COURIER LIFE, AUG. 16-22, 2019 27
Snapple unveils
limited edition
NYC bottles
Brooklyn remained classic with a revamp of the brand’s
original Lemon Tea (center). The bottle has a hipster-like
mustache, carousel, and dollar sign chain on its limited
edition label.
BY ALEX MITCHELL
The best stuff on earth
is giving a nod to the
best places on earth
this summer.
Snapple shook up
specially designed,
limited edition bottles
for each of the five borough’s
top selling flavor
of the refreshing
beverage last week.
Called “Snapple
Hearts The Boroughs &
Burbs,” these unique illustrations
also include
Long Island and New
Jersey’s best sellers.
Brooklyn remained
classic with a revamp
of the brand’s original
Lemon Tea. The bottle
has a hipster-like mustache,
carousel, and
dollar sign chain on its
limited edition label.
The Bronx saw a redesign
of Snapple’s Orangeade,
featuring a
yellow and orange label
of boom box speakers,
over the ear headphones
and the massive
exterior columns of
the hallowed grounds
of Yankee Stadium on
East 161st Street.
That big red fruit at
Citi Field now has some
completion since Snapple
Apple is the bestseller
in the World’s
Borough. In addition to
Worlds’ Fair and Unisphere
references on
the Queens bottle, it
also gives a tribute to
The Ramones through
a shadowed image of
the iconic rock band
with “Hey ho apple oh!”
written on the label.
That Blitzkrieg Boppin’
label also gives a nod to
Queens’ Asian and Jewish
communities.
Peach Tea has been
the dazzling favorite
for Manhattan and it
shows. That bottle got
the Broadway treatment
with a Theatre District
themed redesign featuring
the iconic neon
sign of Radio City Music
Hall in addition to
rows of seats at the label’s
bottom.
Similar to Manhattan,
Long Island’s favorite
flavor was diet
peach tea. That chartreuse
and white bottle
is circulated by a picket
fence, which serves a
symbol for Levittown
being America’s first
suburb. That label has
East Hampton’s famous
Hook Windmill rotating
as well.
Staten Island saw a
redesign of the brand’s
Kiwi Strawberry bottle
while New Jersey took
a new Fruit Punch label
across the Hudson
River.
These special designs
were inspired by
Snapple being “Born
in the Best Place on
Earth,” Long Island’s
Valley Stream in 1972,
to be exact.
Fans who purchase
any three of the 16-
ounce bottles with the
special labels will also
have the chance to win
a free “Snapple Hearts
Boroughs & Burbs” Tshirt
when they text
“HEART” to 21688.
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