Fairfield-based Bigelow Tea has teamed with the Girls Scouts of the USA in a licensing agreement that now finds the famous Thin Mints and Caramel & Coconut cookie flavors in teas on shelves nationally.
The agreement was announced in March.
“These delicious teas are made possible by a licensing arrangement with Girl Scouts of the USA and combine the renowned flavor blending expertise of the Bigelow Tea Co. with the time-honored exciting Girl Scout Cookie flavors we all know and love,” the company said in a statement. The company-suggested price is $3.99 per 20-bag box.
The teas are marketed as gluten free, sugar free and Kosher-certified and will be available “for a limited time only.” Bigelow produces 1.7 billion tea bags annually in 130 flavors, the company reported.
Third-generation Bigelow President and CEO Cindi Bigelow is a former Girl Scout. “Once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout,” she said in a statement. “As a proud Girl Scout alumna, our two new tea temptations reflect the Bigelow Tea blenders’ never-ending quest to delight consumers with up-to-the-minute flavor innovations in a way that”™s very special to me.”
The Thin Mint tea, in company prose, “delivers the perfectly balanced mint and chocolate flavor of the Girl Scouts”™ famous Thin Mints cookies.”
The Caramel & Coconut tea is billed as a “black tea blend offering a delectable taste combination of luscious caramel and coconut.”
