Impress the Mighty Leaf community on Facebook with photos of your favorite ways to stay cool naturally with iced tea, and you could win!

More at the Mighty Leaf blog.

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Tea Council of the USA Global Internship Winner Returns

Twenty-two-year-old Masters student Taylor Caldron is “steeped” in new knowledge and insights about tea and the tea industry, thanks to his once-in-a-lifetime internship in Sri Lanka, Kenya and the U.S. this summer, sponsored by the Tea Council of the USA.

Taylor’s creative video on the health benefits of tea was the winning entry in the Tea Council’s Sip of Success internship contest. The contest was designed to give a young entrepreneur a leg-up in the tea business by providing first-hand educational and cultural experiences on the tea estates of some of the world’s most iconic tea producers. As the youngest student at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Taylor is eager to apply his learnings to his study of sustainable business and a future career in the tea business.

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Tea Council Sip Of Success Contest Winner

The Tea Council of the USA, Inc. announced today the winner of the Sip of Success contest, created to award a young entrepreneur a once-in-a-lifetime global adventure and a world-class business and cultural experience. Twenty-one-year-old MBA student Taylor Caldron submitted the winning video and essay, creatively demonstrating the health benefits of tea and his passion for the world's second most consumed beverage. Taylor will live and work on tea plantations in Kenya, Sri Lanka and India, from mid-May through July of this year. For the internship finale, he will work with global tea entrepreneur Tracy Stern, of SalonTea in New York City, for eight weeks, to learn the retail and wholesale ends of the business.

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TEEKANNE My TEEKANNE Moment Contest

TEEKANNE Herbal Wellness Tea Launches My TEEKANNE Moment Contest
(from a press release)

It’s that time of year again – tea season! And to kick this tea season off right, TEEKANNE Herbal Wellness Tea is proud to announce the start of its My TEEKANNE Moment contest. This year’s contest is all about the moment – your moment and how TEEKANNE teas take you there.

The My TEEKANNE Moment contest is about the celebration of the personal moments and roles that TEEKANNE Herbal Wellness Tea plays in your day.

TEEKANNE wants to hear about your unique and special moment. Interested? Entry is easy. Simply put it in writing, 200 words or less, accompanied by a photo that shows what that moment is like. That’s it. Just be sure to have your entry submitted by March 31, 2011. An online entry form can be found at www.favoritetea.com, along with a full description of the contest details and guidelines.

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Sanctuary T's Tea-Recipe Contest

Until September 30th, Sanctuary T will be hosting a tea-inspired recipe contest. The winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Sanctuary T Shop and have their winning recipe featured on the Shop's site. The runner up will win a free bottle of T-Dust Seasoning and a 2oz tin of tea of their choice.

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Xtreme Tea Drinking Competition

Did you know that Stoke-on-Trent was the World Capital of Ceramics? Me neither. To draw attention to this fact the Stoke-on-Trent Tourism people are sponsoring an Xtreme Tea Drinking competition.

As they put it, "Send us a photograph of you drinking your cup of tea out of a Stoke-on-Trent mug in somewhere unusual. Maybe you will be up a mountain, having a picnic in a desert, on a bungee jump, at a summer festival, enjoying time at your favourite place... the possibilities are endless! The more unusual the better!"

For more info, including a list of prizes, go to the competition web site.

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Drink Tea...Get a Job!

The Tea Council of the USA "Sip of Success" Dream Job Contest Offers Work Experience and Global Adventure to One Lucky College Graduate
(from a press release)

Almost two million college graduates are unemployed and a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers predicts companies will hire 22% fewer graduating seniors than they did last year. The Tea Council of the USA, Inc. is doing its share to help struggling college grads navigate the brutal job market. Its "Sip of Success" contest offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a recent grad to prepare for a great career and experience a unique and thrilling adventure on tea plantations in India, Sri Lanka, Kenya and the USA. College grads can create a two-minute video showing their passion for tea and knowledge of its many health benefits, for a chance to win this exciting prize.

This year's partners will include The Tea Board and the Tea Research Association of India, The Tea Board and the Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka, as well as The Tea Board and the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya. The winner will intern in all three host countries, as well as in the US.

One lucky college graduate will embark on the international internship mid-October of this year, with a tea tour of Darjeeling and Assam, India, the second largest global tea producer following China. The winner will remain in Assam to begin a 6-week intensive training program, after which he or she will travel to Sri Lanka for another leg of the internship, and then on to Kenya for the final week, returning to the US in late December, 2010. Sri Lanka and Kenya are the world's two leading tea exporters.

To top off the experience, in early January, 2011, the winner will participate in the US portion of the Dream Job internship at SalonTea, under the tutelage of nationally known tea entrepreneur Tracy Stern.

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Win A Green Tea Refrigerator

For the tea lover who has everything - it's the Green Tea refrigerator. And what might that be, you ask? Excellent question. Apparently the fridge makers at Amana decided to whip one up that is designed with "a calming shade of metallic green with leaf etching." Aside from the design, there does not appear to be any other connection to green tea.

If you'd like one of these for your very own but you don't want to put forth the cash, head over to Amana's Facebook page and enter to win one. Read more about the Green Tea refrigerator in this press release.

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Salada Tea Spokesperson Contest

Salada Tea Launches Search for National Spokesperson
(from a press release)

Salada Tea, the company that encourages tea drinkers to switch from bottled tea to freshly brewed tea made with tea bags because of the health, environmental and cost benefits, has launched a nationwide search for their first-ever consumer spokesperson. The selected spokesperson will help educate Americans on easy ways to live a healthy lifestyle using green tea, continue to spread the brand’s "Unbottle Your Tea" message, and will earn $10,000.

From May 3 through June 13, 2010, anyone who enjoys tea, lives a healthy and environmentally friendly lifestyle and wants to help teach others how to do the same will have the opportunity to tell Salada Tea why he or she should be chosen as the brand’s new spokesperson by filling out an application form at the Web site.

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Bigelow Constant Comment Winner

Bigelow recently held an essay contest in which they invited their customers to write about their experiences with their popular Constant Comment tea. The prize - a trip to their Charleston Tea Plantation. Read the winning entry here.

Speaking of the Charleston Tea Plantation, read about their First Flush FesTEAval here. If you'd like to attend, however, you'll have to wait until next year, as it took place just a few days ago.

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Tea Video Contest & New Issue of The Leaf

Aspiring filmmakers, take heed. The third incarnation of the Tea Council of the USA's Calm-A-Sutra of Tea video contest is now underway. Submissions must be in no later than May 31, 2009. Get the lowdown at the contest site, here.

It's time for another dose of The Leaf, a fine online-only publication that recently rolled out its fifth installment. The focus, once again, is on Chinese tea and tea culture and as always it's worth a look.

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Tea Poetry & Photography Contests

If you have a way with tea-related verse or images, you're in luck. Here are a pair of contests that will allow you to show off your skills.

From Ito En, The Haiku Project 2009. Winners of this contest will have their haiku featured on Ito En tea packaging. More at Ito En's Web site and the World Tea News.

Andrews & Dunham would like to see what your tea stash looks like. Send photos. The winner gets free tea, in the form of their yet-to-be-released second series of limited edition teas. Details.

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Video: Calm-A-Sutra Contest

Some time back the Tea Council of the USA ponied up a $20,000 scholarship to reward the best video that would educate the public on the health benefits of tea. Of the 700 entries they received, one rose to the top of the heap - Interrogation, a 1:48 bit of cleverness by a Los Angeles film student appropriately named John Ford.

Here's the prize-winning video. For a look at the six Honorable Mentions, click here.




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Bigelow Constant Comment Contest

Try saying that one three times fast. Or forget about it and just send your favorite story to Bigelow about their popular Constant Comment tea. Yes, it's a contest. Here's an excerpt from Bigelow's contest page:

>Please enter our Tell us your favorite "Constant Comment® Tea Story” Contest during November and December 2008. The story that either makes everyone laugh or cry the hardest wins a wonderful trip to visit our Tea Plantation in Charleston South Carolina.<

More here.

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Tetley Photographic Competition Winners

I wasn't aware that Tetley sponsored a photo contest, but they recently announced the winners of the sixth incarnation of that annual competition. The contest was held in association with Nikon and ePHOTOzine. This year's winner - and very well-deserved - Lou Hardless of Stevenson College, Edinburgh.

Due to possible copyright-related issues I haven't posted any photos here. See the winning entry and the runners-up at the ePHOTOzine site.

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Tea Contests

Feeling lucky? Here are a pair of contests currently being sponsored by tea companies.

Honest Tea is offering the chance to win a Jamis Bike. More details here. According to the company's latest newsletter, they are also sponsoring a video contest, but I was not able to find details at their site.

If recipes and matcha tea are more your style head over to the Culinary Teas site for more information about their "It's Good To Be Green" Matcha Recipe Contest.

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Sweet Tea & Iced Tea Recipe Contest

National Iced Tea Month (June) is almost upon us, so get your pitchers and ice cube trays ready.

Sweetened tea may not be to everyone's liking, but in the South it's as much of an institution as it is a drink. Here's a sweet tea article from the Associated Press, by way of the Cincinnati Post. It comes complete with recipes for Southern Sweet Tea, Iced Apple Tea, and Southern Blackberry Iced Tea.

If you'd like to do the iced tea thing without caffeine, try this recipe for Rooibos Sun Tea, from Camden's Courier-Post.

If your own iced tea recipe is particularly noteworthy, Bigelow wants to know about it. They're sponsoring an Iced Tea Recipe Contest in honor of Iced Tea Month. Your entry must make use of at least two types of Bigelow tea. More info here.

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