Co-founders of Honest Tea Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff announced their return to the bottled tea business alongside celebrity Chef Spike Mendelsohn with the launch of Just Ice Tea, a ready-to-drink organic iced tea brand focused on sourcing simple ingredients and Fair Trade Certified teas and sweeteners.

CLEAN Cause announced an exclusive can collection in honor of National Recovery Month. CLEAN Cause released 1,200 limited-edition cherry lime flavored cans featuring an exclusive label designed by Ben Haggerty, better known as Macklemore, with 100% of proceeds going to recovery housing scholarships.

This year’s State of the Industry report on the U.S. tea market notes that as the overall beverage market is adjusting to the impact of the pandemic, refrigerated, ready-to-drink (RTD) tea segments drive growth.

With the impact of the pandemic forcing the beverage market to adjust, experts note that, the tea and ready-to-drink (RTD) tea category have already begun recalibrating.

Dilmah Ceylon Tea Co. announced the launch of its high antioxidant bottled iced teas.

BUBLUV Inc., a start-up with a mission to craft “better-for-you,” Asian-inspired food and beverages, announced the launch of its BUBLUV Bubble Tea.

AriZona Beverages, Woodbury, N.Y., launched Red Tea in 20-ounce tall boys, bringing the national drink of South Africa to the mainstream market in the United States. AriZona Red Tea is naturally caffeine free, made with real sugar, and only 70 calories in each serving. 

HUMANITEA Co. launched its premium, organic tea offerings: Passion Fruit + Kiwi, Green Tea; Mango + Melon, Black Tea; Wildberry + Lime, Hibiscus Tea; Unsweetened Black Tea; and a Coconut Lemonade.

Brew Dr. expanded its popular Uplift yerba mate product line with a new Sweet Mint flavor. Sweet Mint joins three other Uplift flavors: Mango Passionfruit, Blueberry Raspberry and Blood Orange Lemon.

Genki Forest released Genki Forest sparkling water in a 330-ml can in the U.S. market. With zero calories and zero sugar, Genki Forest delivers sweet, full-bodied and exotic flavors, the company says.