Lettuce tea

Many new taste combinations surprise me, and Florida’s 'lettuce tea' is just the latest.

The flavour range is even stranger, as it includes a strawberry-banana variant.

The black tea base is said to be fortified with milky latex nutrients found in lettuce, hence the description on the label as 'nutritionated distinctively'.

But that should come as no surprise from a company whose name is Complex Beverage.

Richard Hall is chairman of Zenith International

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