shelf talk
Shining stars
Every year Great Taste unearths a host of well-executed classics and fresh ideas.
Here’s a selection of 2015’s winning products.
Ahmad Tea
has been
exporting
teas across
the world
for 30 years
but it only
recently
entered the
domestic
market
with its
range of
six dessertinspired teas,
designed to
appeal to younger, more adventurous
foodies. The Hampshire-based
business won three Great Taste onestar awards this year, including one
for its Mango & Lime Soufflé tea bags
– a Chinese green tea with natural
mango and lychees – and one for its
Key Lime Pie tea bags. The tea comes
in cases of six with a trade price of
£3.50-£4.00 per box of 15 tea bags.
The two-star Brilliant Blackcurrant was
among Suffolk-based Alder Tree’s
nine award-winning fruit ices this year.
The judges described it as “an unctuous
creamy blackcurrant ice cream, with
a lovely fruit flavour and perfectly
judged sweetness”. Each tub of the
“sensational” product contains only three
ingredients: 100% British fruit, cream and
sugar. I B