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Ed Baird: General ManagerPast Role: China Mist, Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Brian S Locke: Vice President of Finance and Director of Human Resources
Back in 1982, two out-of-the-box thinkers forever changed the landscape of restaurant iced tea. Dan Schweiker and John Martinson wanted to disrupt the iced tea business. Low-quality teas that were the norm, just didn't cut it. So they went to work.
With tenacious spirits and the help of new, emerging tea brewing technology, Dan and John
embarked on a mission to make and distribute the first-ever gourmet, fresh-brewed iced teas for restaurants.
After mixing and tasting numerous different tea leaf combinations, they hit on the perfect combination for iced black tea. So they started blending and packaging it from Martinson's garage and distributing it themselves around the state. Three years later, Rommie Flammer, a plucky, local high-schooler joined the company and began moving up.
And here we are, 32+ years later with our founders, still driven by that same optimism and tenacity to create the best tasting teas you'll ever experience.
