New Product Review Bonanza

A nice thing about being out of the U.S. for over a month is that when you return to the grocery store, you find tons of new products to try. Here's what I thought of them:


This Tradewinds Tea is something Winter the Starbucks guy has loved for quite awile. Winter rides around with cases of the stuff in his car because it is hard to find. Imagine my suprise then, when I discovered the stuff at Walmart. I tried the diet green tea. I have to agree with Winter. This stuff is head and shoulders above any other tea on the market. The lablel claims the stuff is fresh brewed just before bottling, and I believe it. It's a hand crafted small batch tea. I give it high marks. Drink up!


3 Musketers Mint has arrived. This bar comes in 2 pieces each a little smaller than the halloween "fun size" 3 Musketers. The mini bars have dark chocolate and the nugat is mint flavored. It's very much like a York Peppermint Patty, except that the mint filling is fluffier and perhaps sweeter here. Pick it up if you like mint.

Miller Beer has introduced "Chill", a Chelada Style beer. The "Chelada" is a beverage that is created by adding the juice of one or two limes to a full glass of ice cubes and then pouring twelve ounces of a dark Mexican beer into the glass. The rim of the glass is typically salted. This Miller product is not a dark beer. It's essentially Miller light with lime flavor added. It's not bad. The lime flavor is mild, but you can taste it. There is no salt element. Pick it up for a change or if you're a lime junkie.

Finally, we have Russell Stover Toasted South Seas Coconut flavored dark chocolate squares. Russell Stover came late to the dark chocolate square party, but with this product, they emerge as the belle of the ball. The toasted coconut mixes perfectly with the very dark chocolate. This is the best dark chocolate square I have tasted.