Peet's holiday drinks and GF/CF

[Guest guest]

FYI -- I am sharing with the group some correspondence I had with

Peet's regarding the holiday drinks.

-----Original Message-----

From: Webmail WWW Mail Account [mailto:Webmail@...]

Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:46 PM

Luther

Subject: RE: (LCS) [CM] RE: Introducing Peet's Holiday Beverages -

Free when you bring a friend!

Dear Luther,

Thank you for writing. I too have to avoid gluten, and dairy. I am

glad that I can share with you the following information. Both our

Pumpkin Latte and our Peppermint Mocha are gluten free, and when made

with soy milk (and no whip) they are completely dairy/casein free. Our

Dutch Cocoa syrup is gluten free. It is a mixture of sweeteners and

Dutch Cocoa (which is ground cocoa). Both the Peppermint syrup and

Pumpkin Syrups are made by Monin and are gluten free.

In addition I would like to share that all of our coffees themselves

are gluten free. Our teas, and herbals (back, green, Oolong, white,

and

herbals) are gluten free as well. The only exception would be our

Genmai Cha which contains roasted rice kernels, so this tea would

contain rice gluten, which is generally considered " safe gluten " . If

you are avoiding dairy I would recommend staying away from White

Mocha, Carmel, and Egg Nog. Besides that our menu is full of dairy

free, gluten free beverage options.

The additional ingredients used in our various bar beverages (milk,

Freddo powder, cocoa powder, and all of our other syrups) are all

gluten free.

Our Pacific Soy Milk is made with organic soybeans, gluten free, and

casein free.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with further questions or concerns.

We are available by email and phone from 6 am to 7 pm Monday through

Friday, and from 8 am to 4 pm both Saturday and Sunday (Pacific

Standard Time).

Best Wishes!

Linsey Shupe

Customer Service

Peet's Coffee & Tea

800.999.2132

webmail@...

Please include all prior correspondence.

-----Original Message-----

From: Luther [mailto:luther.miller@...]

Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:15 PM

Peet's News

Cc: Support

Subject: (LCS) [CM] RE: Introducing Peet's Holiday Beverages - Free

when you bring a friend!

Do you know if the Holiday drinks are GLUTEN-FREE?

Also, if they are made with soymilk and no whipped cream, are they

GLUTEN-FREE and CASEIN/DAIRY-FREE?

Thanks!