SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Once again, Los Angeles-based Shangri La Tea Company has demonstrated its industry leadership and trend-setting excellence. For the second year in a row, Shangri La Tea Company shattered the competition at the annual World Tea Expo held May 2-4 in Las Vegas.
Of its five entries in the Iced Teas/Foodservice category, Shangri La was awarded four medals from a panel of judges comprised of "tea cuppers" and recognized industry experts. Shangri La received this international distinction from a field of hundreds of entries from around the world and was awarded medals in this global competition as follows:
Category: Black Unflavored
1st Place, Natural Organic Black Iced Tea
Category: Black flavored
3rd Place, Organic Maple Caramel Iced Tea
Category: Green flavored
1st Place,Organic Ambrosia Green Iced Tea
Category: Green Unflavored
1st Place, Natural Organic Green Iced Tea
"We are delighted to receive this award from such a highly-competitive field," stated Yogesh Marimuthu, Shangri La CEO. "We consider this an honor to be recognized by our distinguished peers." The World Tea Expo is an annual global industry marketplace that draws more than 4,500 leading tea professionals.
A pioneer in flavored iced teas and a leader in specialty organic teas, Shangri-La, headquartered in the Los Angeles-adjacent city of Santa Fe Springs, has acquired an exemplary reputation for fine specialty teas produced from its own tea estates in Sri Lanka and India.
Shangri-La is an international, vertically integrated tea company producing some of the world's finest teas. The company's California offices have been distributing Shangri La hot and iced teas for over 17 years, while its gardens have been in production for over 100 years.
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