When the summer sun is at its worst, this Southern girl loves to sip a tall, refreshing glass of iced tea.  Lipton is an iced tea brand that I've been enjoying for as long as I can remember, and now they've made it possible to take that delicious flavor along no matter where your summer days may take you.

Lipton Tea & Honey is a unique line of iced tea mixes that is sweetened with honey and made from real tea leaves and fruit flavors.  The best thing is, it's only 5 calories per 8 oz. serving!  Lipton Tea & Honey is available in 6 delicious flavors in single to-go packs and 4 flavor varieties in pitcher packs.

Anytime something is touted as having only 5 calories, I naturally become suspicious, because that usually means the product is loaded with artificial sweeteners like aspartame.  Every since I discovered that aspartame actually eats holes in your brain, I've eliminated it from my diet completely.  That's why I was thrilled to learn that Lipton Tea & Honey does contain just 5 calories, but is sweetened with honey instead.  They also use real tea leaves and real fruit flavors to bring you these tantalizing tastes.  Look at what yummy flavors Lipton Tea & Honey currently comes in:

• Lemon Iced Black Tea
• Peach Apricot Iced Black Tea
• Black Currant Raspberry Iced Black Tea
• Blackberry Pomegranate Iced Green Tea
• Mango Pineapple Iced Green Tea
• Strawberry Açai Decaffeinated Iced Green Tea

I had the chance to sample three of these varieties and have to admit that I loved the mango pineapple flavor the best. Since I can easily pop these packets into my beach bag, purse or even my pocket, I can enjoy Lipton Tea & Honey absolutely anywhere! Here's where I've enjoyed some Lipton refreshment so far:

By the pool...
At the park...	On a bike ride...
While playing Frisbee golf...

I'll definitely be tossing the tiny Lipton Tea & Honey to go packets in my beach bag on my family's next trip to the shore, so that we can all enjoy some great tasting iced tea by the water. Make sure if you're planning a summer trip to the sea that you also include these essentials in your beach bag:

• Waterproof, sweatproof sunscreen
• Long-sleeve shirt or other beach coverup
• Hat
• Sunglasses
• iPod or other way to listen to your favorite tunes
• E-reader or the novel you're currently reading
• Lip balm with sunscreen
• Waterproof camera
• Small wallet or coin purse with your ID, money and credit cards
• Beach towel
• Reusable bottled water with Lipton Tea & Honey to go packets

To celebrate this brand new item, Lipton is giving away a limited number of Lipton Tea & Honey samples.  To receive free samples you can visit www.liptonteaandhoney.com for the link to their Facebook page where you can enter your shipping information.

Tell me how you add flavor to your life and the first three people to comment on my blog will win a sample of Lipton Tea & Honey to try for themselves!

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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Lipton Tea. The opinions and text are all mine. Official sweepstakes rules.